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Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Nov 3, 2009

African and Mideast culture in spotlight at biannual Tokyo bazaar

Thousands of people sampled the tastes of Africa and the Middle East during the 15th charity bazaar held in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Oct. 27 by Nihon Chukinto Africa Fujinkai.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2009

Nashida keeps crowd guessing over starter

SAPPORO — Thanks to a Central League rule, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Masataka Nashida was able to play coy until the very end.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 30, 2009

m-flo's Verbal spreads the love

"It's like a meteorite flow" says Verbal of his group's name. "I spelled it 'mediarite' because I thought we would hit with a big impact in the media and surprise the unsuspecting masses with some good music. I think it worked better than I anticipated."
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2009

Challenging Obama's word

DELHI, India — During his U.S. presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised that he would be prepared to meet with so-called rogue rulers like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran or Kim Jong Il of North Korea in the interests of peace.
Reader Mail
Oct 25, 2009

Right of foreigners to leave Japan

In the Oct. 20 Zeit Gist article "Foreign parents face travel curbs?," why does professor Colin P.A. Jones write: "Japanese citizens have a constitutional right to leave their country. And foreigners? They apparently lack this right."
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2009

DPJ, LDP to feint, not fight for time being

A bell will sound Monday to mark the opening of the extraordinary Diet session and the legislative debut of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's administration.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 24, 2009

Concretology — getting lost inside a mammoth structure

Japan is the home of concretology. This form of architecture started in the 1960s as a way to use molds, iron bars and rendering to form structures that make people say, "Whoa!"
COMMENTARY
Oct 20, 2009

Western media stoking conflict

A little more than a year ago, Russia and Georgia were at war over Georgia's small autonomous republic of South Ossetia. We now have two authoritative reports — one from late 2008 by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE ) and the other just released by the European Union —...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2009

India shifts stand on carbon emission cuts after China announces a national program

LONDON — With a new U.N. climate treaty to be considered in Copenhagen in December, the developed world and the emerging economies are trying to bridge their differences on how to curb greenhouse-gas emissions that cause global warming. The United States wants developing countries like India and China...
Reader Mail
Oct 18, 2009

Opportunity for strong leadership

Regarding the Oct. 11 article "Many in DPJ (Democratic Party of Japan) want Japan to cut link to U.S. nukes": I agree, Japan should cut all nuclear ties with the United States. There are two good reasons. First, the U.S. nuclear umbrella is a myth. America cannot possibly protect Japan from a nuclear...
Reader Mail
Oct 18, 2009

Human face on mental illness

Thank you so much for the Oct. 8 editorial "Depression and suicide." I could not agree more on the need for more awareness and education regarding mental illness. I have suffered from depression for 10 years. I moved back to Japan last year from the Middle East and have had difficulty since there are...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 17, 2009

Japan's gifted children

There are many gifted children in the world, but Japan would have to have the highest number. I'd estimate that nearly 100 percent of Japanese children are gifted. It's not hard to be a gifted child in Japan though.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2009

Tepco looks to get more out of reactors

Tokyo Electric Power Co., Asia's biggest nuclear operator, may raise capacity at existing reactors to meet emissions-reduction targets set by the new government.
Reader Mail
Oct 11, 2009

Passive influence on family law

In his Oct. 6 column, "Savoie case shines spotlight on Japan's 'disappeared dads,' " Debito Arudou aptly observes that kids are the main losers when their parents part, and even bigger losers when their parted parents fail to agree to maintain meaningful contact. But some of his statements about the...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Oct 11, 2009

In cross-cultural situations, remember those emoticons

"My first child was born on December 27th, 1839, and I at once commenced to make notes on the first dawn of the various expressions which he exhibited."
JAPAN / Q&A
Oct 10, 2009

Custody laws force parents to extremes

The high-profile case of Christopher Savoie, a Tennessee man who was arrested in Fukuoka Prefecture for snatching his two children from his Japanese former wife and now faces kidnapping charges, illustrates the extremes a partner in a broken international marriage will resort to for child custody.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2009

Iran opens door to inspections

In talks last week in Geneva, Iran agreed to fully cooperate with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog over its nuclear program. Progress in the talks with five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — the United States, Russia, France, Britain and China — plus Germany represents a "constructive...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 9, 2009

'My Sister's Keeper'

"My Sister's Keeper" unfolds around Kate Fitzgerald, a 14-year-old girl with leukemia, but it is fundamentally about the dynamics of a family defined by her illness. Based on the best-selling 2007 novel by Jodi Picoult, it's difficult to keep the floodgates from swinging open and drenching the eyes even...
Reader Mail
Oct 8, 2009

Silly ideas from a media-mogul

It is both surprising and annoying to read what media-mogul Rupert Murdoch is now promoting. Many in the capitalistic world would perhaps agree with his view that everything that goes on sale in the real world can also be sold over the Internet.
Reader Mail
Oct 8, 2009

Children's interests came second

In his Oct. 6 article, "Savoie case shines spotlight on Japan's 'disappeared dads,' " Debito Arudou makes several valid points about the need to revise the way that child custody and visitation rights are treated under Japanese law, and about Japan's koseki (family registration) system being an obstacle...
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2009

Press club faithful fight change

Since its landmark victory in the Aug. 30 general election, the Democratic Party of Japan has continued efforts to shake up the power structure to make good on its promise to create an accountable administration.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2009

Why joint initiatives on climate will likely fail

GUATEMALA CITY — A U.N. summit on climate change at the recent U.N. General Assembly meeting was supposed to give momentum for a post-Kyoto Protocol accord to be penned in December in Copenhagen. Indeed, an announcement was made that most leaders agreed that there is an "urgent and significant need"...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 4, 2009

The blacklist — excuse me — the database is back

A group of rental guarantee companies move ahead with its plans to create a database of 'good' and 'bad' renters.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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