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VIEWS FROM THE STREET

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 29, 2008
What are your plans for Golden Week?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 22, 2008
Do you expect the Nagano leg of the Olympic torch relay to go smoothly?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 15, 2008
Who benefits from Japan's ramped-up immigration measures?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 8, 2008
What are your views on Yasukuni Shrine and the furor over the film?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 1, 2008
Do you believe in UFOs and extraterrestrial life?
Mamiko Sato Japanese teacher, 31 I think it's difficult to believe that humans are the only species curious enough to visit other planets. There has to be other species intelligent and curious enough to have visited Earth.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Mar 25, 2008
How much of an impact will the Tibet issue have on the Beijing Olympics?
Jennifer Kennedy Mother (Canadian)
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Mar 11, 2008
Should foreign residents be made to sit Japanese tests?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 26, 2008
Is violence against women a big problem in Japan?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 19, 2008
Should Japan's teachers stand up for the national anthem?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 5, 2008
What's the biggest issue facing the Indian community in Japan?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 29, 2008
Are you concerned about the current financial turmoil?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 22, 2008
What are your thoughts on the whaling issue?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 15, 2008
In the wake of recent grisly crimes, is Japan still a safe place to live?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 8, 2008
What are your New Year's resolutions?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 25, 2007
What are you hoping Santa Claus will bring you for Christmas?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 18, 2007
What was the biggest foreign news story of 2007?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 11, 2007
What was the biggest domestic news story of 2007?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 4, 2007
What is the most important issue facing foreigners in Japan right now?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 27, 2007
Does fingerprinting foreign arrivals help Japan in its "war on terror"?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 20, 2007
Security cameras: Ensuring safety or invading privacy?
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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