Regarding the March 1 story “Softening of 'cool' Japanese men not what it seems,” when Japan was enjoying the bubble economy there were so many so-called corporate warriors whose watchword was “Can you work 24 hours straight?” It seems that not only the social ...
One of the biggest failures of the world in stopping the COVID-19 outbreak was our inability to gauge the actual impact of this pandemic. Probably, we all have been overconfident from the day we began to hear the news of the disease outbreak in ...
As with most if not all of the government's measures, the state of emergency plans issued April 6 are so full of holes and contradictions, people should be ready for the real emergency to begin soon, not from any virus, but from those wielding ...
Wash your hands! Don’t go out! If you must, then mask it! Lest you end up in an unwanted casket. Self isolating and avoiding the street, trying not to lose your job while making ends meet. Still, Bezos, Ma, Zuckerberg and Gates are making profits at dizzying rates. While Big Pharma is wringing it’s ...
As a former business journalist for The Economist and a clinical psychologist treating health anxiety, I have watched in admiration as Japan’s economy has stayed open during the coronavirus panic. Now pressure is mounting to lock down the country. I beg Japan’s government not ...
Regarding the April 3 story “Concern as Japan’s sex workers excluded from freelancer virus payouts,” as a former self-employed Ginza nightclub hostess, I am incensed by the blatant occupation-based discrimination by the Japanese government. In my five years of experience, all nightclubs I knew ...
I work in Japan as a teacher. Despite the news talking about teleworking in recent months, and about how some people are still going to work because of their inability to telework, I’d like to see an article about how schools are still forcing ...
During the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic, Japan seemed to be able to control the spread. However, the number has been steeply rising. When we read through news articles on handling pandemics, it is clear that reducing social contact is required to lower or ...
The coronavirus pandemic has been very disruptive, including to Japan’s schools. When I read in the news that as far as California is concerned, all schools in the state will not reopen this academic year, the idea occurred to me that beginning the Japanese ...
Regarding the March 20 letter to the editor "School closures are a cruel blow to children," school closures will not turn out to be so bad if we can offer online lessons. Using technology in an efficient way is always a wonderful thing. With ...
I’ve been reading your piece on Iki Island and its environmental problems (“The Climate Crisis: Emergency on Japan’s ‘lucky island’,” Jan. 5). It sounds idyllic: What a shame I don’t speak Japanese and am rather too old now to relocate. Would it be possible, do ...
First and foremost, I would like to say to Rika Asakura, who wrote the March 20 letter to the editor “School closures are a cruel blow to children” —“Congratulations on your graduation from high school!” The March 21 article, “In bloom? Celebrating Japan’s iconic cherry ...
