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Laura Fitch
For Laura Fitch's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 19, 2012
Japanese art still struggles in China
Japanese photographer inri was just 27 when she saw RongRong's photographs for the first time. As she wandered between the stalls of a 1999 Tokyo art fair, a series on traditional Chinese wedding dresses caught her eye. One image, with a man and a woman completely hidden in the folds of yellow silk robes, reminded her of something. She didn't speak Chinese, and instead grabbed a pen and paper to scrawl the two Japanese kanji 黄河 (yellow river) — in reference to a river crossed after death according to Buddhist mythology.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 19, 2012
Japanese art still struggles in China
Japanese photographer inri was just 27 when she saw RongRong's photographs for the first time. As she wandered between the stalls of a 1999 Tokyo art fair, a series on traditional Chinese wedding dresses caught her eye. One image, with a man and a woman completely hidden in the folds of yellow silk robes, reminded her of something. She didn't speak Chinese, and instead grabbed a pen and paper to scrawl the two Japanese kanji 黄河 (yellow river) — in reference to a river crossed after death according to Buddhist mythology.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 16, 2006
Second-class citizens
Rogelio Buscio's shoes were missing. It was the evening of July 27, 2005, and 30-year old Filipino Bucio was getting ready to leave the dormitory he shared with other Sanjo Metal Company Ltd. trainees to start his evening shift. He looked everywhere, asked everyone. Nobody was giving up the shoes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 4, 2006
Students bring school to book
It was payday, and Shawn Hannold's bank account was empty. A phone call from a coworker alerted Hannold the paychecks hadn't shown up in the accounts that morning.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 21, 2006
Taking the biz plunge
Japan has long been a point of interest for economists worldwide, picking itself up after World War II to create a gargantuan economy that, despite the post-Bubble crash, is still one of the largest in the world. But these stats do little to shed any light on what it's like doing business on the ground level.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 8, 2005
Speed trap
It must have taken him by surprise. Kenji Kobayashi, former member of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party of Japan had just lost his seat a week previous.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 19, 2005
Foreign mothers fight for children's futures
Rosanna Tapiru's problems really began shortly after her arrival in Japan.
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!"

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world