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Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

Disgusting outlook on women

I was astounded by Manuel Sandoval's Oct. 25 letter, "Don't judge marines too fast" (which was a response to the Oct. 20 article "Four marines investigated for rape"). Even for the well-respected members of the U.S. military, if wrongdoing is suspected it needs to be investigated.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 28, 2007

Morozov: Maturity key to Miki's comeback

The transformation was nothing short of phenomenal.
Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

Asian residents get the short end

Regarding the Oct. 23 Views From the Street question, "Which minority groups face the worst discrimination in Japan?": I find it interesting that of the three Japanese people questioned, only one mentioned race, whereas all of the foreigners questioned answered to the effect that "Chinese and Koreans...
Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

Memories of better times

It is a sad day for many people -- staff, teachers and students -- whether they be past or present. I had six fabulous years with Nova, and today I feel for all who have been hurt. Some will take delight with the current news, but I feel sorry for those who can get joy in the suffering of the innocent...
Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

Bureaucratic disaster all around

Regarding the Oct. 27 front-page article "Nova applies for court protection from creditors": Are we expected now to congratulate the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for managing to crack an egg with a colossal steam hammer?
Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

Does decency go beyond the pale?

Debito Arudou's bruising critique of the government's "Public Survey on the Defense of Human Rights" (Oct. 23 Zeit Gist article, "Human rights survey stinks") leaves one question unanswered: If 59.3 percent of respondents agreed that foreigners should have the same human rights protection as Japanese,...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2007

France suits up as European full-timer

PARIS — When Nicolas Sarkozy became president of France, he declared that his country was back in mainstream Europe. Since then, Sarkozy has thrown himself into the European political fray.
Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

Ebb and flow of discrimination

As for which minority groups face the worst discrimination, it depends on where you live. I live in Nagasaki, so a great many Japanese hate Americans. I have had kids throw rocks at me, two seniors spit in my face, and a note left in my mailbox that read "foreigner go home." Of course, not all Americans...
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2007

Six more women held in sect death

Six more women from a religious sect were arrested Saturday in connection with the slaying of a fellow member who was beaten to death last month, police said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 28, 2007

Darvish, Seguignol key Hammies' win

SAPPORO — Yu Darvish is beginning to become a playoff legend.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Oct 28, 2007

Young, curious and adventurous: the 17th-century backpacker

The Travels and Journal of Ambrosio Bembo, translated from the Italian by Clara Bargellini; edited and annotated, with an introduction by Anthony Welch; with the original illustrations by G.J. Grelot; and maps. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007, 452 pp. $24.95 (paper) In the summer of 1671...
Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

A cakewalk compared to Africa

Regarding Martin Issott's Oct. 23 letter, "A month away to bigger hassles": Issott should appreciate the fact that his Western passport allows him to either obtain a visa easily or travel visa-free to many developed countries to conduct his business regardless of his financial status.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Oct 28, 2007

Design climbs into the driver's seat

Japanese automakers' attention to the style stakes is on display at the Tokyo Motor Show, but they still need to shift it up a gear.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Oct 28, 2007

Lost in an Aegean dream

Herodotus, the so-called Father of History, made a few rather extravagant claims in his time (his time being the 5th century B.C., which is when he wrote the world's first history books).
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 28, 2007

Masters of all they survey

"How do you get to the Seibu department store?"
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2007

A fresh defense scandal

The credibility of the nation's defense administration is at stake in the wake of a fresh scandal embroiling a former top bureaucrat of the Defense Ministry and a defense contractor. We welcome the nonpartisan decision, reached at a Lower House select committee last week, to summon former administrative...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 28, 2007

And the government says: Let them eat rice

When I tuned in to NHK's "Nihon Kore Kara (Japan From Now)" on Oct. 20 to watch a live citizens' debate about Japan's food-security crisis, I felt the issue was a no-brainer. Who could argue against the importance of food security, meaning the self-sufficiency of a country to feed itself? And given the...

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo