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Toshi Maeda
For Toshi Maeda's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1999
Diet panel opens debate on defense guidelines
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 4, 1999
Younger politicians demand firm stand on Pyongyang
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1999
U.S. parachuting in Okinawa called insensitive
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jan 7, 1999
Century of Change: SDF shackled by constitutional roots
On Sept. 6, 1976, two Japanese F-4 Phantom jets were scrambled from Chitose Air Base in southern Hokkaido after Air Self-Defense Force radar picked up an unidentified aircraft approaching Japan.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 1998
Brazilian files discrimination suit
Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998
Kitty Hawk arrives as Asia's '911 carrier'
Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1998
Inflatable jacket softens cyclists' impacts with asphalt
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 23, 1998
Man loses bid to run against Kim Jong Il
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1998
Soccer fanatics praise Japan's vibrant cheering section
Staff writer
JAPAN
May 26, 1998
Famed doctor was blinded by loyalty to Asahara
Staff writer
JAPAN
May 8, 1998
Eat 'ramen' for a fistful of dollars
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 19, 1998
Aum Three Years Later: Cult seen on steady path to rebirth
Second of three parts
JAPAN
Feb 12, 1998
Politics losing center stage, Japanese Olympian says
Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998
Hosting the Olympics -- boon or bust?
Fifth in a series
JAPAN
Feb 2, 1998
Zenkoji Temple to be backdrop for CBS Games coverage
Staff writer
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.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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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