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Nooshin Navidi
For Nooshin Navidi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 21, 2010
Dreams for life, not just for Christmas
The noise echoing down the dimly lit street in suburban Tokyo suggested it was no ordinary Sunday for the kids at St. Francis Children's Home. The usually subdued atmosphere in the alleyways around Kugahara Station in Ota Ward was punctured by shouts and laughter as the children worked themselves up for the much-anticipated Christmas Wish party.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 24, 2010
A new generation's search for ground zero
An estimated 140,000 were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, another 70,000 in Nagasaki, with thousands more succumbing to radiation-related illnesses in the months and years that followed. Shocking statistics like these are supposedly etched in history, taught in classrooms across Japan and the rest of the world in an effort to ensure each new generation understands the horror of nuclear weapons and vows never to see them used again.
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Jul 10, 2010
Party celebrates launch of Tokyo.JapanTimes photo comp show
More than 100 people gathered July 2 at the Heartland bar in Roppongi for the launch of a photo exhibition hosted by user-generated media site Tokyo.JapanTimes. Thirty photos on display, whittled down from almost 1,000 competition entries, included winners chosen by a panel of judges.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 2, 2010
Seeing Tokyo through the eyes of its people
Tokyo.JapanTimes, a Web site connected to The Japan Times and created to spur conversation about the capital, will celebrate the photos and final winners of its first photo competition at an exhibition in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills district on July 2.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Jun 22, 2010
'Hafu' draws viewers into world of Japanese identity
"Hafu," the Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese, takes on a more intricate meaning through the unfolding of mixed-race Japanese lives in the documentary "Hafu." Those starring in the film and those behind the project identify themselves as a newly emerging community.

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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