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Rob Gilhooly

Rob Gilhooly is an award-winning British photographer and writer whose work has appeared in publications around the globe, including the Guardian and New Scientist. He was formerly a staff writer at the Japan Times and has contributed as a freelance since 2002. In 2004, he obtained an MA in journalism. His website can be found at www.japanphotojournalist.com

For Rob Gilhooly's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

Jun 3, 2001

High style at a price that suits

Makoto Kobara is rather pleased with his Comme des Garcons suit. Yet the 24-year-old's favorite thing about it is not the chic design or subtle color, but the fact that it cost him under 26,000 yen.

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

Jun 3, 2001

Old-books trade turns over a new leaf

In case you haven't noticed, the little used bookshop around the corner has some serious competition. The new kids on the block are so spacious, brightly lit and spotlessly clean that they could easily be mistaken for convenience stores.

COMMUNITY

May 27, 2001

Sleep on the job -- it's good for you

At some businesses around the globe, you'll find employees sleeping on the job right under their boss's nose. There's little fear of a reprimand: The boss is probably taking a snooze, too.

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

May 27, 2001

The quest for sleep

It's 5 a.m. and you've spent the past hour staring at the ceiling.

COMMUNITY

May 27, 2001

* Insomnia is not a modern-day phenomena: Aristotle penned his "Sleep and Sleeplessness" in 350 B.C.

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

May 13, 2001

Everybody can't get stoned

Kenji Ogasawara returned from a visit to Hawaii seven years ago on a natural high. Partially paralyzed by multiple sclerosis in mid-1994, he left for Honolulu later that year in a wheelchair. On his return to Narita two weeks later, he stepped off the plane on his own two feet.

COMMUNITY

May 6, 2001

Staying ahead of the bad guys

While experts recommend installing new locks as one way of countering a break-in, they also urge residents to consider overall home-security measures to keep burglars at bay. Here is what some of them had to say.

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

May 6, 2001

The key to effective home security

It's a weekday afternoon at the Shibuya branch of Tokyu Hands and one section of the popular DIY store is attracting particular attention. Staff are kept busy by the flood of inquiries about the range of door locks neatly displayed in glass cases.

CULTURE / Film

Apr 29, 2001

Cinema Italiano paradiso

Award-winning movie director Takeshi Kitano said Friday that the very mention of the word Italy brings to mind the kind of culture that puts present-day Japan to shame.

LIFE

Apr 29, 2001

Beast and bot battle to prove their wurff

They're unlikely to scare away the burglar or land you a slobbery early-morning kiss on the cheek, but robopets have been rapidly making their way into Japanese homes.

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

Apr 29, 2001

The clothes make the pooch

It's an expensive wardrobe, but extremely chic and doggish: A Burberry trench coat, Coach jacket and Prada bag are complemented by a Hermes hairbrush and limited-edition perfume.

COMMUNITY

Apr 29, 2001

Feeding your pet at long distance

You're working late at the office and your boss has just decided to hold a meeting. Dinner, you decide, will have to wait -- but what about the little ones left waiting for you at home?

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

Apr 15, 2001

The miracle man of Shimokitazawa

Self-professed "Miracle Man of the World" Masahiko Hirota sits me down on his massage table and quickly locates the knot just to the left of my right shoulder blade that has been bugging me for days. Closing my eyes, for an instant I am gratefully transported away as my knot is gradually unraveled by...

SUMO

Apr 15, 2001

Free sumo stable visits available

One explanation for the genesis of Japan's national sport, sumo, can be found in Japanese mythology, which says that the gods used to wrestle one another. One wonders if they bothered to do so at 5 a.m., when the modern-day gods of the dohyo get a most rude wake-up call.

JAPAN

Apr 1, 2001

Expert urges new approach to learning language

When Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon in July 1969, Kumiko Torikai was with them every step of the way, repeating their every word. For Japanese around the nation who witnessed the historic event, Torikai was their communication lifeline, the person who relayed...

Japan Times

COMMUNITY

Mar 22, 2001

I'll see your spell and raise a goblin

Akira Kan wipes away the beads of sweat rapidly gathering on his forehead. The 15,000 yen that Pavel Matousek is asking for Juzam Djinn is beyond his budget. But the alternative -- trade in his Mox Pearl and Island of Wak-Wak -- seems like a bum deal.

JAPAN

Mar 18, 2001

Media star teacher grabs success by the roots

Radical is a word Masahiko Sato positively adores. He says its etymology lies in the word radish or root, both of which signify the concept of origin. According to the 46-year-old professor at Keio University's faculty of environmental information, living the concept results in the original and the previously...

JAPAN

Mar 17, 2001

Father's plight raises immigration policy questions

Ken Imran Massey considers Japan his home. The Pakistani national has spent almost 18 years -- half his life -- in this country and his two children are both Japanese citizens.

COMMUNITY

Mar 6, 2001

Foreign manager discovers strength in the face of adverse circumstances

SHIBUKAWA, Gunma Pref. -- There are probably few foreign nationals in the country who have found themselves charged with running a traditional Japanese company.

COMMUNITY

Mar 6, 2001

Utsunomiya brings 'gyoza' lovers into fold

UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. -- At the bottom of the steps leading out of JR Utsunomiya Station is a statue of Venus quite unlike any other.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Things may look perfect to the outside world, but today's mom is fine with some imperfection at home.

How 'Reiwa moms' are reshaping motherhood in Japan

By Mai Yoshikawa

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Vol. 35: Travel in time — and stay there

Vol. 35: Travel in time — and stay there

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