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Karen Foster
For Karen Foster's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 29, 2007
How to avoid the melt down
With the weather heating up, it's time to put on more UV protection and get out those hardy cosmetics that can withstand the summer's melting sun.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 8, 2007
Top-selling author Atwood: sometimes caustic, never without cause
She enjoys immense popularity in Japan. Twelve of her books have been translated into Japanese and more are on the way. But internationally acclaimed Canadian author Margaret Atwood wasn't in Japan recently to promote a new book. She was here to look at birds.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 6, 2007
Looking good naturally this spring
With the gloom of winter now behind us, people are getting out of their dark, heavy clothes and into lighter, brighter spring colors. And with this comes a different approach to makeup.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2006
Japan can't stop the tide of people: UNHCR chief
As more people migrate worldwide, Japan will not be able to stop immigration, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, saying he was concerned with Japan's restrictive refugee acceptance program and treatment of asylum-seekers.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 17, 2006
TELL help and driving licenses
TELL guide Tokyo English Lifeline (TELL) has published their first directory of services for the Kanto region. "Tell me about Tokyo" is a compact guide to all the medical, legal and social services you might need living in the greater Tokyo region.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 5, 2006
"Kazunori Kumagai: Resolution of My Tap"
BunkamuraSaturday Oct. 9, 6:18 p.m.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2006
Two Kyoto boys saved from drowning
was floating downstream so I ran down and jumped in and my friend went upstream to rescue the other boy where he was struggling," Bartz said. Naoki Kubo of Kyoto, who was nearby, also jumped in the river to help Baba rescue Nanbu, police said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 12, 2006
Picking a yoga teacher needn't cause a strain
For anyone interested in yoga, the first step is finding the right teacher.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 8, 2006
Keep cool while on the go this summer
Summer is the time for diving into the great outdoors, whether it be at a music festival, the beach, hiking or just a barbecue with friends.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 7, 2006
A good cause
While Japan has no tradition of high-priced events for the wealthy to raise money for charity, expatriate communities here regularly lay on glitzy, high-profile parties as a means of raising money for the less fortunate.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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