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COUNTERPOINT

COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 29, 2010
Twin tours de force offer insights into Japan not lost in translation
The year 2010 may come to be seen as a landmark in terms of literature written in English that draws on Japan as a setting.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 22, 2010
How to stand, individually, against your nation on the warpath?
A dilemma confronts each and every citizen of a country at war: what to do if you believe that your country is in the wrong?
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 15, 2010
Opposite ends in poll scrabble wildly for Aussie middle ground
This is the winter of a discontented electorate in Australia. Less than a week before Aug. 21's general election, the voters are deeply disgruntled and proving decidedly hard to please, while the main parties appear to be heading for a close finish.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 8, 2010
Discerning Japan's future journey through the prisms of its past
LAST IN A THREE-PART SERIES — T he French revolution in 1789 revolutionized more things than one. It changed the very definition of the word "revolution," which until then — as can be guessed from the literal meaning of its root words, "to turn back again" — meant to revert to something...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 1, 2010
Japanese quotes cast country's life and culture in disparate lights
SECOND IN A THREE-PART SERIES — In its current issue, the popular monthly magazine Bungei Shunju has a long feature titled "Tekichushita yogen 50," meaning "50 predictions that hit the mark."
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 25, 2010
Savoring the wisdom of some Japanese predictions about Japan
FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES — I was 8 years old when we got our first television set, a 10-inch Admiral. That was in 1952, still early days for the new and exciting medium. It wasn't long before I was glued every week to my favorite program, "Criswell Predicts."
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 18, 2010
Laws can lead, but society must grasp the value of childcare leave
In 1992 my wife, Susan, and I took ourfour children — then aged between 3 and 9 — from Kyoto to Sydney. The children, who until then had been going to Japanese kindergarten and primary schools, spoke Japanese among themselves. We felt they needed some time in an English-speaking environment...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 11, 2010
For Japan's own good, it's high time to get into that holiday thing
It may surprise you, but one of the trickiest words to translate from Japanese into English is isogashii. Every dictionary will tell you that its closest equivalent is "busy," and you'd be hard pressed to find a native Japanese speaker who disagreed with this.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 4, 2010
Japanese betray some blinkered views of their foreign coworkers
On June 6, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper ran a feature on Japanese people's attitudes to non-Japanese colleagues at their places of work. The article included the results of a survey that explored those attitudes.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 27, 2010
Where's the spirit of Japan's troublemaking coffee-house Hobbits?
There was a time, in the 1960s and early '70s, when the people of Japan were not apathetic about what was being done on their soil. The opposition here to the U.S. invasion of Vietnam and Japan's support of it was large scale and vocal. Mass demonstrations were frequently held across the nation, participated...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 20, 2010
Grammar and sums have gone — all that's left is a je ne sais quoi
Hi Bris again tho this is the first time Im facing U my msg that Im prepared to rocket to Alaska so that Alaska can rejoin the USA and we can be 5×10 states again like in Barack's time So seriously Your Mal
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 13, 2010
Time was when the future of English is simply real ba-a-a-a-d, or not
So I like OMG Im so not going there no matter what the Quadrangle says it will do Vlad and I are running Alaska from Tea Party headquarters in Cheney and I can see the whole world from my living room Again the TPA (Tea Party of Alaska) government refuses to kowtow [pronounced cow toe] to American imperialism...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 6, 2010
E-books look set to swamp us just as microwave ovens once did
The "microwave phenomenon" is with us again. I use this term to describe a product that arrives on the market before its time, then disappears for a while before returning with a vengeance to strike at people's hearts and wallets.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 30, 2010
Studies highlight a 'heartwarming' resu of the real thing in Japan
Nothing gets the circulation going like sex.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 23, 2010
What's a rogue gusher when you never had a cherry tree anyway?
Fingerpointing, dear reader, has been elevated to an art. Halliburton is pointing the finger at BP. Transocean is also pointing the finger at BP. And BP, not to be outdone, is pointing fingers at both Halliburton and Transocean.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 16, 2010
Reality check, 2010: 'Smoking doesn't cause cancer' (Japan Tobacco)
Every generation has its theme song.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 9, 2010
To realize its cultural potential, Japan must celebrate its strengths
Europe received a cultural shock of major proportions during the last quarter of the 19th century. The exquisite shikisai kankaku (sense of color), the startling spatial and compositional elements and the sublime craftsmanship of the Japanese arts took the continent by storm. Many well-known collectors...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 2, 2010
Downed in her prime, a beacon of Japan's emerging new culture
The formative culture of a country is its subculture. Mainstream culture is about the present; subculture creates the future.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 25, 2010
Book makes real those whose lives led them to become homeless
When I was living in Kyoto in the late 1960s, I would often see homeless people along the banks of the Kamo River. They generally lived under the bridges in structures made of cardboard and blue sheeting. Having seen many homeless people in my native Los Angeles, I was particularly struck by the neatness...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 18, 2010
Hisashi Inoue: A great friend, writer, and people's champion is gone
O n Friday, April 9, Hisashi Inoue died at the age of 75, and with his passing Japan lost its most brilliant playwright.
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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