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Sameer Yasir
For Sameer Yasir's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Anand Malligavad, a mechanical engineer known as “Lake Man,” stands in the clean waters of Kyalasanahalli Lake in Bengaluru, India. Malligavad, who turned to centuries-old knowledge to reclaim dozens of lakes, is now in demand across India.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 13, 2023
India’s ‘lake man’ relies on ancient methods to ease water crisis
In the seven years, 35 lakes in Bengaluru with a combined water-holding capacity of about 106 million gallons have been restored.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2023
In India, trains start running again by devastating crash site
The restoration of service could help more families reach the area to identify the dead. Officials said about 100 victims were still unclaimed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2023
India’s worst rail disaster in decades convulses country dependent on trains
The government in Odisha, which is home to about 45 million people, declared a day of mourning.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2022
With a $2.1 million cure their only hope, Indian parents plead for help online
India makes many of the worldu2019s drugs, but treatments for rare diseases like spinal muscular atrophy are imported and prohibitively costly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2022
COVID-stunted educations dim prospects for India’s economy and its youth
Hundreds of millions of students across India have received little to no in-person instruction with schools intermittently shut down since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2020
The virus trains: How lockdown chaos spread COVID-19 across India
Special trains operated by the government to ease suffering u2014 and to counteract a disastrous lack of lockdown planning u2014 instead played a significant role in spreading the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2020
In a changed Kashmir, moderates feel betrayed by India
For more than two decades, Peerzada Lateef Shah risked his life in a high-wire political process to bring peace to Kashmir, the mountainous, predominantly Muslim region that has long chafed under India’s rule.
Reader Mail
Feb 5, 2009
Simple logic for getting ahead
Regarding the Jan. 31 article "Cabinet Office to aid foreigners caught in recession trap": I am an American who came to Japan over 10 years ago without speaking a word of Japanese. I consequently studied on my own, with the help of a language program, and got myself into a dental school in Japan after two years of intensive Japanese study.

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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