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Mayumi Negishi
For Mayumi Negishi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
JAPAN
Jun 15, 1999
Dream school shuns educational norms
ONNA, Okinawa Pref. — A healthy techno beat pounds against the walls of the studio where dancers groove, their motions sharp as they study their moves critically in the mirror.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 1999
JICS handles nuts and bolts of foreign aid
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 2, 1999
Local Elections '99: Ishihara vows leadership, straight talk
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 18, 1999
Draft stresses shift to practical language classes
Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 8, 1999
Cabby from China learning way around Japan
Ghost, half-human and spy — Shigeru Oyama has been called all these things growing up half-Japanese in postwar Beijing.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 1999
AGS strives for clean, sustainable world
Born on a farm in Switzerland, Jakob Nuesch was tormented by a question while studying agriculture at a vocational school — how is yogurt made?
JAPAN
Jan 15, 1999
Woodblock man carves niche with 'Hyakunin Isshu'
Woodblock carver David Bull refuses to be called an "artist" or "sensei."
JAPAN
Sep 29, 1998
Media's slant on Japan irks expats in America
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 8, 1998
Nuclear activist urges Japan to take lead in disarmament
Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1998
Redress for WWII village slaughter sought
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 15, 1998
Cardboard coffins viewed as more intimate sendoff
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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