Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Aug 26, 2013

Of nuclear village idiots and radiation scare-mongerers: letters

Nab Tepco execs, take over the clean-up Until reading Brian Victoria’s letter on Aug. 13, I felt at times that perhaps I was being too much of an alarmist over the radiation dangers at Fukushima’s No. 1 nuclear power plant. But now I realize ...

Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Nov 27, 2012

Give bright young mothers a chance to contribute to society, flourish

Re: “Labor law protects expectant and new mothers — to a point” by Hifumi Okunuki (Labor Pains, Oct. 16): Japanese society has long been “traditional” in the sense that women who became pregnant, or even simply got married, were expected to end their working ...

Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Nov 6, 2012

Revisionists, the Senkakus and Debito: readers' views

Some readers’ letters in response to Debito Arudou’s Oct. 2 Just Be Cause column, “Revisionists marching Japan back to a dangerous place“: Your bias is showing, Arudou As a professional in international politics and security, and a longtime resident in Japan, reading Arudou’s column, ...

Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Oct 23, 2012

Think 'white South Africa,' not 'Black Ships'; in unions' defense

Japan must play by the rules Re: Edward Moreno’s letter “Bring back the Black Ships?” (Have Your Say, Oct. 2) in response to “Our mixed-race children deserve better than this, so why bother with Japan?” by Colin P.A. Jones (Zeit Gist, Sept. 4): Moreno ...

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 | HAVE YOUR SAY Oct 2, 2012

Divergent views on Debito; the fate of mixed-nationality kids

Arudou’s writing still needed Most of the readers who indignantly criticize the writings of Debito Arudou seem to share the same outlook. Arudou, they say, should shut up and accept the good with the bad. This reminds me of myself 20 years ago, after ...

Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Sep 25, 2012

Fears over Hashimoto, beefs with Berlitz story

A recipe for ‘Hashism’? Re: “How did we end up here, in ‘Hashimotopia,’ 2022?” by Christopher Robinson and Ben Stubbings (Light Gist, Aug. 28): I believe that (Osaka Mayor) Toru Hashimoto’s flip-flops are part of an ingenious political strategy. Hashimoto claimed to be opposed ...

Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Sep 4, 2012

For nikkei, It doesn't have to be a bug's life: readers bite back

Readers’ responses to Debito Arudou’s last Just Be Cause column, “For nikkei immigrants in Japan, it doesn’t have to be a bug’s life” (Aug. 7): Arudou of the Occident As a former nikkei resident of Japan, I, as well as my community colleagues, must ...

Voices | HAVE YOUR SAY Aug 28, 2012

Paid leave, advice for foreign parents, JET's value: readers' views

Uncompetitive Japan Inc. Not being a Japanese person employed in a private Japanese company, it is hard for me to imagine the hardship experienced by the writer of the July 17 Have Your Say letter (“Working employees to death”). I can, however, say with ...