Scenes from the launch of the Softbank line-up for 2009 Winter-2010 Spring, featuring new colors, touchscreens, photo features and a preview of Quenti

To read more coverage, see http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20091022a

Seventy-eight box carts of all shapes, sizes and senses of humor competed at Japan's first Red Bull Box Cart Race on Yumenohashi near Odaiba, Tokyo. R

Scenes from Tokyo City Cycling 2009, a 40-km tour of the city held Sept. 20, 2009.

In advance of the Tokyo Motor Show on Oct. 24, 2009, Honda gives the media a preview of the U3-X prototype, a experimental mobility device on which a

Michiko Noguchi of the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo, teaches young students table etiquette for formal meals.

The Japan Times asks Japan scholar Donald Keene: What difficulties are related to translation?

The Japan Times asks Japan scholar Donald Keene: What were your first impressions of Japan?

The Japan Times asks Japan scholar Donald Keene: How did your experience in the Navy affect your study of Japanese?

The Japan Times asks Japan scholar Donald Keene: How would you explain the significance of Matsuo Basho's poetry?

Read an interview with the artistic director of La Machine: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20090424a

Director Yojiro Takita of the Oscar-winning film "Okuribito" ("Departures") talks about his film at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo

Clips from behind the scenes at a taiyaki shop in Nezu, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Early in the morning, the Hayashi brothers prepare the ingredients: ba

Director Yojiro Takita of the Oscar-winning film "Okuribito" ("Departures") talks about his film at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo

Scenes from a confab of display technology forerunners in Odaiba at Tokyo Big Sight, including the 5th International Display 2009 and Touch Panel Japa

Segments from an interview with former Japanese soldier Ichiro Koyama, 88, for The Japan Times' Witness to War series. For the accompanying story, see

Scenes from the 2009 Tokyo Anime Festival at Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba. Read the full story on The Japan Times Web http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi

Scenes from the 2009 Tokyo Anime Festival at Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba. Read the full story on The Japan Times Web http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi

Scenes from the 2009 Tokyo Anime Festival at Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba. Read the full story on The Japan Times Web http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi

Scenes from the 59th Pecha Kuchu Night in Tokyo's Super Deluxe.