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Reader Mail
Jul 24, 2011

Photo bares caption-writing flaw

Regarding the July 21 article: "Ichihashi trial bares translation woes": The irony of an article rapping the translation skills of Japan's court interpreters accompanied by a photo caption identifying Julia and Bill Hawker as Julia and Bill "Walker" is just too delicious. Keep up the good work.
Reader Mail
Jul 21, 2011

Winding road to one's potential

Regarding Roger Pulvers' July 17 article, "In charting their life's course, today's youth might better stay foolish": Wonderful article! I read the Steve Jobs' speech cited by Pulvers several years ago, and it continues to inspire me through thick and thin.
Reader Mail
Jul 21, 2011

More cruel than 'widow penalty'

The July 17 AP article "'Widow penalty' immigrants finally allowed back in U.S." tells the story of Miwa Neal, a Japanese woman who married an American man but who was denied permanent residency in the United States because her husband died after less than two years of marriage.
Reader Mail
Jul 17, 2011

Throw out the 'what if' scenarios

I'm sorry to say that the July 13 article "Fukushima plant site originally was a hill safe from tsunami" is mere speculation, a "what if" scenario and thus 100 percent irrelevant.
Reader Mail
Jul 10, 2011

The talent to help prevent suicide

Tokyo English Life Line suggests that journalists and anyone writing about suicide please read the readily available "Guidelines on Reporting Suicide in the Media" (www.who.int/mental_health/media/en/426.pdf).
CULTURE / Books
Jul 10, 2011

Watch your manners!

MANNERS AND MISCHIEF: Gender, Power and Etiquette in Japan. Edited by Jan Bardsley and Laura Miller. University of California Press, 2011, 245 pp., $22.95 (paper) Don't let the cutesy Hello Kitty cover fool you. "Manners and Mischief" disdains frivolity and stands firm as an academic text for students...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 10, 2011

Japan's attention to detail is all in the delivery

While in California recently, I saw a reality program called "Undercover Boss," in which the president of a company disguises himself as a new hire and works beside his frontline employees. The boss thus comes to appreciate how important those people are to the success of his business. At the end of...
Reader Mail
Jul 7, 2011

Sensible transfer goes begging

I was glad to see the June 28 article "Daylight savings is it finally time to convert?" I have been a summer resident and law teacher in Kyoto for six of the past eight summers and have found many things about Japanese life that are more sensible than in America, my home country.
Reader Mail
Jul 7, 2011

Food safety precedes 'uniqueness'

Regarding the July 1 Kyodo article "UNESCO listing for Japan fare?": While it is apparent that Japanese authorities need to do what they can to promote safe Japanese food products in the aftermath of the recent tragic events in Japan, I am concerned, after reading this article, that too much emphasis...
Reader Mail
Jul 3, 2011

DST is no shoo-in to save energy

While the June 28 article "Daylight saving: Is it finally time to convert?" does a fair job of presenting the daylight saving time issue, it presupposes that switching the clocks will save energy.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 28, 2011

Daylight saving: Is it finally time to convert?

The nation's sweltering summers are threatening to become even more oppressive with the chance of power outages because of the Fukushima nuclear crisis and the reactor shutdowns that followed throughout the country.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jun 28, 2011

Does Japan need an education in dealing with difference?

The Community Page received a large number of emails in response to Gerry McLellan's May 24 Hotline to Nagatacho column "Japanese adults need an education in dealing with difference." The following is a selection of readers' views.
Reader Mail
Jun 26, 2011

Quotes differ from personal view

Giovanni Fazio's June 19 comments about my June 6 Bilingual Page article, "What will Japan learn from the Fukushima meltdowns?," attributes opinions to me that I do not hold and — unless I'm badly misreading my own writing — did not express.
Reader Mail
Jun 26, 2011

All the news facts except 'who'

Regarding the June 22 Kyodo article, "Minami Sanriku (Miyagi Prefecture) must pay rent on temporary facility": Why didn't the reporter mention which construction company owns the buildings, and who is demanding rent?
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 26, 2011

Eastern Japan edgy as power demand soars

Back in the early 1970s, electronic signposts in Tokyo and other major cities used to display levels of carbon dioxide and other air pollutants along with the temperature.
COMMENTARY
Jun 22, 2011

Kissinger analysis key to understanding China

It is very tempting to proclaim "On China" as the most important new nonfiction book of 2011. But that it may well be.
Reader Mail
Jun 19, 2011

Meaningful levels of radiation

Regarding the June 16 Kyodo article "Tokyo ups radiation checks to 100 sites": I would like to inform you that the measured values reported in this article are meaningless unless you give a time that the values relate to, such as 0.06 microsievert per hour (which I assume you mean in this case). Otherwise,...
Reader Mail
Jun 16, 2011

Disappointing antinuke coverage

Regarding the June 12 front-page article "Three months marked since killer quake, tsunami": I was very disappointed by The Japan Times so-called coverage of the worldwide demonstrations against nuclear power held June 11.
Reader Mail
Jun 16, 2011

Unlikely return to Fukushima

Regarding the front-page June 11 article "Housing still scarce three months after disaster": This is another good article, but it should be noted that it may be a while before people in the Fukushima region realize that many of them will not be able to return to their neighborhoods in their lifetimes....
Reader Mail
Jun 9, 2011

Place to start: reduce energy use

Although I realize the main purpose of Michael Hoffman's June 6 article, "What will Japan learn from the Fukushima meltdowns?," is to teach the Japanese language, he ought to learn more about a topic rather than pass off conventional wisdom as fact.
Reader Mail
Jun 2, 2011

'Preparing for the best' has failed

Bravo! to Hiromi Murakami for his May 30 article, "Changing Japan's system to handle the 'unexpected.'" That's telling it like it is. I write a blog that gets about 1,000 reads per article under the pseudonym "gonzedo" in my local newspaper. Most of my recent articles have had to do with the Fukushima...
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 28, 2011

Funds elude drug rehab effort in Turkey

A former staffer of Mie-DARC, a drug addiction rehabilitation center in Mie Prefecture, has been providing similar support for addicts in Turkey.
Reader Mail
May 26, 2011

Virtues will stand reconstruction

I believe that Michael Hoffman's May 22 article, "Extreme nationalism may emerge from the rubble of the quake," reiterates, in its own way, the unique character of Japan. For me, the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami seemed to remind the world of this country's character, which has always...
Reader Mail
May 26, 2011

Exalting superiority carries risk

Michael Hoffman's article on the apparent rise of nationalism in the wake of the March 11 earthquake disaster leads me to wonder: If Japanese "intellectuals" like conservative journalist Yoshiko Sakurai and professor emeritus Masahiko Fujiwara (both cited in Hoffman's article) make themselves and their...
Reader Mail
May 19, 2011

News report not ready for release

Was the May 14 Kyodo article "Radioactive ash found in Tokyo after March 11" meant for normal people, or was it badly translated into English? It is just too vague and uses scandalizing vocabulary: "A sewage plant in eastern Tokyo detected a highly radioactive substance in incinerator ash shortly after...
Reader Mail
May 15, 2011

Wish from a young Pakistani

I am a student from Pakistan currently on scholarship at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London. Before running another eloquent article about the disintegration of Pakistan, I wish newspaper editors would consider how it will hamper me emotionally as a Pakistani.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 10, 2011

Pension 'gap years' and missed payments

Responding to our April 19 column ("Japan pension answers often case-specific"), KW suggests that there are further conditions — aside from the special exemptions we mentioned — under which foreigners may be able to receive a pension without paying in for 25 years.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 10, 2011

Japan's education system failing on all levels

The article "Students choose failure over uncertainty" by Chris Burgess (Zeit Gist, April 19) is truly reflective of the state of education, employment and Japanese society. I am glad to know that someone has finally voiced his or her concern over a very broken system.
Reader Mail
May 8, 2011

Knowing what needs to be done

Regarding the May 3 Kyodo article "Ex-JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching Program) teacher dashed from U.K. to help": It was so uplifting to read this article — to see that someone cares that much for others and is willing to help out (following the March 11 disaster in the Tohoku-Pacific region).
Reader Mail
May 1, 2011

No such thing as 'passive tense'

Regarding the April 27 Bilingual page article, "Stop worrying and embrace the passive tense": Sorry to nitpick, but I think someone writing a column on language is obliged to be careful about linguistic terminology.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
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Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
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In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
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Pakistan hails role of Chinese jets in repelling India strikes
A J-10C fighter jet
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
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Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
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With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
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Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.

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