For Hidetsugu Enami's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Ayumi Tanaka is crazy about pets. Ever since she was a child, she has pondered the problem of the thousands of stray dogs and cats that get put down every year and has wondered how she might help to save them. Last spring, she purchased ...
With Internet users able to check out new words and phrases at the click of a mouse, it is becoming harder for publishers of print dictionaries to compete with Web-based alternatives. Each November and December, bookstores display the new editions of Japan's contemporary word dictionaries. ...
In March, Rina Suzuki, 16, known as Japan's first "volunteer idol," was among those reminding spectators not to forget to vote in the Yokohama mayoral election at a preseason baseball game at Yokohama Stadium. "Her smiling face is nice, isn't it?" said Akihiko Takaishi, 31, ...
