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Reader Mail
Jan 9, 2011

Kudos to the air-traffic controller

Regarding the Dec. 28 Kyodo article "Unauthorized runway entry at Fukuoka Airport forces JAL jet to abort approach": Although the description of the runway incursion incident was brief, it seems to indicate that the controller involved took quick and appropriate action to prevent a collision after his/her...
Reader Mail
Jan 9, 2011

Ubiquitous violations of liberty

Doug Bandow's Jan. 5 article, "Lost religious liberty worldwide," looks like something written during the Cold War era. Most of the countries in Bandow's list — where religious freedom fares the worst — are either communist or Islamic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 8, 2011

Tokai firms test mettle of migrants from Brazil

On the shop floor of a factory filled with the telltale scent of welded metal, Japanese-Brazilians are working hard to produce filtering tanks for lubricating oil.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 6, 2011

Telephone swindlers adapt; old folks don't

The 'ore-ore' scam is no longer de rigueur but that hasn't stopped swindlers from bilking money from seniors in other ways.
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2011

No proof seniors drive less safely

The Jan. 3 Kyodo article "Traffic deaths down but not for seniors" reports that, for the first time, half of all victims of fatal traffic accidents in Japan during 2010 were 65 or older. The piece then opines that the imbalance in the distribution of fatalities "suggests a greater need for measures to...
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2011

Too much respect for 'officialdom'

Regarding Shinji Fukukawa's Dec. 25 article, "Revitalizing national politics": The problem of Japan as seen by an outsider like myself is that the Japanese give enormous respect to bureaucrats and officialdom. Such respect is very uncommon in many other countries. As in most countries, officials are...
Reader Mail
Jan 6, 2011

Thin-skinned 'Christophobia' reeks

In the Dec. 30 letter, "Overbearing demand on Christmas," Usman Makhdoom bemoans The Japan Times' decision to run Kevin Rafferty's Dec. 24 op-ed article, "A thought for the holy day" (about the religious meaning of Christmas). Why does Makhdoom label it "overbearing" and a "rant"?
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2011

EU's instability mechanism

MUNICH — By 2010, Europe was to be "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge- based society in the world." This was the proclamation in 2000 by the European Commission in the "Lisbon Agenda." Now, a decade after that bold pledge, it is official: Europe is the world's growth laggard rather than its...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2011

Portents of Sudanese respect for diversity

JOHANNESBURG — It has been said, correctly, that Sudan is a microcosm of Africa. For this reason, the entire continent will follow events in Sudan over the next few months with the greatest interest.
Reader Mail
Dec 30, 2010

The time for bamboo wheelchairs

Regarding the Dec. 22 Kyodo article: "JAL wheelchair doesn't trip up metal detectors": As I read this news, I was surprised at the idea of wheelchairs made of bamboo. I've never seen these wheelchairs before, but I feel that Japan Airline Corp.'s decision to lend them to those who now use metallic wheelchairs...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 30, 2010

Mad knitters take to Tokyo's streets

This November, people strolling through a park in Ebisu, Tokyo, were baffled: Several benches there had been covered with colorful knitwear, many wildly curling around the wooden poles of backrests and armrests. Next to the benches, more wondrous knitted entities were hanging from the branches of a tree....
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 27, 2010

Computing set to bolster China's industrial prowess

China, having successfully developed the world's fastest supercomputer, now poses a more serious threat than ever to the United States militarily, and to Japan commercially.
Reader Mail
Dec 26, 2010

To speak badly and still connect

I appreciate Roger Pulvers' exposition of irregularity in English spelling and grammar in his Dec. 19 Counterpoint article, "To students of English, the Spanish Armada has a lot to answer for." But I am a bit tired of repeatedly hearing people — educated native English speakers and foreign English...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Dec 26, 2010

2010 Japanese baseball season featured many memorable moments

Every year, Japanese baseball produces some great stories, and some not-so-wonderful ones. During this last week of 2010, let's take a final look back at some of the good and bad events that occurred over the past 12 months.
Reader Mail
Dec 26, 2010

Who isn't nervous about Beijing?

Regarding the Dec. 21 Kyodo article "(Japan's) New defense posture cause for mistrust: China Daily": Perhaps Japan's fears would be allayed if China were to become a fully fledged democracy and take a stand against the bullying stance of North Korea. Until there is a greater and demonstrable respect...
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 25, 2010

Nagoya's 'recycled veggies'

It has been three years since a project to grow vegetables using compost made of untreated garbage from local supermarkets, school lunches and restaurants was started in Nagoya.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 24, 2010

Japan makes Beethoven's Ninth No. 1 for the holidays

It's Sunday afternoon at Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo, where the Japan Philharmonic is performing Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, one of dozens of performances of the piece that take place throughout Japan during the month of December. The house is virtually sold out, and the audience appears to be mostly...
OLYMPICS
Dec 23, 2010

Defense for the next decade

The Kan administration on Dec. 17 endorsed a new National Defense Program Outline, which will serve as a guideline for Japan's defense policy for the next 10 years from fiscal 2011. The guideline has introduced the new concept of "dynamic defense capabilities" focusing on "rapid response, mobility, flexibility,...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 20, 2010

Trends in Japan 2010: yama boom

2010 was the year in which young women, clad in brightly colored Gore-Tex, were drawn to mountain hikes and natural power sports.
Reader Mail
Dec 19, 2010

Prioritize finding MIA remains

Regarding the Dec. 12 article "Kan takes in Iwojima graves hunt": As the nephew of an American World War II service member missing in action, I commend Japan's prime minister for journeying to Iwojima and showing the world how high a priority his government gives to recovering the remains of its soldiers,...
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 18, 2010

University to fund those seeking study abroad

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in the city of Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, plans to start a new program from next fall that subsidizes all the costs necessary for its students to study abroad.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 17, 2010

Shock-rock act Dir En Grey snub cartoons for cred

It's no secret that, in recent years, certain styles of Japanese music have benefited massively from a surge of interest in anime and manga in the West. J-pop acts such as Puffy and AKB48 and visual-kei artists including Miyavi and L'Arc-En-Ciel have enjoyed exposure where before there was none. That's...
Reader Mail
Dec 16, 2010

Funny business beats on in Cuba

Regarding The Washington Post editorial "Cuba's Jewish hostage" (which was published in The Japan Times on Dec. 9): Saying that American Alan Gross was arrested for helping Cuba's Jewish community is like saying that the United States hates Fidel Castro because he has a beard.
Reader Mail
Dec 16, 2010

North Korea has its reasons

In his Dec. 5 letter, "Why stick up for North Korea," James Hughes says I "take up the North Korean mantle as if to disguise the brutality of the North Korean regime." But in my Dec. 1 article ("The N. Korean conundrum"), I make direct mention of that brutality. At the same time I felt it important to...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2010

The Kremlin resets Russian foreign policy

2010 has seen a change in Russia's relations with the West. The Obama administration came to office promising a "reset" in relations with Moscow, and in the past year, this new mood of cooperation has begun to deliver tangible results. Moscow and Washington are working together to reduce their nuclear...
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Dec 15, 2010

Social gaming frenzy sees two Godzillas play rough

On Dec. 8, the Tokyo-based Internet company DeNA received an on-site investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) due to suspected unfair trade practices. DeNA had allegedly interfered with their third-party game providers' development of games for DeNA's competitor, Gree.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 15, 2010

Marketers bask in the glow of the year's successes

If you can generate profits during a 不景気 (fukeiki, a business recession), you must be doing something right. If you can generate a ヒット (hitto, hit) and sustain it in the face of deflation, imitators and low-cost imports, then you're to be heartily congratulated for your business acumen.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 14, 2010

Splits, rumors of splits, and the hole if Kan splits

With its rate of approval dwindling fast, the administration of Prime Minister Naoto Kan has fallen into a "lame-duck" status, and the resultant "political vacuum" is likely to linger on for some time to come, as there is no clear prospect as to what kind of political landscape will emerge in the event...
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Dec 14, 2010

Saito poised to provide boost on, off field for Fighters

Has there ever been a meaningless pitch that could end up being so meaningful?
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan should produce its own AI defense solutions, Sakana AI CEO says
Sakana AI CEO David Ha speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan gets ‘wake-up call’ with $4.5 billion annual net loss
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa in Tokyo as the company releases its results
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.

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