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JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
May 26, 2008

Eat less beef and help the planet, G8 is told

KOBE — Experts gathering for the Group of Eight environment ministers meeting in the city known for its high-quality beef have a suggestion on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Eat less beef.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
May 26, 2008

In a world lacking heroes against poverty and inflation, Don Quixote, where are you?

As surely as night follows day, credit crunches are followed by recessions, if not great depressions. Whether we are on the verge of a 21st century version of the 1930s, however, still remains to be seen.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2008

Can India and China dance?

TRIVANDRUM, India — It is fashionable these days, particularly in the West, to speak of India and China in the same breath. These are the two big countries said to be taking over the world, the new contenders for global eminence after centuries of Western domination, the Oriental answer to generations...
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2008

Mr. Ma reaches out

Taiwan has a new president. Mr. Ma Ying-jeou, of the KMT (Nationalist) Party was inaugurated Monday after a decisive win in March's election. In his inaugural remarks, Mr. Ma hit the right notes, reaching out to both Taiwanese at home and Chinese 150 kilometers away across the Taiwan Strait. This is...
Reader Mail
May 25, 2008

Know where the argument leads

I would say that it is important to understand not only Peter Singer's arguments, but where those arguments lead him. For example, in a question-and-answer article published in Britain's Independent in 2006, Singer repeated his notorious stand on the killing of disabled newborns. Asked if he would kill...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
May 25, 2008

The poetic power of skepticism

AMERICA AND OTHER POEMS by Nobuo Ayukawa, selected and translated by Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz. New York: Kaya Press, 2008, 152 pp. $14.95 (paper) Nobuo Ayukawa (1920-1986) has in the West remained a relatively unknown poet. Though included in the "Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature"...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 24, 2008

Invitation to a spawn party

In any well-known Japanese garden in Japan, you are bound to come across a pond full of carp, large decorative fish that look like they had orange paint spilled on them. Koi, as they are called, also come in black and white, in which they look more like Holstein fish.
BUSINESS
May 24, 2008

Pension reserves urged split, diversified

Japan should split the nation's ¥150 trillion in pension reserves into smaller funds and diversify what they are invested in, private-sector members of a government advisory panel said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 24, 2008

Not going anywhere in Tokyo

The only things that stands perfectly still in this city of ceaseless motion are its statues. Not that most Tokyoites notice them. But I do.
COMMENTARY
May 23, 2008

Asia's rise befalls the West

HONG KONG — "When many Western observers look at China," the former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani writes in his latest book, "The New Asian Hemisphere," "they cannot see beyond the lack of a democratic political system. They miss the massive democratization of the human spirit that is taking...
COMMENTARY
May 23, 2008

It'll be Serbia's choice when the sulking stops

LONDON — The rhetoric before the Serbian parliamentary election May 11 was ugly enough, but it has gotten worse since. President Boris Tadic spun the outcome as a victory for the pro-European Union forces when only half the votes were counted, which served his purposes as he is also the leader of the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 23, 2008

'The Hottest State'

Let me tell you what's wrong with most chick flicks: They're hard on real chicks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2008

Russell Watson

Britain's Russell Watson, the "people's tenor," is coming back to Japan. Renowned for his golden voice, he will be accompanied by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and up-and-coming violinist Emiri Miyamoto.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 23, 2008

In pursuit of the authentic

Ethan Hawke makes no bones about his literary career: his well-received first novel, "The Hottest State," was written with the movie in mind.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 23, 2008

Dining by firefly light at Chinzan-so

Dining by firefly light at Chinzan-so From late May to late July as night falls, fireflies light up the historical Japanese garden of the Chinzan-so restaurant complex in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. To coincide with their appearance, from May 24 through July 18, the annual firefly-viewing fair, featuring...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2008

Classical connections to the soul

Although Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi was classically trained at Milan's Conservatorio, the 52-year-old Turin native has ventured far from his classical roots to create works that draw on an eclectic blend of influences.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / LIQUID CULTURE
May 23, 2008

Bottled water: It's naughty, but nice

I know, I know, bottled water is terribly unethical these days. Pinching a natural, life-sustaining resource and flying it to rich people in faraway lands is a bit naughty, all that packaging is trashing our planet, and our taps dispense safe water for less than ¥1 per liter — or a little more than...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / LIQUID CULTURE
May 23, 2008

Japanese malt scotches rivals

If you know Nikka Whisky only as the producer of the extraordinarily cheap peatless Black that fills the nether regions of Japan's whisky market, you might be surprised to learn that the company makes around 40 other styles — and one of them has just been voted the best single malt in the world....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 23, 2008

'Rambo'

At the time, it seemed like the "Rambo" series epitomized everything that was wrong about the '80s. Star Sylvester Stallone, with his oiled-up, inhumanly pumped-up physique, was the poster-boy for the first generation to embrace steroid abuse. The revenge fantasies he was peddling — re-fighting the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 23, 2008

'After School'

In 2005, Kenji Uchida, then an unknown young director, won four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival for his second feature, "Unmei Ja Nai Hito (A Stranger of Mine)."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2008

Is this America's most dangerous band?

Nashville punk four-piece Be Your Own Pet are dangerous. That's the official line of their own label in the United States, Universal, where faceless suits chopped three songs from the band's new album, "Get Awkward," for being "too violent." Yes, the same label that releases albums by chain saw-wielding...
Reader Mail
May 22, 2008

The right thing for public health

Tom Plate's May 4 article, "A chance for Beijing to take a stand on health," is insightful in that it points out that health, press freedom and, most of all, human consciousness are our most precious assets. There are no national boundaries for epidemics such as SARS and bird flu. They could occur in...
Reader Mail
May 22, 2008

Struggling with a dying art

In his May 18 letter, Grant Piper makes some very good remarks on letter writing in Japan. Letter writing is a dying art. I think quantity and varying quality is a good thing and allows for more varied opinions. It also does not exclude anyone based on someone else's prejudices. The problem with The...
Reader Mail
May 22, 2008

The bond that all humans share

In response to the article "If there is a god, then why is there suffering?," I would say not only does God exist but also that he is all-good, all-powerful and all-knowing.
Reader Mail
May 22, 2008

Encourage clear, critical thought

Grant Piper's May 18 letter, "A little slack for letter-writers," starts off with the inaccurate claim that my May 8 letter ("Use fewer letters when quality lags") specifically cited him by name for poor writing. He then proceeds to make the argument that letters to the editor constitute a genre of...
Crashed U.S. Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel attempts to retrieve the remains of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Friday after it crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier in the week.
Why it's taking so long to reach the driver trapped in a Saitama sinkhole
Construction workers near a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Monday
Record-breaking snowfall hits Hokkaido as cold front sweeps Japan
Snow-covered streets in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Tuesday
Job-hopping Japanese workers push salaries higher
Japanese workers are increasingly job-hopping from one full-time position to another.
Tokyo police arrest brothel operator catering to foreign tourists
English-language signs and other materials seized from men’s aesthetic salon Sparaku by the Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward
Job-hopping Japanese workers push salaries higher
Japanese workers are increasingly job-hopping from one full-time position to another.
At the new Ginza Sony Park, listening is an art form
In addition to the commercial benefits from Ginza Sony Park's music-centered exhibition — such as promoting Sony's artists and products — there is a real effort to put music in focus.
Home away from home: My first time at a Tet festival in Japan
Billed as a “cultural bridge that connects Japan and Vietnam,” Tet Viet Saitama drew tens of thousands of attendees from across the Kanto region.
First official survey set to change backcountry Hokkaido skiing
The first official government survey of Hokkaido backcountry skiing could spell changes for trails in the northern prefecture.
Fuji TV’s go-big PR strategy wins grudging praise globally
Fuji TV executives take questions during a news conference on Monday in Tokyo in which some participants became unruly.

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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