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COMMENTARY
May 16, 2011

Rebel conductor making music for peace

He has been called "a real Jew hater" and a "real anti-Semite" by former Israeli Education Minister Limor Livnat. However, few musicians have done as much for peace between Israelis and Palestinians as Daniel Barenboim, the noted Argentine-born Israeli orchestra conductor. It will be only through efforts...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
May 16, 2011

NBA veteran Satterfield making impact on Evessa

The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Kenny Satterfield of the Osaka Evessa is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2011

BOJ chief sees only bubbles on horizon

With his nation's economy contracting under disaster damage of as much as ¥25 trillion ($310 billion), Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa is signaling that his biggest worry is inflation.
Reader Mail
May 15, 2011

Political 'gains' cost the country

Regarding the May 11 Kyodo article "Opposition rejects Kan's recovery efforts": It seems that the opposition parties are seeking political gains from the disaster caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. They completely forget that they are the ones that created the framework for the current energy...
Reader Mail
May 15, 2011

MAD: If not broken, don't fix it

Regarding Project Syndicate writer Sergei Karaganov's April 30 article, "The end of mutually assured destruction": The doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD) was the best American policy initiative to come out of the 1960s. It represents realpolitik at its finest with an emphasis on maintaining...
Reader Mail
May 15, 2011

Little comfort for disaster victims

Regarding the May 7 Kyodo article from Manila, "DPJ crisis exec found playing golf": I found Democratic Party of Japan Vice President Hajime Ishii's comments, made after he was caught playing golf in the Philippines, to be darkly comic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 14, 2011

Disasters reached Brazilian 'bento' firm in Tokai

At 8 a.m. one day in April, three workers at FujiNippon Refeicoes, a catering company serving Brazilian workers in Japan, were filling boxed lunches with freshly made Brazilian dishes on a large kitchen counter.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2011

Bin Laden's bizarre death

Osama bin Laden is dead, but the troubling questions continue. It's far too early to declare an end of the war against terror. Bin Laden was only the ugly face of a hydra-headed terror monster that has been spreading tentacles in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Europe and America. But governments...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
May 10, 2011

After the deluge, universities face foreign exodus

Like thousands of foreigners, Tony Black recently made the agonizing decision to leave Japan, wife and baby child in tow. Unlike many, he has no concrete plans to return.
Reader Mail
May 8, 2011

Anti-nuclear medical experts

I am very disappointed in the May 3 front-page Kyodo article "U.S. doctors hit Tokyo radiation limit for kids."
Reader Mail
May 5, 2011

Potential to waste viable organs

Regarding the April 28 Kyodo article "Child organ transplants still face hurdles": The under-age transplant law is a big step forward in children's health in Japan. It is a shame that children would have to die when there are organs available that could help them. The law has potential to waste viable...
Reader Mail
May 5, 2011

Kan serves as convenient target

Regarding the May 2 article "Kan's leadership poor" (poll): No matter how poor Prime Minister Naoto Kan's handling of the recent tragedies may or may not be, it withers in comparison with the news media's thirst for the blood of a hapless scapegoat.
Reader Mail
May 1, 2011

Silent protests against noise

Regarding the April 26 article "Brit held in campaign noise protest": Assuming nobody was hurt by grabbing the microphone, I'd like to applaud Edward Jones' actions in disrupting campaign efforts (for the Tokorozawa Municipal Assembly, Saitama Prefecture) on April 23.
Reader Mail
May 1, 2011

Price of unnecessary convenience

Regarding Stephen Hesse's April 24 article, "After March 11, Japan must reconsider its energy options": It is a shame that only now, because of the Fukushima nuclear power plant problems and the loss of its energy output, that many people are willing to reduce energy usage. We have known for years that...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 1, 2011

Tabloids warn of major quake beneath Tokyo

Now that northeast Japan is gradually shifting into recovery mode and the Fukushima nuclear plant crisis is becoming more manageable, new themes have been emerging in the vernacular media. One is the life expectancy of the cabinet of PM Naoto Kan.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 1, 2011

Tohoku charity a minefield for Japanese celebrities

One of the worst-kept secrets on television is the location of Dash Village, a remote farm that was built by the boy band Tokio in the late 1990s. It has since been maintained by the quintet as part of a running feature on their Sunday night Nihon TV variety show "Tetsuwan Dash," and in order to discourage...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
May 1, 2011

Atsuko Muraki: Fighter for justice

Atsuko Muraki was thrown into the public spotlight in 2009, when she was head of the Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 30, 2011

3/11 renders tax-cut advocates' poll momentum a distant dream

When candidates from the new local group Genzei Nippon (Tax Reduction Japan) led by Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura won the triple elections held in Aichi Prefecture in February, the group's tax cut initiative seemed to have gained momentum.
Reader Mail
Apr 28, 2011

Late remedy against radiation

Regarding the front-page April 20 Kyodo article "Powder to remove radiation developed": This new powder, if it works as claimed, is a godsend. Ever since radioactive elements were found in Tokyo's water supply, I have used activated charcoal in bath water and refrained from giving my baby daughter tap...
Reader Mail
Apr 28, 2011

Better food service for evacuees

Regarding Kaori Shoji's April 20 article, "A personal letter from a Miyagi hinanjo resident": Thank you for the very touching comments from a person who survived the March 11 quake-tsunami and who now lives as an evacuee in a gym.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2011

Communication challenge

The catastrophe of the earthquake, the tsunami and the crippled nuclear power plant on March 11 posed an unprecedented challenge of crisis communication with the world. Those in charge were faced with the difficult choice between calming the public by presenting an optimistic scenario that could lead...
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Apr 26, 2011

Memories of Agent Orange; Fukushima folly

I am a victim of Agent Orange Thanks for your story on AO in Okinawa ("Evidence for Agent Orange on Okinawa" by Jon Mitchell, Zeit Gist, April 12).
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2011

Brit held in campaign noise protest

Police arrested a British man Saturday for allegedly obstructing the campaigning efforts of a candidate for the Tokorozawa Municipal Assembly in Saitama Prefecture due to excessive noise.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 25, 2011

Mideast unnerving North Korea

North Korea's ruler and his heir apparent are scared stiff at the prospect of prodemocracy movements spreading from the Middle East and northern Africa to their home turf.
Reader Mail
Apr 24, 2011

Keep the good ol' boys tethered

Regarding the April 19 article "METI hit for 'amakudari' habits that put retirees in Tepco" (in which the government is described as urging industry ministry officials to refrain from taking positions at power utilities after retirement): It is old government retirees "descending from heaven" into comfortable...
Reader Mail
Apr 24, 2011

What are Tepco's execs doing?

Regarding the April 20 article "Nuke workers at risk of overwork death": The treatment of workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant is outrageous. They should be better taken care of in terms of the time they spend working, sleeping, eating, etc. They are working for the sake of the country...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 24, 2011

Drams focused on the classroom and weight loss; CM of the week: Suntory

Classroom dramas have more to do more with teaching values than with teaching subjects, and "Suzuki Sensei" ("Teacher Suzuki"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 10 p.m.), based on an award-winning manga, is no exception. With his severe glasses and string tie, Suzuki (Hiroki Hasegawa) telegraphs his unconventional approach...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 24, 2011

Decentralizing Tokyo may save the nation

The concentration of money and power in Tokyo is to a degree unthinkable in the United States. — Edward Seidensticker
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 24, 2011

Office ladies, our fresh-faced saviors

Slowly the nation wakes from its nightmare. Tokyo Disneyland reopens. A semblance of normality returns, at least to areas outside the stricken zone.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 23, 2011

Rolling blackouts: The virtue of silence

The rolling blackouts in Tokyo meant interruptions in watching TV, running computers, stereos and electric heaters, not to mention recharging cell phones and electronics.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.

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