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 the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Apr 19, 2009
Flying machines, dancing for defense, an Imperial wedding and a bark suppressor
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Apr. 29, 1909 Hamilton Airship taken for a spin Mr. Charles Hamilton, American aeronaut, attempted the first trial of his airship at Kawasaki yesterday morning. The attempt, attended by several officers of the Military Balloon Corps, was a fair success. ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Mar 15, 2009
Fire devastates Hakodate, Dalai Lama on the run, leftists protest Narita airport expansion
by Edan Corkill
YEARS AGO Friday, Mar. 23, 1934 1,000 dead as fire destroys Hakodate Approximately 1,000 persons are reported to have been killed and a greater number injured in the conflagration which destroyed about four-fifths of the city of Hakodate, chief port of Hokkaido, Wednesday night. ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Feb 15, 2009
Anti-Japanese Bills, military budget eases unemployment, foreigners shun ski fields and socialists drop class struggle
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1909 Hawaii legislature and the Japanese The resolution concerning Japanese residents in Hawaii passed in the Lower House of Hawaii on the 19th inst., (it) reads as follows: There reside many Japanese in Hawaii who maintain close relations ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jan 18, 2009
Mail to Siberia, acension in Manchoukuo, conserving whales and freeing Toyotas
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Friday, Jan. 29, 1909 Mails via Siberia Some time last year the Government opened the direct dispatch of mails via Siberia. But the service was restricted only to post cards and letters specially designated for the Siberian route, while the printed ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Dec 21, 2008
Burning temples, busted black marketeers, golf boom and discriminatory bookshop
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Ochi Kochi Friday, Dec. 25, 1908 BUSINESS — In Nogotamura Toyotamagori fires have repeatedly occurred of late, the result being that many people of the district will often visit several temples of the neighbourhood to request the exemption of their property ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Nov 16, 2008
The passing of Chinese royalty, the arrival of a commoner consort and Reagan's 'peace through strength'
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1908 Their Late Chinese Majesties Not only one of two events most sorrowful to the Chinese Court and nation, which formed the theme of our comment in our last issue, but both have turned out to be facts. ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Oct 19, 2008
Battleships, Tokyo Tower and a guilty ex-Prime Minister
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Hail to the American fleet! Sunday, Oct. 18, 1908 — (Extra edition) The first in record and unrivaled in power and grandeur, the United States Atlantic Battleship Fleet enters the Bay of Tokyo today. The fleet comes as our national guest ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Sep 21, 2008
Baseball, brothels and unwelcome photographs
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1908 Japanese and the baseball game (Please note: Some language in use 100 years ago may be considered offensive today. — Ed.) San Francisco, July 11 — Mike Fisher is being deluged with letters from Japanese who are ...
History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Aug 17, 2008
1908 Olympics, Tokyo drunks and a hot summer
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Saturday, Aug. 15, 1908 The Olympic Games London, July 14. — America and Great Britain captured most of the laurels in the first real business day of the Olympic sports. Twice the Stars and Stripes fluttered to the top of the ...