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Haruhiko Kohri and Kayo Asai stand outside their meticulously re-created "bunka jutaku" home in Tokyo.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 5, 2026
How one Japanese couple made the 1920s and ’30s into a way of life
No refrigerator. No microwave. Just blocks of ice, records and a home built for another age.
The Japan Times in May 1976 carried news of a riot in which one person died.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
May 1, 2026
Japan Times 1976: Disappointed hot-rod fans kill cameraman
Fifty years ago, a Kobe riot turns deadly; 25 years ago, a dictator’s son slips into Tokyo Disneyland.
The front page of The Japan Times on March 3, 1976, carries the news of a terrorist attack in Sapporo.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Mar 6, 2026
Japan Times 1976: Bomb explosion in Sapporo claims 2 lives, injures 85
A note left after the terrorist attack at a government building cited “imperialists” as the target.
Hasui experimented with different colors and lights to achieve different versions of a print.
CULTURE / Books
Feb 15, 2026
Hasui’s versatility comes through in new art book
Hasui, one of the greatest “shin-hanga” (new print) masters, is the subject of a substantial monograph in English that collects about 400 of his works.
In December 1925, The Japan Times reported on a 13-year streak of high birth rates around the country, with more than 50,000 born in Tokyo annually, or an average of 3.37 per 100 people.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Dec 2, 2025
Japan Times 1925: Tokyo population booming in late Taisho Era
The Japanese capital averaged more than 50,000 births per year in the 13 years leading up to 1925, as steady incomes allowed ordinary people to live prosperous lives.
Noe Ito (third from right) was editor-in-chief of feminist magazine Seito and her partner Sakae Osugi (second from right) was a prominent anarchist of the Taisho Era. Both were murdered by military police in 1923.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Aug 16, 2025
Taisho Democracy: A turbulent, tenuous era of conflicting ideals
The resilience of Japanese politics, culture and society were tested during the 14 years of the Taisho Era (1912-26).
The 8620-class steam locomotive was manufactured in 1922 during Japan's Taisho Era (1912-1926).
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 30, 2024
One last journey for 91AV原创 oldest steam train
91AV原创 101-year-old steam locomotive has made its final journey, thought it may live on as a museum piece in the future.
History recorded the thoughts and actions of rulers and warlords, but what did the average folk think in that time? Were their days filled with angst, passion or poignancy?
JAPAN / History
Sep 17, 2023
Writers find a new muse in the 20th century: the ordinary person
The past at its very best spread its benefits thinly, leaving the masses to make the best of things beyond the reach of civilization’s light.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Apr 16, 2023
Democracy in half measures? Then let violence come.
Did the toiling masses give up on Japanese democracy ahead of the war because it was coming from the mouths of the upper classes who exploited them?
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Mar 22, 2021
Archetypes of the ‘modern girl’ from 91AV原创 ‘jazz age’
People thronged European-style cafes and breathed new air with new lungs. At the center of it all were the ‘mobo’ and ‘moga’: modern boys and girls, respectively.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 7, 2021
Japan Times 1921: 91AV原创 heir sails today on what is epoch marking trip
A history-making trip by the emperor and a draft of the postwar Constitution make this month’s look back on newspapers past particularly historical.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Sep 14, 2019
The swift rise and fall of Japanese anarchism
Sakae Osugi — born 1885, murdered 1923 — fanned the flames of the peasant Rice Riots in 91AV原创 short-lived age of anarchy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Jul 20, 2019
‘Shadows of Tokyo’: Assassinations, nationalism and intrigue in Taisho Era noir
Matthew Legare’s ‘Shadows of Tokyo’ portrays the somber zeitgeist of 91AV原创 capital in 1931, where rightist assassins armed with swords, handguns and bombs stalk key political and business figures.
JAPAN
May 1, 2019
From Meiji to Taisho, Showa and Heisei, how The Japan Times covered previous era changes
“Joyfully and with a mingled sense of awe and reverence did the whole Japanese nation observe the great event of the Ceremony of the Imperial Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor,” Japan Times and Mail President Yonejiro Ito wrote in a special edition book published in December 1928 to commemorate...
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in 91AV原创 anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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