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Reader Mail
Dec 4, 2008

Don't write off trips to India

Regarding the Nov. 30 article "Tsuda's body arrives; Japanese recount terror": I am writing this from India. Here we have lost national pride, honor and, more importantly, a lot of lives. Only now a semblance of normality seems to be returning to Mumbai. I am saddened that Japan, too, has lost one of...
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2008

DNA center of nationality debate

With concern growing among lawmakers that amending the Nationality Law will engender false cases of paternal recognition, debate is focusing on whether DNA tests should be applied to the process of granting nationality.
COMMENTARY
Dec 1, 2008

Trusting in the fiscal pump

"Learn from Japan," they said as the U.S., British and EU economies headed for their current downturns. Well, they may have learned something. But until very recently that something clearly was not enough.
Reader Mail
Nov 30, 2008

Extend the lives of unwanted pets

I was surprised, as I'm sure many people were, to read that public health centers dispose of unwanted and lost animals so quickly. According to the Nov. 26 article "Was wrong bureaucracy targeted?," a pet owner can bring a pet to a public health center and the animal will be put down within a day. That's...
COMMENTARY
Nov 24, 2008

Tamp down the old ways

Sixty years ago on Nov. 12, 1948, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMT) handed down its verdict branding Japan an aggressor nation and leading to the execution of six military leaders and one politician for instigating the war. As if to substantiate the validity of this verdict,...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Nov 24, 2008

Burst of U.S. bubble arouses old specters

So the Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has spoken: The "usual tools of economic policy — above all, the Federal Reserve's ability to pump up the economy by cutting interest rates — have lost all traction" ("Depression Economics Return," Nov. 14, The New York Times).
Reader Mail
Nov 20, 2008

Counterpoint will pose challenge

In response to Philip Cunningham's Nov. 13 article, "Yes we can . . . what, Mr. Obama?": I can only wonder what Cunningham's point is. The article is littered with unfounded assumptions and loose suppositions lambasting U.S. President-elect Barack Obama for his incredible oratory skills and his choice...
Reader Mail
Nov 16, 2008

Political action beyond words

Regarding Philip J. Cunningham's Nov. 13 article, "Yes we can . . . what, Mr. Obama?": I would like to commend The Japan Times for publishing an article written by somebody who is able to look past all the excitement and fervor of Barack Obama's election and analyze what the next U.S. president might...
Reader Mail
Nov 16, 2008

Consequences for Indians

It was a pleasant surprise to see two distinct articles about India on the Nov. 5 opinion page, although, sadly, both carry negative news about current problems and political games.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Nov 9, 2008

Wrestling with a guilty verdict

Kazuhiko Togo, a retired career official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Ambassador to the Netherlands, is the grandson of Shigenori Togo, Japan's foreign minister at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941.
Reader Mail
Nov 2, 2008

Bogus arguments about whaling

Regarding Sidney Holt's Oct. 23 letter, "Rules for unsubsidized whaling": Holt's statement that "Japan, more than any other nation, has opposed conservation measures and efforts toward sustainability far more often than any others" is simply false. Further, as an ardent advocate for the protection --...
Reader Mail
Nov 2, 2008

Taking a proven myth as fact

In his Oct. 23 article, "Remember the China lesson," Brahma Chellaney mentions four times the alleged Tiananmen Square "massacre" of June 1989. But there is now a wealth of eyewitness material -- much of it cited in my July 21 article, "Birth of a massacre myth" -- proving that there was no massacre,...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Subaru model thrives in Montana

Regarding Bob Sliwa's Oct. 19 article, "Subaru continues to drive to a different beat": Good article. I have three 1986 Brats (models); one has been driven 300,000 miles and the least driven has 85,000 miles. I live in Montana and never get stuck in winter. My Brats are dependable and start immediately....
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Unbelievable for a cultured society

Regarding Philip Brasor's Oct. 26 Media Mix article, "The 'tough' love of sumo and military can turn ugly": I was aghast at the news of this barbaric act (death by collective violence of a 25-year-old Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer). It happened unbelievably in a so-called modern, cultured...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Refreshing take on Russia

Gregory Clark's Oct. 26 article, "West ganging up on Russia," was refreshing and well-written. I appreciated how, instead of focusing on every imaginable reason to try to blame Russia for everything, this article correctly points out that Georgia started the (August) conflict by invading South Ossetia...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Save us from a feel-good law

Regarding the Oct. 22 article "Bill would toughen knife, gun law": Once again we see a typical knee-jerk reaction. While nothing can detract from the awful tragedy at Akihabara or Sasebo this year, I cannot help but shake my head at yet another feel-good, do-nothing proposal. Sure, it may sound good...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Rescuing beauty of the past

Regarding Tomoko Otake's Oct. 19 article, "Showa-ing it like it was": What a beautiful article on a terrific idea. Memorabilia owner Hironobu Komiya is anticipating what anthropologists and historians of the future will want to find in order to write properly about the Showa Era (1926-1989). Komiya is...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

No commemorative stamp for spy

I found Jun Hongo's Oct. 21 article -- "Japan's spies: What cloak, dagger?" -- profoundly interesting, but I happened to notice a minor mistake. The article states that Richard Sorge, the German who spied for the Soviet Union in Japan during World War II, is currently "honored with commemorative stamps...
Reader Mail
Oct 23, 2008

Rules for unsubsidized whaling

Regarding Mark Brazil's Oct. 15 article, "Let them eat whales!": The author over-emphasizes, I think, the contamination dangers of eating whale meat insofar as it comes from Antarctic minke whales, although specific and monitored identification is needed, which evidently is not done at present. This...
Reader Mail
Oct 19, 2008

Argument for curtailing liberties

Regarding the Oct. 7 article " 'Gaijin' mind-set is killing rural Japan": The author (Debito Arudou) seems to be forgetting that people in Japan, a democratic country, are free to associate and speak with whomever they wish, even if it is to their detriment. If someone does not like living in a certain...
Reader Mail
Oct 12, 2008

Train distance in question

Regarding the Oct. 9 article "Japan punctuality lets duo go the Guinness 24-hour train distance": I enjoyed reading this article very much as I have been a fan of Japanese railways for 20 years. But I doubt that Corey Pedersen and Mike Kim set a new world record. My own calculation is that the duo covered...
Reader Mail
Oct 9, 2008

Fortunes may hinge on one vote

I agree with Canadian lawyer Craig Martin's argument in his Oct. 5 article, "The fatal flaw in trying to impose a new interpretation on Article 9," that "reinterpreting" constitutional provisions to suit the political desires of the moment is unacceptable. But then he states: "Consider the issue of guns....
Reader Mail
Oct 9, 2008

Opinions need to be challenged

Regarding Roger Pulvers' Oct. 5 article, "So you think U.S. democracy's dying? Well, you're probably right": I really enjoy reading articles by Pulvers on Japanese language and culture, but his most recent Counterpoint article appears to be one more example of a tired trend of ranting like a leftist...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 7, 2008

New Japanese makes inroads into Chinese vocabulary

In my last column, on Aug. 5, I discussed how Japanese people still find it practical to use kanji (Sino-Japanese ideographs) when adopting new foreign terms and modern concepts.
COMMENTARY
Oct 6, 2008

Counterproductive antiterrorism

Buried deep in the U.S. Pentagon somewhere is an official in charge of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As he goes about his daily chores — organizing the floor shackles, bully guards, illegal confinements, arbitrary trials and occasional torture sessions — he no doubt thinks he is...
Reader Mail
Oct 2, 2008

Poor example of child pregnancy

In his Sept. 19 article, "Pregnant at 11 as kids decide to be adults" (a film review of "Kodomo no kodomo"), Mark Schilling writes, "In the real world, girls who conceive so young are often the victims of poverty and abuse and risk severe physical and emotional problems."
Reader Mail
Sep 28, 2008

No offense intended to 'gaijin'

Regarding the Sept. 23 Community page article "Readers get last word on 'gaijin' tag": It is way too extreme to compare the word "n--ger" to "gaijin." I get the point that Debito Arudou made in his Sept. 2 article about the debate over the use of "gaijin." But as a Japanese, I have to say that most Japanese...
Reader Mail
Sep 28, 2008

A path to assured destruction

As I am neither a resident of Japan nor Japanese, I am willing to tentatively accept professor Kazuo Ogoura's analysis of the roots of "Japan's antipathy toward China" in his Sept. 23 article. Where I take strong exception is his analysis of the roots of "China's antipathy toward Japan."
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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