In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
When it comes to gender equality, Japan has never failed to disappoint.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the English Premier League.
Romanian Ambassador Radu Serban is a veteran diplomat with a mission to promote economic ties with Japan. But the envoy, 61, has another agenda — promoting cultural and educational exchanges, which ties into his personal love of Japanese literature, especially haiku. Serban’s love of haiku and admiration for Japanese haiku ...
In response to the article “Blame it on the hara: harassment vocabulary makes us all victims” (The Foreign Element, Jan. ...
Makoto Tsuji Social worker, 35 (Japanese) At first, I thought I preferred Japanese women based on looks, but now I ...
For me personally, early 2012 and the same period this year are much the same all-round as far as work, private life and everything else goes. No big differences. But I will change my job later this year, so that's something to look forward ...
"I don't see any benefit in corporal punishment, whether at the hands of teachers or parents."
Regarding “Refer Senkaku issue to ICJ to avoid a train wreck,” Hotline to Nagata-cho, Jan. 8): Brian A. Victoria’s analogy—two steam locomotives rushing toward each other at full speed—is perfect, not so much because he predicts a collision but because it symbolizes that one ...
Do we really need to know ages? Re: “Osaka: What are your hopes for yourself, Japan and the world in 2013?” (Views From The Street, Jan. 1): Looking at your questions to people of Osaka about their hopes for 2013, I wonder — yet ...
Chris Glenn Radio DJ / talent, 40s (Australian) I can understand their handlers want to keep the girls potentially available, just as I’m sure they want their stable to concentrate on their performances, not boys. It works to prevent any scandals too, while maintaining ...
Readers offer some advice to the new prime minister on the contentious issue of nuclear power in post-3/11 Japan. Gambling with future generations Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Although I have taught classes related to Japan at the university level for years, I am ...
Rikiya Sakurai Student, 20s (Japanese) If tolls were eliminated, gasoline and car taxes would have to go up to make up the difference. At the moment the economy is bad and not everyone can afford to pay the extra taxes. Once it gets better, ...
Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, As I look to your future as prime minister, I cannot help but be reminded of a famous scene from the silent film era, namely, two steam locomotives rushing toward each other at full speed. We all know the ...
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, ...
Tomomi Morita Waitress, 21 (Japanese) I attended my coming of age ceremony, which was a big event for me, even though I actually turned 20 the year before. I wore a kimono, and after the ceremony near where I live I went to Senso-ji ...
Kuniko Sano Housewife, 69 (Japanese) I argue with my husband a lot, so I hope that diminishes next year! And I hope everyone stays healthy, especially my four grandkids and new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, since he previously quit for health reasons. I worry ...
George Ianus Rocket science Ph.D., 29 (Romania) For me it is a case of family — and snow. It’s a time to remember your home and family. Now, we are all in different parts of the world but, in my mind’s eye, I can ...
