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Reader Mail
Apr 29, 2012

Know why you dislike Obama

I usually don't talk politics, but with all of the Barack Obama-hating rhetoric flying my way, I just have to say something. What really matters is whether America's president is knowledgeable and wise enough to represent the country in foreign and domestic matters, and can put the utmost effort into...
Reader Mail
Apr 29, 2012

Prison is about rehabilitation

George Will's April 24 column "'Cruel and unusual' punishment of teenagers" is correct in two important ways. To say the least, young people, who are the most likely to commit criminal acts of theft and violence statistically, are not at their most rational stage of development. Childhood has been left...
Reader Mail
Apr 29, 2012

Bone-marrow hurdles cleared

I would like to thank The Japan Times and its readers for making a real difference to someone in dire straights.
EDITORIALS
Apr 29, 2012

Single-sex schools in decline

The number of single-sex schools in Japan has dropped by half in the last 20 years to its lowest point ever, according to a 2011 survey by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry. In 1989 at the start of the Heisei era, there were 1,002 single-sex high schools nationwide.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 29, 2012

Death sentences prove difficult for lay judges

However one feels about the death penalty, it's difficult to argue that its application in Japan isn't arbitrary. Last week, former Justice Minister Hideo Hiraoka publicly denounced his successor Toshio Ogawa's decision to have three death row inmates hanged on March 29, saying that the government needs...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 29, 2012

Erika Sawajiri is an "Evil Woman"; controversial DaVinci paintings; CM of the week: Lotte Ghana

She's back, and badder than ever! Actually, before her monumental fall from grace, actress Erika Sawajiri rose to fame on her innocent image and ability to weep on cue. But after dissing her own film at a press conference she became poison.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 28, 2012

Taxis' internal surveillance cameras create stir over privacy

Taxi companies are installing video systems in their vehicles to reduce passenger conflicts in a move that is raising privacy concerns because of vague warnings that are leaving many unaware they are being recorded.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2012

Jury out on if inquest system lived up to role

The prolonged trial of former Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa marked the first time a Diet member has been tried after being subjected to mandatory indictment by a panel of ordinary citizens who received authorization to review a case prosecutors gave up on.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 27, 2012

Fans experience the Web in real time at party

From Justin Bieber to Lana Del Rey, it seems the way to stardom now is via online video-sharing sites such as YouTube.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 27, 2012

'I'm Still Here'

You can do just about anything in Hollywood — stints in rehab, wife-beating, being arrested for lewd conduct, or drunk-driving topped off with a few anti-Semitic remarks, to name but a few — but the one thing they'll never forgive you for is spurning stardom. Woe to those such as Mickey Rourke who...
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2012

Ozawa not guilty of fund conspiracy

Ichiro Ozawa, former president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, was acquitted Thursday of conspiring with former aides to make false financial reports in his political fund management body Rikuzankai in 2004 and 2005.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 27, 2012

What to eat when you can't stand the heat

As the weather gets warmer, foods that are served cold and require little to no cooking become more appealing. In Japan the choice of such dishes goes way beyond a plain green salad. One of these is sashimi, a food that defines Japanese cuisine. While it's eaten year round along with its first cousin...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 27, 2012

'Thermae Romae'

Reading manga can teach you a lot, be the subject wine ("Kami no Shizuku [Drops of God]"), gourmet food ("Oishinbo") or the arcane world of feudal-era concubines ("Sakuran"). But the Japanese bath? Isn't that a subject Japanese are immersed in almost from Day One? Why would they need to read about it...
EDITORIALS
Apr 27, 2012

Mr. Ozawa's bittersweet court victory

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday acquitted former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa of charges he violated the Political Funds Control Law. But the ruling shows that it is a bittersweet victory for Ozawa. He needs to pay careful attention to his behavior as a politician, and make every...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 26, 2012

How do you say 'super-size' in Japanese?

Still believe that Japanese food is healthy?
Reader Mail
Apr 26, 2012

Columnist was misunderstood

It seems to me that Sarah Mulvey (April 22 letter, "Disheartening stereotyped role") has completely misjudged Thomas Dillon's When East Marries West column, his writing style and even his personality when she complains about his April 7 column titled "Texting in the proper context."
Reader Mail
Apr 26, 2012

Figuring out why we are here

To answer Basu's April 19 letter, I was not voicing "complaints" but opening a rational debate about the nature of the Creator of this world. Basu assures us that "The Supreme Creator has created a terrible world, our earth, for specific purposes."
Reader Mail
Apr 26, 2012

Private accounts and retirement

It was a pleasure to read Sarah Moreno's April 19 letter "'Sink or swim' ethic in America." She is 100 percent correct that the federal government abuses Social Security funds and that Americans are skeptical of government-run social welfare programs.
Reader Mail
Apr 26, 2012

Wide range of views on afterlife

Regarding Dipak Basu's April 19 letter, "Buddhist explanation for flaws": The idea that telling parents that their child is not looking down on them from heaven is "cruel" is Basu's opinion, and he is entitled to it. However, others would argue that sometimes one has to be a little cruel to be kind and...
COMMENTARY
Apr 26, 2012

Winds of change in France

"My true adversary does not have a name, a face or a party," said Francois Hollande, France's next president. "He never puts forth his candidacy, but nevertheless he governs. My true adversary is the world of finance."
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2012

Stalemate in the Upper House

The Upper House on Friday passed censure motions against Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka and infrastructure and transport Minister Takeshi Maeda. The nonbinding motions were submitted by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and two smaller parties.
COMMENTARY
Apr 24, 2012

'Cruel and unusual' punishment of teenagers

In the summer of 1787, just 94 years after the Salem witch trials, as paragons of the Enlightenment such as James Madison, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin deliberated in the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, a mob pelted and otherwise tormented to death a woman accused of being a witch....
China removes buoy in Japan's EEZ near Senkakus amid warming ties
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun
Nippon Steel goes quiet after U.S. Steel deal seemingly nixed for good
On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that U.S. Steel would remain American.
Mao Asada sets out to safeguard the future of Japanese skating
"I hope skaters who train here will go on to shine on the world stage," Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada told the Japan Times at Mao Rink Tachikawa Tachihi, a skating rink in Tachikawa, Tokyo, whose establishment she was involved in, on Jan. 28.
Japan asks for exemption from Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders, including two official proclamations that will impose a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum from all countries globally, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Emperor Showa was cautious about Nixon's 1972 visit to China, document shows
Emperor Hirohito speaks during a welcome ceremony hosted by U.S. President Richard Nixon in Anchorage, Alaska, on Sept. 26, 1971.
Mao Asada sets out to safeguard the future of Japanese skating
"I hope skaters who train here will go on to shine on the world stage," Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada told the Japan Times at Mao Rink Tachikawa Tachihi, a skating rink in Tachikawa, Tokyo, whose establishment she was involved in, on Jan. 28.
How giving chocolates on Valentine’s Day is evolving in Japan
Giving out courtesy chocolates to coworkers on Valentine's Day is becoming obsolete.
Japan exploring drone production capabilities for military aid program
An unmanned Hamadori drone developed by Japanese company Space Entertainment Laboratory and equipped with various sensor options for surveys is displayed at the Japan Drone 2020 exhibition at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba in September 2020.
Ishiba builds inroads with Trump, but challenges still loom
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White House in Washington on Friday.
‘The Hot Spot’: Close encounters of the mundane kind
The new Nippon TV series “The Hot Spot” follows an alien superhero navigating rural Japanese life but focuses more on dialogue than splashy, action-packed plot points.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Eme-Ima Kitchen is one of over 10,000 kodomo shokudō in Japan. A term first used in 2012 to describe makeshift eateries offering free or cheap meals to disadvantaged kids, it now refers to a diverse range of individuals, groups and organizations working to provide not only food but a sense of belonging to both children and adults.
Japan’s ‘children’s cafeterias’ are booming — but is that a good thing?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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