For Shinichiro Shozawa's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Rika Sueyoshi, a TV celebrity, is trying to promote "ethical consumerism" in Japan by encouraging people to favor environmentally-sustainable products made by workers whose rights have been protected. "The term 'ethical' may sound serious and unfamiliar, but there are things that you may think you, ...
An enthusiastic female hunter-trapper in Tottori Prefecture has a tempting offer for people staying at her guesthouse: wild-animal cuisine. Satoko Umeno, 30, originally from Fukuoka, runs Ba-Bar, an inn converted from a 40-year-old house in a suburb of the city of Tottori. She cooks dishes using ...
Akira Miyasada drives his Kobe-registered car along the deserted beaches in the Ogatsu district of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, stopping to speak with locals and listen carefully to their stories from the devastating March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. He hears accounts of loss, damage and ...
