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TOP NEWS STORIES Japanese win Nobel Prize in physics for blue LEDs Three Japan-born scientists win the Nobel in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes — a new energy-efficient and environmentally friendly light source. Japanese student allegedly wanted to join Islamic State A student is suspected of preparing to join Islamic State militants in Syria and had been planning to leave Japan for the Middle East on ... Three more bodies found on Mount Ontake as search resumes Rescue teams find three more bodies atop Mount Ontake as the search resumes for missing climbers. Japan could handle Ebola outbreak, health official says A senior official at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases says Japan is ready to deal with any Ebola cases should the deadly virus reach ... How Japan’s Article 9 was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize There is mounting speculation that the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize may honor people fighting to protect Japan’s war-renouncing Constitution. The prize is scheduled to be ... CEATEC kicks off with 4K TVs, wearable devices at the forefront Japan’s biggest consumer electronics and IT trade show kicked off Tuesday in Chiba Prefecture with major firms showing upcoming products and giving an insight into ... MORE NEWS STORIES » Nihongo Drills for Intermediate Learners: Vocabulary Reinforce your intermediate-level Japanese! TOP OPINION STORIES Abenomics’ women problem The key to Abenomics' success may turn on whether the Japanese people are convinced that more women in the workforce are essential to their country's ... Obama is no ‘reluctant warrior’ When it comes to killing members of the Islamic State, U.S. President Barack Obama is anything but a reluctant warrrior. To the contrary, he makes ... A resurgent U.S. economy The U.S. economy is posting the strongest growth since the end of 2011, outpacing the forecasts and confounding experts who saw a country that had ... Tragic wake-up call as Abe pushes reactor restarts The tragic eruption at Mount Ontake is a timely reminder that Japan is more blessed than cursed when it comes to natural resources. It possesses ... India’s nuclear risks and costs The inevitable conclusion that nuclear weapons cannot help India solve the problems of poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition, and are irrelevant as security against any ... Turkey seeks a broader solution to Islamic State Turkey basically disagrees with the U.S. on the threat the Islamic State poses. While the U.S. is approaching the Islamic State as the Middle East's ... Why so many Russians are addicted to Putin Many foreign observers ask how President Vladimir Putin, who is so apparently driving his country toward the abyss, can remain so popular. The answer is ... MORE OPINION STORIES » [Text ad in Japanese] The Japan Times GRAMMAR BOOSTER できるまでやる！を実現。 e-learningで英文法を完全マスター TOP LIFE STORIES A stroll through Nishiki, Kyoto’s favorite food market Nishiki Market’s most famous son, the celebrated artist Ito Jakuchu, is probably best known for his elaborate set of scrolls called “Colorful Realm of Living ... Selling the Italians on sake, ‘the wine of Japan’ At 4:30 p.m. on a Sunday in Milan — the height of the aperitivo hour — the courtyard of the stately Chiostri dell’Umanitaria building was ... Awomb: Make your own sushi at Kyoto’s experimental dining destination Before getting into Awomb, a few observations on queues and queuing. Or, in American parlance, standing in line (or on line). 1. Nothing turns me ... Spice Chamber: curry as hot as it’s meant to be Spice Chamber is actually more like a closet, or a long coffin; I wondered while I waited for my curry if I could touch both ... MORE LIFE STORIES » Pinterested in Japan? So are we. TOP CULTURE STORIES Review: Moshi Moshi Nippon at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Offering non-Japanese people free entry to Moshi Moshi Nippon was a risky move on the part of Asobisystem, but it seemed to have paid off. ... Dorian Concept to try new live set at RBMA Each year, thousands of budding musicians and producers vie for a place in the Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA), a globe-trotting workshop sponsored by a ... Ryan Hemsworth gives Japan’s budding music producers some support overseas Canadian music producer and DJ Ryan Hemsworth is always on the move. He’s zig-zagged across North America, Europe and Australia multiple times over the last ... Vibraphonist Locke to hit all the right notes The vibraphone is one of the more unique instruments to infiltrate jazz. A holy mash-up of the piano and the percussive, it’s the duck-billed platypus ... MORE CULTURE STORIES » Culture covered in full @ japantimes_arts TOP SPORTS STORIES Seahawks overcome penalties, Redskins How’s this for a frustrating hat trick: Percy Harvin had three touchdowns called back because of penalties. Were it not for the self-inflicted wounds, the ... Eagles’ Hoshino loses final game of managerial career Senichi Hoshino, who managed three different teams to the Japan Series and finally won it in 2013, brought his managing career to a close on ... Togashi invited to Dallas Mavericks training camp The Dallas Mavericks have invited point guard Yuki Togashi to their preseason training camp, according to Cloud9, his management company. The announcement was made on ... Bianchi still in serious condition after surgery Formula One driver Jules Bianchi is in “serious but stable condition” following emergency surgery for a severe head injury after a crash during the Japanese ... Phelps suspended six months, forced to pull out of worlds Michael Phelps’ comeback took a major hit on Monday, with USA Swimming suspending the 18-time Olympic champion for six months and forcing him to withdraw ... Fister’s strong outing keeps Nationals’ hopes alive Bryce Harper screamed out in delight as he crossed the plate with Washington ahead at last. After all those extra innings and a subdued cross-country ... MORE SPORTS STORIES »