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Seana K. Magee
For Seana K. Magee's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2013
U.N. Japanese crafts exhibit is dream come true for disability advocate
The founder of a Tokyo organization created to give work to the disabled has seen her goal of exhibiting crafts at the United Nations come to fruition and hopes global leaders will see it as an example of what such artists are capable of accomplishing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2013
Singer brings peace message to U.N.
As pop star turned activist Shinji Harada performs around the world, including at a special United Nations concert this month in New York, he is reminded of the importance his hometown of Hiroshima plays as the nexus of a global peace movement 68 years after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2013
U.S. JET teacher features in 3/11 film
While Taylor Anderson's life was cut short on March 11, 2011, along with thousands of others caught in the massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Tohoku, the full life she led was a source of inspiration for an American documentarian who chronicled her life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2013
Solar plane pilots eye globe, pitch Japan stop
Two Swiss pilots wowed a New York audience recently as they described their first cross-country flight and 2015 vision of circling the globe — with a possible stopover in Japan — on nothing but energy from the sun.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2013
Dancer says imagination is key to a full life
As a toddler, Yuriko Kikuchi lost her sisters and father to illness in California, was raised by relatives in Japan and then returned to the West Coast to face internment at a World War II relocation camp — all before realizing her dream to be a dancer in New York.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2013
Japanese film on March 11 disasters premiers in New York
Nobuteru Uchida hopes his film on Japan's struggle to recover from the calamity of March 2011 will prompt dialogue and promote tolerance, since public opinion on the risks of low-level radiation remains divided.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2013
Miss International finds link with U.S. students
More than a decade ago, Ikumi Yoshimatsu chose the famous Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech to recite at her junior high school in Kyushu and the powerful words stayed with her.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2013
Japanese professor, students aid Sandy victims
Just before Christmas nine volunteers — including Japanese university students based in the U.S. — donned suits, masks and gloves to rip down the walls of a hurricane damaged home, recalling how the catastrophic quake-tsunami disaster stuck their homeland almost two years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2011
Sept. 11 volunteer organizer aims to 'pay it back' to Japan
As Charlie Vitchers looks back over the last decade and remembers nine months overseeing the cleanup of the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 , 2001, terrorist attacks, he vividly recalls countless examples of selflessness during New York City's darkest hours.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2011
Decision to leave N.Y. for Japan 'right,' Keene says
Donald Keene, a prominent Japanese literature scholar, has mixed emotions about permanently leaving his Manhattan home for Tokyo, where he aims to become a citizen.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2011
N.Y. yoga class raises funds for disaster relief
Drenched in perspiration, Megan Miller Yoo and about a dozen other students were pushing themselves to new limits during a special Sunday yoga session at a Manhattan studio.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2011
Buddhist priest uses 9/11 experience to help victims
After the March 11 quake jolted the Tohoku region and deadly tsunami swept away coastal towns, New York-based Buddhist priest T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki shifted into gear, drawing from work with locals after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks a decade ago to initiate memorials and other events around the city.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2011
Photographer gives focus to war survivors
NEW YORK — For professional photographer Paule Saviano, a chance visit to a gallery in Tokyo set in motion a project spanning more than three years, taking him from the United States to Japan and then to Germany to capture images of World War II survivors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2011
N.Y. model puts heart into Valentine's Day delights
NEW YORK — With an artistic flair and a passion for chocolate, Kanami Kawaguchi, a Manhattan-based Japanese fashion model, is creating her latest concoctions in time for the Valentine's Day rush.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2011
Club Kanazawa aims for unique tourism pitch
NEW YORK — A group representing artists, businesses and promoters from Japan recently launched Club Kanazawa, a membership program — with concierge services — highlighting the ancient Japanese city's assets to entice American and other international tourists to visit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2011
Holocaust survivor believes in fate
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Holocaust survivor Samuil Manski believes strongly in fate, having been in the right place at the right time after fleeing Europe with a visa granted by a Japanese diplomat before ending up in Boston.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2010
Women in N.Y. film wins award
NEW YORK — Kyoko Gasha, a Reuters TV reporter, has won a prestigious award from media professionals for her documentary about Japanese women living in New York.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2010
Focus more on poorest children: UNICEF chief
NEW YORK — As executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund, Anthony Lake is a fierce defender of children — especially the poorest and most marginalized — and believes they should be a focal point as world leaders gather in New York to work on a set of antipoverty goals.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2010
Ban to push antinuke goal at Hiroshima, Nagasaki
NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Wednesday he hopes to utilize his upcoming visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings to push forward his goal of realizing a world free of nuclear arms.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2010
NGO utilizes music to improve lives in Vietnam
NEW YORK — A nongovernmental organization led by a New York-based Tokyo native is striving to use music as a means to improve the lives of people in trouble spots around the world.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
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.
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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