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THE ZEIT GIST

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jun 7, 2005
Have you heard the one about . . ?
'And then, when he saw the other side of the car, where his date had been sitting not 15 minutes earlier, on the door handle, hung . . . a bloody . . . HOOK!"
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 31, 2005
New Nova hours pose health risk
Nova Corp., Japan's largest employer of foreign nationals, is set to amend its working times from this week, a move which could see thousands of foreign teachers become ineligible for Employees Health Insurance, and save the company as much as 1 billion yen a year in the process.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 24, 2005
Here comes the fear
Japan is following other developed countries in drafting antiterrorism laws.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 17, 2005
Foreign victims lacking a voice
As a foreigner living in Japan, it's often difficult to blend it with the crowd. While at times this might be fun, at others it can be a catalyst for trouble.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 10, 2005
Japan's gender debate
Grave risks Thank you very much for your article "Turning back clock on gender equality."
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 3, 2005
Turning back clock on gender equality
As the government emphasizes patriotism as part of the national school curriculum and discussion continues apace over revising Article 9, some LDP lawmakers are now calling for changes to the Constitution that may put equal rights and individual freedom at risk.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 26, 2005
The show's over
Marietta was with some Filipino friends in their local station when they were approached by a group of men they didn't know. One took her arm, and asked to see her alien registration card and passport. His badge showed he was from the Immigration Office. "Now they are checking everybody," she says.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 19, 2005
Home is where hardship is for Japanese returnees
Before preparing to move overseas for the first time, it's common to be warned about the effects of culture shock.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 12, 2005
English schools face huge insurance probe
The Social Insurance Agency is to investigate Japan's largest English-language teaching companies over a suspected failure to enroll their full-time foreign employees in the employees' pension and health insurance schemes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 5, 2005
Made in Japan
The Nintendo
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 29, 2005
Exhausted Kurds desperate to leave
Two large portraits adorn the walls of the otherwise colorless apartment in a Tokyo charity home that Meryem Dogan shares with her two young children.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 22, 2005
Fresh foreign angles
Japan has been a magnet for foreign writers and journalists since opening to the West.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 15, 2005
Visa la difference
Although it is certainly not impossible to receive a credit card as a foreigner living in Japan, chances are that unless you're working for a major Japanese company that is prepared to provide you with a family card, you're probably going to be rejected far more often than you might be at home.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 8, 2005
Creating laws out of thin air
With terrorists striking fear into governments worldwide, Japan too is currently considering its own version of America's Patriot Act, to be passed in a year or two.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 1, 2005
Past the pain and language barriers
Even for a sumo wrestler, Kaido Hoovelson looks big. The 20-year-old Estonian, who goes by the ring name of "Baruto," stands 197-cm tall, making him one of sumo's tallest wrestlers.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 22, 2005
Resisting the tide
Social studies teacher Sho Sasaki is fiercely proud of his native Iwate's local heritage.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 15, 2005
Compromised NHK needs closer scrutiny
As someone who toiled for several years inside NHK during the early 1990s, it is bemusing to see the simplistic criticism of the quasi-official broadcaster by the Japanese media.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 8, 2005
Foreign teachers have lucky escape
When news of the tsunami disaster in south Asia began to filter through on Dec. 26, there was good reason for friends and employers of the many English-language teachers in Japan to fear the worst.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 1, 2005
'I want to make Japan a better place to live'
Chong Hyang Gyun has just written herself into the history books, but not for the reason she wanted.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 25, 2005
Japan's enemy within
Riding home from school on the crowded Tokyo underground recently one day, 12-year-old Kim says she felt something hit the back of her head. When she checked what it was, her hand came away covered in saliva spat by a middle-aged male passenger. As he was getting off, the man said: "Get back to your...
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
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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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
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