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Reader Mail
May 3, 2012

What are these people paid for?

Regarding the April 27 front-page article "Ozawa not guilty of fund conspiracy": It was pretty obvious that the former president of the Democratic Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, would have to be found not guilty of conspiring to hide a ¥400 million payment to his fund management body, although in my...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 25, 2011

Close-up on a people's disaster

"Everything Is Broken: Life Inside Burma" is the second book by Emma Larkin, a Burmese-speaking American journalist who gathers her touching stories traveling incognito in Burma (aka Myanmar).
COMMENTARY / World / ABE'S PROMISES
Nov 15, 2011

Investing in legal power for people

Inspired by Anna Hazare's hunger strike, thousands of people recently gathered at Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi to protest governmental corruption. Protesters from here and around the country pressed for specific political change — a new institution to combat corruption. In principle, they won. Parliament...
Reader Mail
Aug 18, 2011

People must keep saying 'no'

The Aug. 12 Bloomberg article "Vested interests may stymie energy bill," which quotes Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Taro Kono as saying that growing anti-nuclear "public opinion may not be enough to sway politicians," is deeply disturbing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 12, 2011

"Summer Museum For Kids and Grown-ups: Traversing the Times, Places and Attributes Of People Described in Art"

One of the most intriguing themes or motifs in art throughout the ages has been "human beings." In the collection of the Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, there are many works covering this familiar, and universal subject.
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2011

Avoid meat and feed more people

The July 21 article "What it takes to banish starvation," by former European commissioner for agriculture Franz Fischler, repeats all the silly ideas that the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has been promoting for years, and that has led directly to the development of gene-modified food and seeds....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2011

'Biutiful'

Ninety percent of the time, it's too much to bear even for the audience, so imagine what those people up on the screen are going though. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu revels in shoveling out far more than a fair share of atrocious luck and tremendous suffering to his characters, and...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 26, 2011

Handling of captaincy shows Capello's people skills sorely lacking

LONDON — Fabio Capello has achieved what nobody thought possible, he has made supporters lose interest in England.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 6, 2011

Profiles of 'nice people'; Seicho Matsumoto thrille; CM of the week: Softbank

Teruyoshi Uchimura and Kiyotaka Nanbara, better known as the comedy duo Utchan Nanchan, have tended to work separately in recent years, but they make a rare joint appearance as the hosts of the variety special "Konna Ii Hito Mita Koto Nai" ("I've Never Seen Such a Nice Person"; Nihon TV, Fri., 7 p.m.)....
Reader Mail
Feb 27, 2011

DPJ can do without some people

Regarding the Feb. 23 article "DPJ suspends Ozawa; Kan hints at election": As Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroshi Kawauchi is one of my local representatives in the Diet, I read with some interest Kawauchi's condemnation of the suspension of former party chief Ichiro Ozawa's membership in the...
Reader Mail
Nov 22, 2009

American people need to grow up

Regarding the Nov. 18 article "U.S. conservatives: Obama bowed too deeply to Emperor": That seems to be one of the problems that President Barack Obama has to fix. American people just have to be better than others. Can't show even a speck of respect to others. Not even to an elderly Emperor who has...
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2009

A court tape people should hear

A defense attorney has made public part of a tape recording of confessions made by Mr. Toshikazu Sugaya, who was released on the strength of a new DNA test in June after he had served 17 years of a life sentence for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. A retrial of Mr....
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 6, 2009

Japanese public housing: It's not just for poor people any more

Public housing in Japan might be associated with the boxy kodan apartments, but they've have come a long way. Question is, have they come far enough?
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2009

Tokyo's mood mixed over rocket launch

There was a mixture of anger and surprise on the streets of Tokyo on Monday over North Korea's rocket launch.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 28, 2008

Longtime baseball writer will miss these people, places, things in '09

As we see the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, I have compiled a list of five people, places and things I will miss when the new Japanese baseball season rolls around in the spring. Here they are:
Reader Mail
Nov 30, 2008

Government should fear the people

Regarding Darryl McGarry's Nov. 23 letter, "Anachronistic arms 'freedom'": I certainly respect McGarry's right to his opinion, especially since I strongly believe in freedom of speech. In the United States, this particular right is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution. I also believe...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Apr 23, 2008

Tech to get people talking

Say what you want: Why use a tiny keypad to communicate when the human voice can do the job? NTT DoCoMo last week launched a new mobile phone from Fujitsu, the F884i, that will put the joy back into talking to your e-mail contacts. Employing the new FOMA Raku Raku Phone Premium system, users enter their...
Reader Mail
Mar 30, 2008

Speaking of the Japanese people

Brad Glosserman's March 24 article, "Japan peers into the abyss," was interesting and well written, but the enjoyment I derived from reading it was significantly hampered by the repeated misuse of the word "Japanese."
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2007

HSBC to open seven branches in Japan, hire 270 people

HSBC Holdings PLC said Wednesday it plans to open seven branches and hire 270 people in Japan by the end of 2008.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2007

Setting the record straight on Indonesia

BALI, Indonesia — Japan and India stand as beacons for democracy that surely inspire many of their Asian neighbors. For its part, Indonesia has been struggling with its own experiment with democracy that has enormous implications for the region and the rest of the world.
Reader Mail
Oct 25, 2007

The will of the Korean people

Ralph Cossa's Oct. 22 article, "Potential for Korean progress," is arrogant because it implies that South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and his administration are naive and that they need to follow Cossa's advice. It is biased because it reveals Cossa's disgust with the democratically elected Roh government...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
Jul 27, 2007

A lounge bar for the people

One of Naka-Meguro's best features is the Meguro River. And though, like most of Tokyo's inner-city waterways, its riverbed has been concreted to aid with storm drainage, the banks are topped with cobbled walkways and planted with mile upon mile of cherry trees. The blossoms are breathtaking when in...
EDITORIALS
Jun 25, 2007

A people divided

The takeover of Gaza by Hamas following five days of intense fighting with its rival faction Fatah has deepened a division among Palestinians and moved them farther from peace. The realization of a two-state solution — an independent Palestinian state comprising the West Bank and Gaza, alongside Israel...
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Japan accuses Google of violating antimonopoly law
The Japanese antitrust watchdog said that Google forced smartphone makers to preinstall its search app on their devices, sources say.
Okinawa people stage rally against sexual assaults by U.S. servicemen
Sorane Sakihama, a 22-year-old college student, speaks at a rally in the city of Okinawa on Sunday protesting against sexual assaults by U.S. soldiers.
Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of Self-Defense Force vehicles to Ukraine, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, in May last year.
Is Japan finally ready to tap its abundant geothermal energy potential?
Steam rises from a geothermal plan in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture. Despite its long history and potential, geothermal provided just 0.3% of Japan's overall energy mix in the fiscal year from April 2023
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
Is Japan finally ready to tap its abundant geothermal energy potential?
Steam rises from a geothermal plan in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture. Despite its long history and potential, geothermal provided just 0.3% of Japan's overall energy mix in the fiscal year from April 2023
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

Podcast

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

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
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