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For Eriko Arita's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 16, 2010
Life of classical musician Chopin celebrated by exhibit, concerts
The Min-On Music Museum in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin with an exhibit dedicated to the musician.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Apr 4, 2010
Mika Tsutsumi: Spotlight on the States
Mika Tsutsumi is a spirited journalist and writer whose work turns a spotlight on the widespread hardships and poverty caused by official policies and the behavior of businesses in the United States.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Mar 21, 2010
Can doggy bags save the world?
It can be a bit embarrassing at a restaurant to say that you'd like to take your leftovers away with you. That's probably why people the world over often ask for the food to be put in a "doggy bag," whether or not they have a hungry pooch waiting at home. The cute expression also helps them to avoid looking mean.
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 28, 2010
Focusing on the dark side
When the documentary filmmaker Motoharu Iida was asked by an animal-loving elderly woman to make a film to save the lives of abandoned cats and dogs, he was not sure what he could do.
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 28, 2010
Japan's love affair with dogs and cats
Takako Toda welcomed her lively, 7-year-old English pointer into her home in the city of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, when the puppy she named Woowo was just a month old.
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 28, 2010
Owners extol pets' wonder
Pet Haku 2009, an exposition to showcase cats and dogs as well as pet-related goods and services, was held in Tokyo's Odaiba district in December and featured around 80 companies. Staff writer Eriko Arita was there with her camera, asking visitors how they met their pets, what their pet's personality was like and where they live.
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 28, 2010
The business of pets
Japan's pet boom over the last decade has brought considerable benefits to the nation's economy. At the same time, however, it has led to problems involving both unscrupulous breeders and traders.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 22, 2010
Osaka events celebrate art that lies under the covers (of books)
The International Book Art Picnic will be held in Osaka until Jan. 31.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jan 17, 2010
Tokyo prof strives to rescue an Aboriginal language from oblivion
"Every language is a cultural asset of humanity," is how Tasaku Tsunoda expressed his motivation for costarting a project in 2002 to teach the extinct Warrongo language to the Aboriginal people of the Warrongo tribe of northeastern Australia.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 15, 2010
Dorantes performs original take on flamenco
You might be forgiven for thinking the primary instrument for flamenco is guitar. David Pena Dorantes, however, creates the music with a piano.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 8, 2010
Japan's festivals all at once
While winter is an off-season for traditional Japanese festivals, Tokyo Dome will be alive with matsuri madness from Jan. 8-11.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 25, 2009
Kids in Osaka get a taste of holidays past
Traditional New Year celebrations for families will be held at a museum in Osaka's Kita Ward from Jan. 3-11.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 18, 2009
Christmas market in Osaka serves festive German treats
Sipping on hot wine and nibbling on gingerbread, the German Christmas Market in Osaka gives you a taste of how holidays are traditionally spent in Germany.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 11, 2009
Clavichord gives Kobe taste of past
Kobe is set to host a rare clavichord concert titled "Patterns of Plants; Fragile Sound Tapestries Played on the Clavichord"on Dec. 13.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Dec 6, 2009
Rika Kayama: Finding satisfaction in being ourselves
Psychiatrist Rika Kayama is an outspoken doctor specializing in mental illness, a best-selling writer and a popular social commentator.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Nov 15, 2009
Panda-poop prof scoops Ig Nobel honor
Bacteria extracted from the feces of giant pandas can be used to reduce food waste to less than 10 percent of its original mass. For making this stunning — and potentially invaluable — scientific discovery, Fumiaki Taguchi, Professor Emeritus of Kitasato University in Kanagawa Prefecture, was awarded a 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for biology in a ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 1.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 13, 2009
Canine carnival a must-see for all dog lovers
One of the biggest festivals for dogs in Japan will be held at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 14-15.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 6, 2009
Opera group to perform classic China narrative
The China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) is performing "The Water Margin — The Vows of Song Jiang and the Heroes of Mount Liang Shan Po" across Japan until Dec. 10.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 23, 2009
Halloween events planned throughout Japan
Halloween events are taking place in many cities in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Oct 18, 2009
Cirque du Soleil adds pathos and artistry to those big-top thrills
Rearing up 27 meters on Nakanoshima in the center of Osaka, the huge blue-and-white striped tent looked like a spaceship that had landed among all the concrete buildings. But the massive marquee is actually the current home of Cirque du Soleil's "Corteo" spectacular, the magical circus troupe's hugely successful show whose title means "procession" in Italian.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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