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Akane Sujino
For Akane Sujino's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 24, 2021
Families and groups seek seclusion in renovated villas amid pandemic
Remodeled homes and former company dormitories are being to new use as isolated vacation facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 28, 2017
Rural Japan prefectures act as matchmakers, luring city women
Masanobu Ota, a farmer in Ureshino, Saga Prefecture, and his wife Etsuko, married last year thanks to the help of a matchmaker — the prefectural government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 17, 2017
Care burden prompting more widows to cut off in-laws via little known procedure
An increasing number of Japanese, especially women, are choosing to terminate legal relations with in-laws after the death of a spouse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 1, 2016
Marriage-shy Japanese turning to temple priests for help with matchmaking
Although traditionally seen as conductors of funerals or memorial services, some Buddhist monks in Japan are carving out a new niche as matchmakers for singles looking to marry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2013
Kids at tsunami-hit school keep traditional dances alive
Students at a junior high school in tsunami-hit Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, are making a fresh start in their efforts to keep traditional performing arts alive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2013
Food producer breathes life into shattered Rikuzentakata
Akie Hoshi never imagined she would be able to find work in her hometown of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, just a year after the tsunami spawned by the Great East Japan Earthquake smashed into the coastal city, erasing entire districts.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2010
Lay judge trials tax interpreters
Court interpreters participating in lay judge trials with foreign defendants are struggling with increases in the volumes of written evidence and rapid questioning of witnesses and defendants.

Longform

A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world