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Julian Peters
For Julian Peters's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 19, 2010
What are your hopes for Japan in 2010?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 8, 2009
Can Tatsuya Ichihashi get a fair trial under the new lay-judge system?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 17, 2009
What are your thoughts on the arrest of Tatsuya Ichihashi?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 22, 2009
Now that summer is over, what are you looking forward to?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 8, 2009
How do you feel about Prime Minister Taro Aso being kicked out of power?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 23, 2009
Is Japan a good place to bring up a child?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 26, 2009
Are you taking any extra precautions now that swine flu has arrived in Japan?
Kristian D'ArneyDesigner, 35 Recently, I've heard this situation being compared to the 1918 Spanish flu, which got me paranoid. So now I wash my hands after going out, holding on to railings, and so on.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 5, 2009
What do you think of the way SMAP's Tsuyoshi Kusanagi has been treated since his naked romp
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 21, 2009
What's one thing to do in Japan before you die?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 14, 2009
What are your thoughts on North Korea in the wake of its recent launch of a missile over Japan?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Mar 31, 2009
Should Democratic Party of Japan chief Ichiro Ozawa stay or go?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Mar 10, 2009
Who is your favorite Japanese politician?
Julian Lambert, 40
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 24, 2009
What do you make of former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa's performance at the G7 summit in Rome?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 10, 2009
What should be done about Japan's ticking demographic time bomb?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 27, 2009
What advice do you have for new U.S. President Barack Obama?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 13, 2009
If you could change one thing about Japan, what would it be?
Ken Hirota Furniture maker, 35Lighting, especially in homes. People use the big circular lights, which are too bright. In the West, people tend to use a more relaxed, yellow-orange lighting scheme.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 16, 2008
In an ideal world, who would you like to see running Japan?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 18, 2008
Have you ever had any problems renting accommodation in Japan?
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 4, 2008
Which candidate would like to see as the next U.S. president?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 21, 2008
How well does Japan look after the needs of its disabled population?
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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