19-402: Masayuki Suzuki (鈴木雅之, Suzuki Masayuki , born September 22, 1956, in Ōta, Tokyo ) is a Japanese singer best known as a former member of pop group Rats & Star (previously called Chanels ), and for performing the opening themes for the anime television series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War . He is also called Japan's King Of Love Songs. His trademarks are sunglasses and a moustache , and he
38-458: A "star". In 2006, Suzuki, Kuwano and Sato formed " Gosperats " with Japanese a cappella singing group Gospellers ' member Tetsuya Murakami and Yuji Sakai . In February 2015, a joint performance recorded by Momoiro Clover Z and Rats & Star for the Fuji TV show Music Fair was removed from broadcast due to controversy over the appearance by both groups in blackface in the performance,
57-509: A band called Chanels. The band debuted in 1980 with their first single "Runaway" selling over a million copies and becoming a huge hit. In 1983, the band changed its name to Rats & Star due to complaints from the French fashion giant Chanel . Andy Warhol created the album cover for Soul Vacation and the name change seemed to make no difference in sales, as their first single as Rats & Star, "Me-Gumi no Hito", sold over 800,000 copies. Five of
76-459: A photo of which Rats & Star had tweeted before the broadcast date after recording. A Change.org petition had been started after the tweet by Japan Times contributor Baye McNeil , who is African American, amid conversations over racism in Japan . Unique Andy Warhol screen prints of the album cover Soul Vacation have sold for upwards of $ 25,000 each. Japan Times The Japan Times
95-494: A readers' forum and, since 2013, the website offers a section for readers' comments below articles. This came about during a redesign and redevelopment of the newspaper, using Responsive Web Design techniques so the site is optimised for all digital devices. The Japan Times has a social media presence on Twitter , and Facebook since 2007. After being acquired by News2u, The Japan Times changed its editorial stance and contributor lineup as part of efforts to reduce criticism of
114-562: Is Tozen . The Japan Times, Ltd. publishes three periodicals: The Japan Times , an English-language daily broadsheet ; The Japan Times Weekly , an English-language weekly in tabloid form; and Shukan ST , also a weekly in tabloid form, targeted at Japanese readers learning the English language. Since 16 October 2013, The Japan Times has been printed and sold along with The New York Times International Edition . Printed stories from The Japan Times are archived online. The newspaper has
133-525: Is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by The Japan Times, Ltd. ( 株式会社ジャパンタイムズ , Kabushiki gaisha Japan Taimuzu ) , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc. It is headquartered in the Kioicho Building ( 紀尾井町ビル , Kioicho Biru ) in Kioicho , Chiyoda, Tokyo . The Japan Times was launched by Motosada Zumoto [ ja ] on 22 March 1897, with
152-442: Is Show feat. Reni Takagi ", the opening theme for the animated movie, Kaguya-sama: Love is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends . Rats %26 Star Rats & Star ( ラッツ&スター , Rattsu ando Sutā ) , formerly called Chanels , was a Japanese male pop group that specialized in doo-wop -influenced music. The group was led by Masayuki Suzuki. In 1975, Masayuki Suzuki, Masashi Tashiro and Nobuyoshi Kuwano, joined to form
171-456: Is nicknamed " Martin ". Suzuki was born in Tokyo on September 22, 1956. His sister Kiyomi Suzuki is also a musician. He rose to fame as a member of the pop group Rats & Star (formerly known as Chanels), which began activities in 1975. His first single "Runaway" was released in 1980. He would continue solo music activities after Rats & Star disbanded in 1996. Since 2019, Suzuki has performed
190-516: The company's shares to Toshiaki Ogasawara (小笠原 敏晶 Ogasawara Toshiaki ), who was chairman of Nifco, a manufacturer of automotive fasteners. Fukushima renounced management rights in 1983, after which Nifco acquired control of The Japan Times and brought about staff changes and alterations to the company's traditions established in 1897. Ogasawara served as the chairman and publisher of The Japan Times until 2016, when his daughter Yukiko Ogasawara (小笠原 有輝子 Ogasawara Yukiko ) succeeded him as chairman of
209-473: The company. She had previously served as the company's president from 2006 to 2012, when she was replaced by career Japan Times staffer Takeharu Tsutsumi. Nifco sold The Japan Times to PR firm News2u Holdings, Inc. on 30 June 2017. The Japan Times publishes The Japan Times , The Japan Times On Sunday , The Japan Times Alpha (a bilingual weekly), books in English and Japanese. Staff at The Japan Times are represented by two unions, one of which
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#1732844652653228-698: The goal of giving Japanese people an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English to help Japan participate in the international community. In 1906, Zumoto was asked by Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi to lead the English-language newspaper The Seoul Press . Zumoto closely tied the operations of the two newspapers, with subscriptions of The Seoul Press being sold in Japan by The Japan Times , and vice versa for Korea. Both papers wrote critically of Korean culture and civilization, and advocated for Japan's colonial control over
247-509: The limitation of half a year and released the single "Yume de Aetara" in 1996, which was popular enough to encourage the group to go on a final nationwide tour. The same year, they made their first appearance on Kōhaku Uta Gassen to perform that song. The group's name is a palindrome , reading the same both backwards and forwards. The name's true meaning, however, is that "rats" raised in the less affluent parts of town could, by singing doo-wop music, reverse their fortunes and collectively become
266-508: The members were married at Tokyo's Hie Shrine at the same time during 1985, generating a lot of publicity for the group. Rats & Star released a duet with Masayuki's older sister Kiyomi Suzuki called "Lonely Chaplain" in 1986, which also became a huge hit. However, leader Masayuki Suzuki launched a solo career and Rats & Star's activity thus essentially stopped. Afterward, Tashiro and Kuwano remained popular not as musical artists, but as TV performers. They formed Rats & Star again in
285-587: The newspaper as an "anti-Japanese" outlet. In November 2018, it was announced in an editor's note that subsequent articles would use the term "wartime laborers" rather than "forced labor", and " comfort women " would be referred to as "women who worked in wartime brothels, including those who did so against their will, to provide sex to Japanese soldiers", instead of the previously used "women who were forced to provide sex for Japanese troops before and during World War II." The change drew immediate criticism from readers and employees, with particular concerns expressed over
304-428: The opening themes for the anime television series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War . In 2019, he sang "Love Dramatic feat. Rikka Ihara ", the opening theme for the series's first season. In 2020, he sang "Daddy! Daddy! Do! feat. Airi Suzuki " (no relation), the opening theme for the show's second season. In 2022, he sang "Giri Giri" with Suu from Silent Siren , the opening theme for the show's third season. He also sang "Love
323-409: The paper's apparent alignment with the political positions of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe . In response to these criticisms, The Japan Times wrote in an article on 7 December 2018, "We must admit that the editorial note undermined the relationships of trust we have built with our readers, reporters and staff. I would like to apologize for the inconvenience", and denied criticism that it was in line with
342-653: The peninsula in order to civilize the Koreans. The newspaper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the paper's editors experienced mounting pressure from the Japanese government to submit to its policies. In 1933, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Hitoshi Ashida , former ministry official, as chief editor. During World War II , the newspaper served as an outlet for Imperial Japanese government communication and editorial opinion. It
361-572: Was successively renamed The Japan Times and Mail (1918–1940) following its merger with The Japan Mail , The Japan Times and Advertiser (1940–1943) following its merger with The Japan Advertiser , and Nippon Times (1943–1956), before reverting to the Japan Times title in 1956. The temporary change to Nippon Times occurred during the ban on English language sentiment during World War II-era Japan. Shintaro Fukushima ( 1907 – 1987 ) became president of The Japan Times in 1956. He sold some of
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