Politics & Diplomacy
Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use its adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex offenses.
Voices | THE COMMUNITY CHEST Jan 8, 2013
From Taiji to Okinawa, readers dissect some issues of 2012
In the first of our new Community Chest letters columns, we bring together a selection of mails received in response to some of the final Community stories of 2012. Dolphin defenders’ bad science Re: “Taiji hunts continue to anger, confound readers,” (Have Your Say, ...
Voices | HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO Oct 30, 2012
Science tells us that dolphins are something special
Dear people of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, I hope this letter will be accepted in the spirit it was written, with a deep respect for the Japanese people. I do not wish to attack Taiji, nor its people. I write this in the hope that ...
Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Oct 30, 2012
Taiji hunts continue to anger, confound readers
Readers’ responses received to the Sept. 11 Hotline to Nagatacho column, “Stop the annual Taiji dolphin massacre, make your children proud” by Deb Bowen-Saunders, and letters published on this subject on Oct. 9 (“Call to stop dolphin hunt in Taiji makes waves,” Have Your ...
Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Oct 9, 2012
Call to stop dolphin hunt in Taiji makes waves
Some of the many readers’ letters The Japan Times received in response to the Sept. 11 Hotline to Nagatacho column, “Stop the annual Taiji dolphin massacre, make your children proud” by Deb Bowen-Saunders: Dolphins are not people My response to Deb Bowen-Saunders will mirror ...
Voices | HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO Sep 11, 2012
Stop the annual Taiji dolphin massacre, make your children proud
To the mayor and people of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, I implore you to read all of this very important message. Japan has recently undergone horrific natural disasters and the rest of the world has rallied to help you. Please don’t let their trust in ...
Issues | THE ZEIT GIST Jul 22, 2008
Whaling: the meat of the matter
by Bharti Legros
Whales are magnificent creatures I have always dreamt of seeing in the flesh. However, tucking into a slab of whale steak at a restaurant in Tokyo was not what I had in mind. Nevertheless, this was a close encounter with one of the world’s ...
Community | MAKING A DIFFERENCE Nov 17, 2007
No holds barred in fight for dolphins
by Thomasina Larkin
Within minutes of meeting Allison Lance, one might start to wonder if she was a dolphin in a past life. Her enthusiasm and passion in her drive to protect her animal friends is so strong that it touches just about every area of her ...
Community Feb 21, 2007
The Samurai Dolphin Man
by David Mcneill
Ric O’Barry is one of the world’s best-known environmentalists. A former U.S. Navy diver, he later trained the five dolphins that played Flipper in the hit 1960s TV series of that name, before turning against dolphin captivity in 1970. Now aged 67, O’Barry has ...
Community May 23, 1999
Whaling town Taiji dreams for miracle IWC reprieve
by Michael Heazle
TAIJI, Wakayama Pref. — Nestled between clear Pacific waters and richly forested mountains and valleys, Taiji and it’s pristine surroundings have remained largely unspoiled thanks to the town’s isolation in southeast Wakayama and the community’s long-standing relationship with the sea and its resources. But ...