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Reader Mail
Nov 24, 2011

Reports are walloping tourism

The Nov. 18 front-page article "Cesium fallout widespread" states that there has been continued testing of soil throughout Hokkaido since before and after the March 11 nuclear accidents at Fukushima, the results of which can be found at: http://monitoring-hokkaido.info/index.php?lang=en
Reader Mail
Nov 24, 2011

So who is actually cooperating?

I am a regular recipient of the emailed Japan Times. Thank you so much for the good service to this retired professor. I teach English at a university in Fukuoka, and News Digest is the regular textbook for all of my classes. I recommend to students that they read the latest articles on the Internet....
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2011

Chilling U.S.-China relations

U.S. President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's decision to deploy U.S. Marines to northern Australia close to Asia and the angry riposte from China show how relations between the world's superpower and the once and future great power have cooled to the point where it should...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 22, 2011

More on carrying your gaijin card, and where to find Indian temples

In our Oct. 25 column,
Reader Mail
Nov 20, 2011

Poor editing hurts credibility

Regarding the brief JIJI article published Nov. 12, "CO2 could relieve urbanites' stress in low doses": This is an unforgivably sloppy piece of headline writing and editing that makes me question the integrity of The Japan Times.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2011

Cesium fallout widespread

Radioactive cesium from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant probably reached as far as Hokkaido, Shikoku and the Chugoku region in the west, according to a recent simulation by an international research team based on data after March 20, a week after the hydrogen explosions.
COMMENTARY
Nov 18, 2011

Historic choices for Russia

Recently the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza stated that the foreign ministers of Poland and Germany — Radoslaw Sikorski and Guido Westerwelle — have worked out a common position concerning an eventual EU policy toward Russia.
Reader Mail
Nov 17, 2011

Entertaining contrary ideas

Like J.T. Cassidy (Nov. 13 letter, "Why not do the write thing?") I don't believe half of what I write, either. Japan Times readers should take my letters as propositions and not confuse what I write either with what I think or believe — especially in this country, where saying what one actually, truly...
Reader Mail
Nov 17, 2011

Why the need for billions more?

I am responding to Jennifer Kim's Nov. 10 letter, "Myth of an overpopulated world," which claims that world overpopulation, now or in the near future, is a myth. Part of her argument involves living space, and I agree that physical living space, per se, is not currently limiting. It is simply untrue,...
BASKETBALL
Nov 15, 2011

89ers grab second straight OT triumph, stretch win streak to four

The Sendai 89ers outlasted the visiting Toyama Grouses on Sunday, winning 89-80 in overtime and extending their winning streak to four games.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2011

Fukushima No. 1 stable: plant chief

Making his first public appearance since the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in March, the facility's general manager, Masao Yoshida, apologized for failing to prevent the triple meltdowns but emphasized that conditions at the plant have "definitely been stabilized."
Reader Mail
Nov 13, 2011

Why not do the write thing?

I feel that not a week goes by when I don't see a letter to the editor from Grant Piper. I don't agree with half the stuff the guy says, but I think it's about time The Japan Times gave him an official monthly column and paid him for his efforts.
Japan Times
LIFE
Nov 13, 2011

In the wake of the Vikings

At both its western and eastern extremes some 10,700 km apart in France and the Russian Far East respectively, the great, fused supercontinent of Eurasia breaks into fragments, into not quite matching fringes of islands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2011

China solar cell leader sees heated market via '12 feed-in tariff debut

The Japanese unit of Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co., backed by its competitive edge in Japan's highly potential solar panel market, is looking to more than double its sales next year after suffering unexpected supply disruptions this year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2011

An audience with Kyoko Kagawa

Kyoko Kagawa is among the fast dwindling number of living witnesses to Japanese cinema's Golden Age of the 1950s and '60s.
Reader Mail
Nov 10, 2011

Foolish habits of Earthlings

We hear TV reports that the population of the world just hit 7 billion. Space and resources on Planet Earth are limited, so why does the population of the world keep increasing limitlessly? We see television images of women in some countries holding malnourished children whose skinny faces are swarming...
Reader Mail
Nov 10, 2011

It's motorists who need schooling

The Japan Times editorial staff clearly failed to consult bicyclists before penning its snarky Nov. 3 editorial "Schooling for cyclists," regarding the National Police Agency's decision to put the brakes on sidewalk use by riders in the 14-69 age group.
Reader Mail
Nov 10, 2011

Myth of an overpopulated world

Chris Clancy's letter Nov. 6 letter, "The challenge of population growth," is based on the myth — yes, the myth — that the world will be overpopulated soon, if it isn't already. The truth is, the world is not overpopulated.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2011

How the West can keep Russia from turning back

Vladimir Putin is back, and with him are the most primitive foreign policy initiatives. At the beginning of his first term as Russia's president, Putin sought contacts with Cuba, Libya and North Korea.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 10, 2011

Kaela Kimura "8Eight8"

Spiders are excellent. How many legs have you got? A spider has four times more. Ha! And four times more eyes too! You and I will never be as cool as a spider — that's just the way it goes.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2011

Crime in America: execution of the mentally ill

Christopher Johnson's execution by the State of Alabama creates serious doubts about the justice of a measure that is widely criticized by human rights advocates throughout the world. According to the group Equal Justice Initiative, the Alabama Supreme Court planned the execution without even engaging...
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2011

Mouthpiece of the policy agency

The Nov. 3 editorial "Schooling for cyclists" appears to be a myopic regurgitation of bureaucratic rhetoric — in this case, National Police Agency talking points.
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2011

Deportee's death in detention

I was truly shocked after reading the Nov. 1 Community page article "Justice stalled in brutal (March 2010) death of deportee (Abubakar Awadu Suraj of Ghana)." Thank you for putting this story on The Japan Times Web site. Please keep us informed of the outcome of the court case and truth of what really...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Nov 6, 2011

Kiyoshi Nakabayashi: Ex-Tokyo cop speaks out on a life fighting gangs — and what you can do

Kiyoshi Nakabayashi well remembers how, when he was a high school student in the late 1950s and early '60s, newspapers were full of stories of violent gang wars being fought out openly on the streets of Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2011

No chain reaction in reactor 2, expert says

The discovery of xenon in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's reactor 2 earlier this week was likely a result of "spontaneous fission," a nuclear expert said Friday, agreeing with an earlier conclusion by Tokyo Electric Power Co. that some of the melted fuel did not reach the condition of "criticality,"...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Nov 5, 2011

Gardener, Hargrow share offensive accolade for October

There were 56 bj-league games in October, the 2011-12 season's opening month. And now it's time to recognize some of the league's top players for their overall excellence.
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 4, 2011

Innovation abounds at Tokyo Designers Week

If ever proof was needed of the efficacy of Tokyo Designers Week, the annual designers' trade show currently under way at Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gaien park, then it is apparent at booth D14, where designer Atsuhiro Hayashi is showing his wares.
CULTURE
Nov 4, 2011

Innovation abounds at Tokyo Designers Week

If ever proof was needed of the efficacy of Tokyo Designers Week, the annual designers' trade show currently under way at Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gaien park, then it is apparent at booth D14, where designer Atsuhiro Hayashi is showing his wares.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2011

U.S. military spending cuts have gone too far

We shouldn't gut defense. A central question of our budget debates is how much we allow growing social spending to crowd out the military and, in effect, force the United States into a dangerous, slow-motion disarmament.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Inflammatory attitude to 'influx'

The information contained in the latest population figures given in The Japan Times ("Population stat positive, but via foreigner influx," Oct. 28) ignores many factors, making it misleading at best, bordering on nationalistic at worst.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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