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COMMENTARY
Sep 2, 2011

U.S.-China 'win-win' game

In spite of the polar positions of the United States and China in the global system, during the past dozen years their economies have become intertwined to such a degree that one is tempted to speak of an emerging new giant macroeconomic entity with a common metabolism — at least with regard to some...
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2011

Restructuring power distribution

Japan's 10 power companies have enjoyed regional monopolies under government protection, controlling not only electricity generation but also electricity transmission from power stations to transformer substations and distribution to individual users.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 2, 2011

'Hanna'

Hollywood so often uses foreign-accented types for its villains, and American media in general spends so much time bashing Europeans as cheese-eating surrender-monkeys, that it's good to see ol' Europe hitting back. "Hanna," the slick new action thriller by Londoner Joe Wright, is the third film this...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 2, 2011

"Bologna Fiera Del Libro Per Ragazzi"

The Bologna Children's Book Fair is held every spring in Bologna, a city of ancient origins in the northern Italy. The fair also hosts a picture-book exhibition for which 2,836 artists from 58 countries submitted works this year. Seventy-six creators from 21 countries were selected for the show, including...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 2, 2011

'Hanezu no Tsuki (Hanezu)'

Naomi Kawase is the most lyrical of Japanese directors now working. As both a documentarian and a feature filmmaker, she discovers in the common materials of everyday existence — sun, wind, water, trees, insects, people — a beauty and transcendence that is always present, seldom noticed. Set mostly...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 2, 2011

Vi-sand: Bohemian baguettes all the way from Vietnam

It was art that first led us to Vi-sand in Shimo-Kitazawa. It was the food that drew us back again. This bright little cafe/diner specializes in banh mi, those typically Vietnamese sandwiches (hence the shop's name) made with crisp baguette bread and a variety of savory fillings.
Reader Mail
Sep 1, 2011

Pioneering efforts in Tohoku

Regarding Dreux Richard's Aug. 23 Zeit Gist article, "Peace Boat-Rolls talks lay bare ethical minefield": It is not easy to stir up controversy and cast doubts on the motives of a small group of selfless volunteers working to help Tohoku, where more than 5,000 volunteers have spent days and weeks at...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2011

Libya's next fight: the West

At a press conference in Tripoli on Aug. 26, a statement read aloud by top Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj was reassuring. Just a few months ago, disorganized and leaderless rebel fighters seemed to have little chance at ousting Libyan dictator Moammar Ghadhafi and his unruly sons.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 1, 2011

Kusama: Quite dotty, but very avant-garde

Yayoi Kusama's art fully emerged in a big way when she moved from Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, to New York in 1959. Despite the obstacles — she suffered from mental problems and was an unknown Japanese female artist in a milieu dominated by white male artists and critics — by the second half of...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 1, 2011

Rave faves Dub Squad to reunite for festival

The launch of Metamorphose just over a decade ago helped bring more choice to Japan's summer music festival season. The event's focus was on electronic-music acts, but over the years it has lived up to its name and broadened its lineup.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2011

Naruse goes distance as Fighters struggle

With one out between him and a complete-game victory, Yoshihisa Naruse finally cracked. Unfortunately for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, it was too little, too late.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2011

Tax advocate must seek unity, opposition support

Newly elected Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda has to hit the ground running and quickly address such daunting issues as unifying his party's warring factions and winning the opposition's cooperation in rebuilding the devastated northeast.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2011

Mr. Biden goes to Asia

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden concluded a brief three-country tour of Asia that took him to China, Mongolia and Japan. While there is always some trepidation when Mr. Biden travels — while he is a genuine foreign policy expert, he has a tendency to make off-the-cuff remarks that get him in trouble...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2011

Texas governor pushes EU-style federalism

You wouldn't think that the governor of Texas, the most conservative of the viable candidates in the Republican presidential field, would want to make the United States more like Europe. Unless, of course, you have read Rick Perry's book.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 29, 2011

The feudal lords of power

The inherently arrogant nature of the electric power industry in Japan came to light recently when Kyushu Electric Power Co. tried to influence a public hearing on whether to allow the company to resume operation of its Genkai nuclear power stations in Saga Prefecture. Kyushu Electric urged its employees...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2011

Budget repair and liberal defiance

The residues of liberalism's Wisconsin Woodstock — 1960s radicalism redux: operatic lamentations, theatrical demonstrations and electoral futilities — are words of plaintive defiance painted on sidewalks around the state capitol.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2011

Palestinian state must field Israeli concerns

Israelis and Palestinians are preparing for a showdown at the United Nations in September, when the Palestinian leadership will ask for recognition of a Palestinian state within the borders that existed before the Six Day War in 1967 (when Israel seized control of Jordanian-occupied territory).
Reader Mail
Aug 28, 2011

Tragic adult behavior on river

Regarding the Aug. 19 Kyodo article "Trio still missing in boat sinking": I know this will probably conflict with the knee-jerk reaction that most people have to this tragedy (on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture), but I do not lay blame on the tour company or the boat skippers. I believe it falls...
EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2011

The future of publishing

Last year, with the arrival and immediate success of the iPad in Japan, expectations were raised for the future of e-books in Japan. According to the latest figures (from Impress R&D), in fiscal 2010, sales of e-books increased 13 percent over the previous year to some ¥65 billion.
BASKETBALL
Aug 28, 2011

St. John's alum Burrell joins B-Corsairs

Former St. John's forward Justin Burrell, the Big East Conference's 2011 Sixth Man of the Year, will play for the bj-league's Yokohama B-Corsairs during their inaugural season, according to published reports.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 28, 2011

Fame may be fleeting, but warm memories of Miyoshi Umeki live on

Aug. 28 is the fourth anniversary of the passing of a woman who was an icon in both Japan and the United States. Yet her death in 2007 was barely noted in this, her home country, despite her meteoric rise to stardom in America and the fact that she remains the only East Asian to have received an Academy...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 28, 2011

Star's exit shows it's not what you know — but who

If you asked anyone in the world with access to any sort of media what last week's big news story was, they would probably say Libya. If you asked the same question of similarly connected people in Japan, they would probably say the retirement of comedian Shinsuke Shimada. The fall of Tripoli didn't...
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.
Trump sets 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, heightening trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs on aluminum imports in Washington on Monday.
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.
How giving chocolates on Valentine’s Day is evolving in Japan
Giving out courtesy chocolates to coworkers on Valentine's Day is becoming obsolete.
‘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.
Yuki Harada's contemplative artworks ponder vanishing
“Light Court” (2024) is based on the “Lightcourt” space at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by metabolist architect Kisho Kurokawa (1934-2007).
A 'joyful' Japan? Ishiba's choice of slogan sparks the opposite feelings
Ishiba eats a mikan tangerine at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Jan. 22.

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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