Of nuclear village idiots and radiation scare-mongerers: letters
Nab Tepco execs, take over the clean-up Until reading Brian Victoria's letter on Aug. 13, I felt at times that perhaps I was being too much of an alarmist over the radiation dangers at Fukushima's No. 1 nuclear power plant. But now I realize that, ...
Is Shintaro Ishihara the most dangerous man in Japan? Readers discuss
Parallels with wartime general Re: "The world according to Toru Hashimoto" by Eric Johnston (Light Gist, Oct. 30): Only one kana syllable (or one letter in romaji) separates (Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Shintaro) Ishihara from (Imperial Japanese Army) Gen. (Kanji) Ishiwara, but there's more ...
Give bright young mothers a chance to contribute to society, flourish
Re: "Labor law protects expectant and new mothers — to a point" by Hifumi Okunuki (Labor Pains, Oct. 16): Japanese society has long been "traditional" in the sense that women who became pregnant, or even simply got married, were expected to end their working lives ...
The truth of Mormon As a Mormon living in Japan, I would like to take a moment to comment on John Spiri's article "Against all odds, Mormons in Japan soldier on" (Zeit Gist, Oct. 23). It is nice to see more written on the church, although ...
Some readers' letters in response to Debito Arudou's Oct. 2 Just Be Cause column, "Revisionists marching Japan back to a dangerous place": Your bias is showing, Arudou As a professional in international politics and security, and a longtime resident in Japan, reading Arudou's column, I sincerely ...
Readers' responses received to the Sept. 11 Hotline to Nagatacho column, "Stop the annual Taiji dolphin massacre, make your children proud" by Deb Bowen-Saunders, and letters published on this subject on Oct. 9 ("Call to stop dolphin hunt in Taiji makes waves," Have Your ...
Think 'white South Africa,' not 'Black Ships'; in unions' defense
Japan must play by the rules Re: Edward Moreno's letter "Bring back the Black Ships?" (Have Your Say, Oct. 2) in response to "Our mixed-race children deserve better than this, so why bother with Japan?" by Colin P.A. Jones (Zeit Gist, Sept. 4): Moreno is right ...
Some of the many readers' letters The Japan Times received in response to the Sept. 11 Hotline to Nagatacho column, "Stop the annual Taiji dolphin massacre, make your children proud" by Deb Bowen-Saunders: Dolphins are not people My response to Deb Bowen-Saunders will mirror my Jan. ...
Divergent views on Debito; the fate of mixed-nationality kids
Arudou's writing still needed Most of the readers who indignantly criticize the writings of Debito Arudou seem to share the same outlook. Arudou, they say, should shut up and accept the good with the bad. This reminds me of myself 20 years ago, after first arriving ...
A recipe for 'Hashism'? Re: "How did we end up here, in 'Hashimotopia,' 2022?" by Christopher Robinson and Ben Stubbings (Light Gist, Aug. 28): I believe that (Osaka Mayor) Toru Hashimoto's flip-flops are part of an ingenious political strategy. Hashimoto claimed to be opposed to restarting nuclear ...
For nikkei, It doesn't have to be a bug's life: readers bite back
Readers' responses to Debito Arudou's last Just Be Cause column, "For nikkei immigrants in Japan, it doesn't have to be a bug's life" (Aug. 7): Arudou of the Occident As a former nikkei resident of Japan, I, as well as my community colleagues, must express strong ...
Paid leave, advice for foreign parents, JET's value: readers' views
Uncompetitive Japan Inc. Not being a Japanese person employed in a private Japanese company, it is hard for me to imagine the hardship experienced by the writer of the July 17 Have Your Say letter ("Working employees to death"). I can, however, say with a ...
