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Reader Mail
Mar 3, 2013

One Australian's view of whaling

I live in Tasmania and would like to speak against the comments by Japanese fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi that were quoted in the Feb. 28 AFP article "Japan will never stop whaling: fisheries chief." Here in Australia, we hear that:
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 2, 2013

Russia meteor explosion shines light on Aichi's 'cape of stars'

The second-oldest meteorite in Japan, the Minamino, is housed in Yobitsugi Shrine in Nagoya.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2013

Killer robots must be stopped, say campaigners

A new global campaign to persuade nations to ban "killer robots" before they reach the production stage is to be launched in the United Kingdom by a group of academics, pressure groups and Nobel peace prize laureates.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2013

Remembering the day Napster set music free

In the first weeks of 2000 the founders of Napster were in their office above a bank in San Mateo, California, considering dizzying numbers. Figures scrawled on a whiteboard told how many people around the world had installed their file-sharing application and were using it to download music from each...
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2013

Mr. Abe's plan for Japan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday delivered his second policy speech during the current Diet session. He started his speech with the phrase "a strong Japan." He seems to have strong attachment to the word "strong." At the outset of his speech, he said a strong Japan is "for us, not somebody else"...
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2013

Treat all students equally

The education ministry on Feb. 20 revised an ordinance to exclude so-called Korean high schools or pro-North Korea high schools from the government's tuition-waiver program. This change will cause various problems.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2013

JFK's daughter top candidate as envoy to Japan

Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, is a leading candidate to become the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, two sources say.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2013

The long arm of the antipiracy law

Captured half a world away, off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean, four Somalis are sent to Tokyo to stand trial for piracy after a failed attempt to hijack an oil tanker. Three have already been convicted by the Tokyo District Court.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 28, 2013

Education miracles in remote Japan

It will be hard finding a replacement for the late Dr. Mineo Nakajima, who oversaw the development of a prestigious university in Akita Prefecture.
Reader Mail
Feb 28, 2013

Hangings aren't worth the risk

Regarding the Feb. 22 front-page article "Three murderers sent to the gallows": These three committed barbaric crimes and there is no doubt about their guilt, it seems. However, not all cases are so clear-cut. No criminal justice system is perfect, and mistakes can result in the judicial killing of innocents....
Reader Mail
Feb 28, 2013

No meat to vegetarian story

I consider the headline for Philip Brasor's Feb. 24 Media Mix article, "Japan's vegetarians stay in the closet," misleading. Most of the story is not about the vegetarian situation in Japan, but rather a discussion of animal rights. I have no idea what the author really wanted to say with regard to vegetarians...
Reader Mail
Feb 28, 2013

Too willing to send others to war

Hisahiko Okazaki's Feb. 20 article, "Japan's step toward normalcy," sounds like jingoistic bunkum. He suggests that Japan was left of center politically (during the Cold War), because less than 50 percent of the respondents surveyed were willing to fight to defend the country. According to Okazaki, it...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 27, 2013

Boosting the Japan-U.S. alliance

If the two countries work to tackle problems in their own societies, the Japan-U.S. partnership could be as significant in the future as it has ever been.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2013

Stuck in a rut: why can't the U.S. move forward?

"Your dearest wish is for our state structure and ideological system never to change, to remain as they are for centuries. But history is not like that. Every system either finds away to develop or else collapses."
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 26, 2013

Who'll repair Japan's roads?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's grandiose plan to reinforce the nation's infrastructure could end up being a pie in the sky unless more attention is paid to details.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Feb 26, 2013

I've seen haras . . . haras that you've seen: when 'harassment' goes wild

In response to the article "Blame it on the hara: harassment vocabulary makes us all victims" (The Foreign Element, Jan. 28), we invited readers to come up with their own ideas for new types of "harassment." As you can see, one JT writer got a bit carried away.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2013

Healthy paths to inevitable peace in the Mideast

Peace between Israelis and Palestinians will not be achieved overnight, but it is only through a massive effort involving the citizenry that reconciliation and cooperation can occur between both peoples.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2013

For China's Catholics, new pope is a cause for hope

Of the long list of problems the next pope will inherit once the white smoke rises in Rome, few on the diplomatic front can rival the bitter, intractable relationship between the Vatican and the Chinese government.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2013

Nonsensical doomsday scenario for the West

The world's center of economic gravity may have shifted to Asia, but it'll take more than China to eat Westerners' lunch. A coherent bloc is not there.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 24, 2013

Golden Kings show guts in hard-nosed win over Phoenix

Rebounding is all about desire, technique, hustle and even a few lucky bounces here and there.
Reader Mail
Feb 24, 2013

Vain hunt for national pride

Regarding the Feb. 20 Kyodo article "Japan asks Netherlands to clamp down on Sea Shepherd": Why is one more dead whale to fill the freezers of Japan such a source of national pride in the face of international condemnation?
Reader Mail
Feb 24, 2013

Too late for some American dads

Regarding the Feb. 15 article "LDP gets behind the Hague Convention": Good for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for pushing Japan into the Hague Convention. Unfortunately his act of courage comes too late for many American fathers whose ex-wives took advantage of Japan's exempt status and kidnapped children....
Reader Mail
Feb 24, 2013

Breaking wind at 12,000 meters

Regarding the Feb. 19 AFP article out of Wellington titled "Passengers get green light to fart on flights" (which cites a New Zealand Medical Journal report of a medical study's conclusion that changes in air pressure during flight result in the gut producing more gas): I'm never going to fly in economy...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 24, 2013

Japan's vegetarians stay in the closet

Last week, entertainment-related media in the U.S. reported that the American Broadcasting Corporation had rejected an advertisement the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wanted to air during the Academy Awards ceremony, which takes place early tomorrow morning Tokyo time.
LIFE
Feb 24, 2013

An inclined view: The life and work of Donald Richie

It was with a heavy heart that I heard from Donald Richie's longtime friend and editor Leza Lowitz that he had passed away on the morning of Tuesday, this week. He was 88.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 23, 2013

American teacher's spin on Japan's racism riles Net nationalists

Japan's informal army of young, hyper-nationalist Web users puts U.S. citizen Miki Dezaki in its cross hairs for uploading a video titled 'Racism in Japan' on YouTube.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2013

Abe's new agenda: better ties with U.S.

As the U.S. seeks to contend with a rising China, the ability of Japan to contribute, and to serve as a positive democratic role model, matters a great deal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2013

Abe: China stirs up rows to build support at home

China has a 'deeply ingrained' need to spar with neighbors over territory, because the Communist Party uses the disputes to maintain strong domestic support, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
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