Japanese society and culture seem intrinsically suited to bicycles, which require a degree of safety of environment and intimacy that are alien to many thunderously car-based, brash and crime-ridden Western societies.
"Hurry up and pack your bag. We've got to get back to Tokyo. You've got school tomorrow."
People in Kansai's commercial capital were asked if they feel concerned about the prospect of missile attacks by North Korea ...
Foreign nationals in Shibuya give their general thoughts on terrorism, whether conspiracy legislation is necessary to fight it, and how safe they feel in their home and host countries.
Jean Pearce, who for decades helped Japan's foreign community feel more at home in their adopted country through her columns in The Japan Times, passed away peacefully on June 14 at the age of 96 in Washington, D.C.
"Sometimes I feel as if I'm in a jousting tournament in Japan."
After flirtations with city and country, a roaming suburban boy finds that true bliss lies somewhere in between.
People in the greater Nagoya area recount things they wish they hadn't — or had — done.
"One ... two ... three ... four ... five ... six ... 25 ... 26 ... 20-something ... 28 ... 29 ... 30."
Lt. Col. Kris E. Roberts, who found dozens of barrels of hazardous waste buried at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in 1981, reflects on the consequences of that discovery.
"Does this lasagne set already have mince meat in it? I can't tell from the packaging."
"I want to go to either Gusto or Saizeriya (family restaurants)."
The second in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the previous year.
