For Keita Funaki's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Keiichi Tsukishiro, a veteran in the field of prosthetic engineering, will be in Rio de Janeiro this summer supporting athletes taking part in the Paralympics by repairing wheelchairs and artificial limbs. This will be the sixth Paralympics for the 51-year-old Japanese, who also teaches at ...
With an ever-increasing number of foreign aquatic species threatening ecosystems in many areas of Japan, municipalities are calling on people not to release them into the local environment. Most of the foreign species, such as bluegill and red-eared slider, are believed to have been released ...
At a crematorium in May 2008, a 35-year-old woman and her 38-year-old husband bade farewell to their unborn baby boy, Yuki, whom they dressed in blue clothes and a blue hat. The baby's bones were so thin and tiny the parents, who declined to be ...
Business has been lean over the years for many of the horse breeders in Hokkaido, Japan's leading region for producing thoroughbreds, as the popularity of racing declines. But breeders now see a ray of hope in China, where an increasing number of wealthy people are ...
