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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Nov 6, 2004

Marsha Rosenberg

By Vivienne Kenrick

For 20 years now, Marsha Rosenberg has worked as a speech and language pathologist in Tokyo's international community. She says that from the beginning, when she was first deciding upon a career, she knew she was going to be a language pathologist. "I knew I wanted something to do with educating children,...

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE

Nov 6, 2004

Lunch menu -- the pillage of the day

By Amy Chavez

When you come to Japan as a "gaijin," it seems there is always a Japanese person who adopts you. This person makes sure you have all the things you need, informs you of important events and perhaps even takes you sightseeing. I've had several people take on this role during my time in Japan, and I'm...

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

Nov 6, 2004

A journey on the road more traveled

By Thomas Dillon

Here's a little-known Zen puzzle for numskulls:

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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST

Nov 2, 2004

Justice reaches dead-end

By Satoko Kogure

In accusing 1,039 Japanese of war crimes at the Yokohama War Crimes Tribunals, 123 of whom were sentenced to death, U.S. officials apparently sought not to seek justice in a legal sense, but to establish the principle of ultimate accountability and set a benchmark for the punishment of future war criminals....

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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET

Nov 2, 2004

Who do you think will win the U.S. elections, and will it make a difference?

By Melanie Burton

Ibraham Quraishi Conceptual artist, 33 If Bush wins, the basic policy in the Middle East will continue to be a non-policy and useless rhetoric. If Kerry wins, there just might be an impetus to find a multinational solution to the Iraq problem.

COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES

Nov 2, 2004

Immigration, acting and yellow pages

By Angela Jeffs

Otemachi still open? Dave was in a panic last week. He had just realized his three-year visa required renewal, and wondered if the immigration office in Otemachi was still open.

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COMMUNITY

Oct 31, 2004

By Yoko Hani

Kazuyuki Yamamura is a tall, good-looking man in his 30s, who was also good at his job. In fact, not so long ago he bought a house for himself, his wife and their kindergarten-age daughter in a leafy suburb of Tokyo. Then, unexpectedly, his company found itself in choppy financial waters -- and he was...

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COMMUNITY

Oct 31, 2004

Playtime pioneer

By Setsuko Kamiya

On a cloudy morning a couple of weeks ago, 26 noisy 3-year-olds at the Kamimeguro Nursery in Tokyo's Meguro Ward were cheerfully throwing themselves into their exercise class in the hall. One after another, the little boys and girls challenged themselves to leap a vaulting horse, jump a rubber rope,...

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COMMUNITY

Oct 31, 2004

Papa's parenting barriers begin to fall

By Eric Prideaux

As well as the ever-present danger of cars speeding around narrow roads and the hassle of lugging strollers up and down staircases, parents in Japan with babies in tow have long had to struggle with public restrooms the size of telephone booths.

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COMMUNITY

Oct 30, 2004

SRC and Edwin Cayce seek to relieve stress

By Angela Jeffs

Chris Earnshaw speaks with so much passion -- such an enthusiasm for life -- that it is hard to believe that 12 years ago he was a quivering wreck. "I fell apart, losing my job (as general manager of a bank), my family and home, in rapid succession."

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE

Oct 30, 2004

Fancy funerals for fish are all the rage

By Amy Chavez

For a couple of weeks now, the smaller fishing boats in the port have been sporting special yellow "hikitsuri" flags. A casual inquiry to my fishing friend Rikimatsu-san as to the meaning of hikitsuri, literally "fishing by pulling," brought an invitation to go out with him and see for myself.

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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Oct 30, 2004

By Vivienne Kenrick

It's a long way from being a cub reporter on a local newspaper to becoming anchorman for CNN International, but it didn't take Michael Holmes long to cover the distance. Being good at his work was essential for his progress. Undoubtedly his cheerfulness and buoyancy helped him to forge ahead, along with...

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.

Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go

By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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