Takuya Karube

For Takuya Karube's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:

Asian Games combed for tips ahead of 2020 Games

National Sep 3, 2018

Asian Games combed for tips ahead of 2020 Games

Japanese officials have been busy over the past two weeks observing operations in and around the Asian Games venues in Indonesia to learn things that could help Tokyo put on a successful Olympics and Paralympics in 2020. The priorities they focused on during the 16-day ...

Japanese movies may set ties with China in motion in 2017

Film Dec 24, 2016

Japanese movies may set ties with China in motion in 2017

Japanese movies have the potential to give fresh impetus to efforts by Tokyo and Beijing to warm political relations in 2017, as evidenced by the recent smash-hit animation "Your Name." in China. Yoji Yamada, a prominent Japanese film director whose latest comedy's remake is to ...