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COUNTERPOINT

COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 11, 2011
Japanese artistry, by design, melds time and space into all its creations
Among the greatest of Japan's gifts to the world is surely the gift of design.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 4, 2011
U.S. base plan reveals obsequious Australia's frail sense of nationhood
"The unbreakable alliance." That is how U.S. President Barack Obama characterized the tie between his country and Australia in a speech to the Australian Parliament on Nov. 17, 2011.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 27, 2011
Jewishness infuses the works of Ben Shahn — even his Japanese ones
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 20, 2011
A lost gem found confirms who was the father of Japanese filmmaking
In July 1959, Japan's leading film magazine, Kinema Junpo, published a list of what it hailed as "The best 10 Japanese films of all time." This list included works by such acknowledged masters as Mikio Naruse, as well as the young but by then amply acclaimed Akira Kurosawa.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 13, 2011
Will trickle-down class discrimination rob Britain of what's so great?
Britain may be broken, but London is hot. A recent trip to the city exhilarated me.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 6, 2011
'American Jesus'
Iwas thrilled when, around Easter this year, I received an email from a leading American publishing house.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 23, 2011
Post-Fukushima, 'they' can no longer be trusted — if ever they could
Every year when I was a child, my parents would take my brother and me from our Los Angeles home to Las Vegas on vacation. Back then in the 1950s, Vegas was still a family-oriented holiday destination. Dad would drop a few bucks at the crap table while the rest of us basked in the sun.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 16, 2011
Don't look back, Tohoku: It's time to look far beyond the Japanese box
Iam just back from a five-day journey around Iwate Prefecture in Tohoku with an NHK TV crew.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 9, 2011
Conditions are ripe for the volcano of Japan's betrayed to erupt again
Second of two parts
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 2, 2011
Japan's leaders still don't get it — but whither that 'heretical' 1960s spirit?
Upwards of 2,000 demonstrators clash with riot police. Sections of trains are set alight, the fire spreads into the station and trains don't start running until late in the morning. In the middle of the night, some 450 people are arrested.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 25, 2011
Humble pie notably absent from the food fancies of worthies and others
Food is a staple fare of the media, whether in the form of recipes, restaurant reviews or photographs of meals to die for. Food is health; food is economics; food is culture; but food is also politics.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 18, 2011
Mako: the Japanese-American actor who fought racist stereotypes
Second of two parts
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 11, 2011
Taro Yashima: an unsung beacon for all against 'evil on this Earth'
First of two parts
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 4, 2011
As 9/11 nears, morality dictates we recall victims of America, too
In the lead-up this week to the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, it is important to keep in mind this: Dates take on a mythical significance that may mask reality.
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...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 21, 2011
Should wartime and peace allow such different attitudes to murder?
It is now nearly a month since the July 22 attacks on innocent Norwegians by the rightwing anti-Muslim terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, and aftershocks from those mass murders are still reverberating around the world. Yet massacres of innocents are everyday occurrences in wartime.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 14, 2011
Barriers to multiculturalism are as low as they've ever been in Japan
Second of two parts
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 7, 2011
Norway's horrors betray a bigoted ignorance of nationality's meaning
First of two parts
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 31, 2011
Timely film reiterates the 'no nukes' urgings of Barefoot Gen's creator
"Nothing has changed from the time of the atom bombs. ... It stands to reason that people are terrified of what they cannot see. I understand the hysteria. In the end, humans must not resort to the atom that they cannot control. The time has come for the Japanese people to make up their mind."
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 24, 2011
What a difference a friend's tales of 'hair on the heart' can still make
"Shinzo ni Ke ga Haeteiru Wake" is the intriguing title of a book published in April by Kadokawa. The book was written by my good friend, Mari Yonehara, and its title in English would be "That's Why Hair Grows on the Heart."
Triple whammy takes Japan bankruptcies to decade high
More Japanese firms have gone bankrupt in the first half of this year due to soaring costs, labor shortages and the end of pandemic-related support.
With eye on China, Japan deepens ties with Pacific islands at Tokyo summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown shake hands during 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting on Thursday in Tokyo.
Say cheese: Japanese scientists make robot face 'smile' with living skin
A researcher at the University of Tokyo shows a face mold covered in human skin tissue at its lab.
Rainy season ends in Tokai and Kanto regions
The streets of Tokyo's Ginza district on Thursday. The rainy season appears to have ended in the regions of Tokai and Kanto, including Tokyo, on Thursday, according to the Meteorological Agency.
India’s envoy in Japan calls for boosted supply chain and defense cooperation
Indian Ambassador Sibi George says one of his main tasks in his post is to boost Japanese public and private investments the South Asian powerhouse.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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