Search - article

 
Menu
Search
 
November 24, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
14,649 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Reader Mail
Aug 6, 2009

Flash card learning has its limits

As an educator working hard to overcome the misplaced faith in rote memorization that has long hampered Japan's ability to effectively learn English, I was extremely disappointed to read Koichi Ko's July 29 article, " Web-based flash cards will dazzle language learners."
Reader Mail
Aug 2, 2009

Lower-caste benefits squeezed

Regarding Gautaman Bhaskaran's July 7 article, "Battles with racism in India's own backyard": I understand that the Dalits in India have suffered a lot through no fault of their own. Even after the many years since India got its independence and despite the efforts afoot to improve the lot of Dalits...
Reader Mail
Aug 2, 2009

Ridiculous environmental symbol

The July 25 article "Gundam statue draws attention to environment" is ridiculous. Why would anyone wanting to raise awareness of the environment choose a mammoth fighting robot as a symbol?! Regardless of the animation's plot, wouldn't it be far better to venerate a simple tree, or how about a whale? ...
Reader Mail
Aug 2, 2009

Don't undervalue the elderly

Regarding the July 26 article "Aso draws flak for saying working is seniors' only talent": Aside from revealing, again, his penchant for putting his foot in his mouth, then later claiming he had been "misunderstood," Prime Minister Taro Aso's remarks reveal an appalling lack of knowledge.
Reader Mail
Aug 2, 2009

Uighur activist's power to inflame

Regarding the July 30 article "Uighur activist calls on Japan to probe riot": I think Westerners who are not aware of the history of China will not be aware that supporting Rebiya Kadeer (who heads the Uighur rights movement) is like supporting Osama bin Laden, and that awarding her recognition is like...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 2, 2009

Comparing and contrasting to plumb the heights of Japanese humor

Of all the absurd things that foreigners have said about the Japanese, the assertion that they are lacking in a sense of humor takes the cake.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 2, 2009

Comparing and contrasting to plumb the heights of Japanese humor

Of all the absurd things that foreigners have said about the Japanese, the assertion that they are lacking in a sense of humor takes the cake.
Reader Mail
Jul 30, 2009

Glib reference to 'Eastern spirit'

I am not sure what point Hideo Kaito is trying to make in his July 19 letter, "The real battle of civilizations," but his true motivation — by no means unfamiliar in Japan — seems to be the frantic search for something, anything, to feel superior about. Ah, yes, that triumph of the Eastern spirit...
Reader Mail
Jul 30, 2009

Good, bad, ugly of Japan's war

Regarding Edan Corkill's July 26 article, "China vets shock activist with 'horrible things they did' ": Born in 1950 in Osaka, I did not get any education in high school or at university about what happened exactly during World War II. I have read a lot since my graduation, but I would like to learn...
Reader Mail
Jul 30, 2009

Advice about the Google accord

Regarding the July 22 article Google Books leaves Japan in legal limbo": I'm glad that Japanese authors and publishers are benefiting from the delay in the Google settlement. I was one of seven authors and their representatives who challenged the May 5 deadline. Google wanted to grant only a one-month...
Reader Mail
Jul 30, 2009

Historic nonproliferation blunder

Harsh V. Pant's July 25 article, "Obama jeopardizing nuclear deal with India," is another example of the utter hypocrisy of the proponents of Indian exceptionalism in nuclear matters.
Reader Mail
Jul 30, 2009

Words can't make up for tragedy

Regarding the July 20 article "Agent sorry for mountain deaths": The only proper way this tour company could acknowledge its gross failure in the eight deaths of senior citizen hikers who entrusted their lives to it would be to shut down its mountain activities for good. "Wet-cold" is one of the first...
Japan Times
JAPAN / PARTY POWERS
Jul 29, 2009

Shii says JCP will play loyal opposition role

Japanese Communist Party President Kazuo Shii said Tuesday that if the Democratic Party of Japan takes control of the Lower House his party intends to be a "constructive opposition party" that will cooperate when policies overlap but will remain a vocal critic on points of disagreement.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jul 28, 2009

My nursery nightmares: responses

Following are some readers' views on Jenny Holt's June 23 Zeit Gist article "My nursery nightmares":
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 27, 2009

Mettle of 'thoroughbreds'

What does Prime Minister Taro Aso have in common with his immediate predecessors — Junichiro Koizumi, Shinzo Abe and Yasuo Fukuda? Each is either a son or a grandson of a well-known politician of the past.
COMMENTARY
Jul 27, 2009

Threats against Iran feed off modern myths

NEW YORK — Several myths regarding Iran stand in the way of the United States and other nations reaching a peaceful relationship with that country. Much of the concern that Iran may attack Israel, if Iran successfully develops nuclear weapons, rests on the statement by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Reader Mail
Jul 26, 2009

Words of wisdom for the long haul

I was pleased to see Mariko Kato's interview with Thomas Dillon in the July 14 Who's Who article, "Wit, humor help longtime columnist come to grips with life in Japan." Having always enjoyed Dillon's gentle style of wit in his regular column, it was interesting to read more about him.
Reader Mail
Jul 26, 2009

Education hurdles will cost Japan

In his July 19 letter, "Costly drag on education," Nagasaki University professor Dipak Basu's observation that Japan can "afford to follow the European countries and abolish tuition fees altogether in higher education" is a fine suggestion.
Reader Mail
Jul 26, 2009

One giant leap for interpreting

Buzz Aldrin's July 20 article, "40 years on, time to boldly homestead Mars," was very impressive because 1969 was the year I started work. I was all ears to the moon-landing scene on television, but would hardly have been able to understand it without the simultaneous interpretation skill of Sen Nishiyama. ...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 24, 2009

One version of the 'real Tokyo'

Photographically, Tokyo is a city open to many interpretations. It is sex, it's shopping, elevated highways and kids playing at the end of quiet streets. It's futuristic, hyper-real and postmodern. It's a series of villages and an isolating, soulless landscape in demise.
Reader Mail
Jul 23, 2009

Human trafficking into America

Regarding the July 18 article "Human-trafficking not addressed: U.N. envoy": Although this story focused on Japan alone, I thought you may be interested in knowing that between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year as well. They come from places all over the world like...
Reader Mail
Jul 23, 2009

Cynical stupidity on mountain tour

Regarding the July 18 article "10 climbers perish in Hokkaido": These were not "climbers," but weekend hikers usually found exploring gentle trails on minor peaks. Whoever organized the two casual tours into the Taisetsu mountain range sent these poor people to their deaths.
Reader Mail
Jul 23, 2009

Numbers alone don't tell the story

Roger Pulvers' comparison with the United States — in his July 12 article, "Crimes happen, but are the criminals 'one of us' or 'one of them?'" — looked like more of an apple-to-plum comparison. The Australian and Japanese societies are both offshoots of European socialism. The U.S. is not socialist,...
Reader Mail
Jul 23, 2009

Hyped-up claims against China

Regarding Brahma Chellaney's July 15 article, "China's false monoculture": Chellaney is entitled to his dislikes and suspicions of China, but he should not distort facts. He says that post-1949 China gobbled up India's 38,000-square-km Aksai China, part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, to provide a...
Reader Mail
Jul 23, 2009

Record of tolerant perseverance

Regarding Frank Ching's July 16 article, "World sympathy lies with Tibet, not Xinjiang": To be sure, there are many reasons why world sympathy for the Uighurs seems to be muted compared to the outcry over Tibet in previous incidents. Some of the reasons are plain to see; Western prejudice against Muslims,...
Reader Mail
Jul 23, 2009

A guiding light for the economy

Brahma Chellaney's July 9 article, "Spread of democracy stalls," makes the disturbing prediction that "economies driven by a fusion of autocratic politics and crony, state-guided capitalism could gain the upper hand."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2009

Lifer freed by a single smuggled hair strand

In the end, Toshikazu Sugaya may owe his freedom to a single strand of hair. As he languished in prison on a life sentence for a murder he did not commit, his lawyer told him there was only one way out: disprove the false DNA evidence that had put him inside.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2009

Finance firms letting the good times roll again?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Goldman Sachs announced this month plans to provide bonuses at record levels, and there are widespread expectations that bonuses and pay in many other firms will rise substantially this year. Should the good times start rolling again so soon?
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 20, 2009

Two brothers competing on Japan's political ladder

One of the major topics of speculation among political observers nowadays is what course of action former internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama will take following his revolt against Prime Minister Taro Aso. He will have to make up his mind soon now that the date of the next general election has just...
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’
Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER