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COMMENTARY
Nov 12, 2009

APEC remains toothless

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping will hold its annual summit meeting in Singapore this weekend, with the leaders of its 21 member-nations expected to attend. But do we really need yet another high-level global talk-fest?
Reader Mail
Nov 12, 2009

Feeding-frenzy coverage offensive

Regarding the Nov. 10 article " 'Soba' slurper's 399 bowls too tough to beat": I think the Japanese media's obsession with eating is a disgrace. The number of television shows with people gorging food, and of bulk-eating competitions, should be banned. In a world where so many people are starving, it...
Reader Mail
Nov 12, 2009

Little to gain from Soros' words

George Soros' assertion in his Nov. 8 article, "No alternative to a new world architecture," is simple. I may never be as smart as Soros, but a poor Kyoto monk like me knows that the world is not a zero-sum game. China, India or Asia's rise need not spell the demise of the West or United States or Japan,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2009

Minamata victim seeks meeting with Obama

OSAKA — A 53-year-old Minamata disease victim who appeared in a magazine article that deeply moved a young Barack Obama has written to the U.S. president, requesting a meeting when he visits Tokyo on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2009

A good time to remember the ANZUS alliance's fate

HONOLULU — The headlines associated with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' recent visit to Japan notwithstanding, relations between Washington and Tokyo are not as strained as they may appear . . . at least not yet. But there is no question that improper handling of a number of sensitive issues...
COMMENTARY
Nov 10, 2009

Enough concessions on Taiwan

For those who are concerned that democratic Taiwan should continue to have the freedom to choose its own future, President Barack Obama's coming visit to Beijing brings back the memory of a regrettable episode during President Bill Clinton's visit to China in June 1998.
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2009

Downbeat on new government

Was there not an historic election just over two months ago that ushered in a supposedly foreigner-friendly government that has put issues like suffrage for permanent residents in local elections on the table? Does it not have a minister who has talked about building a Japan not just for the Japanese,...
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2009

Aid to Afghanistan a nonstarter

Regarding the Nov. 4 article "Japan eyes $4 billion in Afghanistan aid": Why spend $4 billion where Japan has no business being? This is a U.S. war; America is destroying buildings and homes and killing civilians with missiles. Now it wants to rebuild what it has destroyed. Stupid!
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2009

Japan risks default in five years

I am really sorry to write this, but in my opinion Kumiharu Shigehara's Nov. 3 article, "Central banks 'experimenting' to counter deflationary pressure," is out of it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 7, 2009

Yoko Ono, forever a force for peace

Even before she married John Lennon, even before she embarked on a career as an avant-garde and conceptual artist, Yoko Ono was under scrutiny, first by her teachers and peers, later by people of a different region as her family fled the fire-bombings of Tokyo.
Reader Mail
Nov 5, 2009

Effects of Japan's identity crisis

Kazuo Ogoura's Oct. 30 article, "Significance of East Asia," reveals some flawed assumptions about Japan's neighbors. Korea and China have never sought U.S. or Western approval. They have never aspired to be honorary members of the West. Japan, on the other hand, has always fawned on the United States...
Reader Mail
Nov 5, 2009

Referenced linguist is a woman

The article "Be careful not to bend your gender in Japanese" cites linguist Orie Endo at one point, stating that "he" compared two literary works, one from 1813 and the other from 1909. Orie Endo is a woman. tamarah cohen
Reader Mail
Nov 5, 2009

Minimum obligation to Cuba

Regarding Cesar Chelala's Nov. 2 article, "How the U.S. can clear Guantanamo's name": Will returning the area occupied by the Guantanamo detention center to Cuba really compensate the Cuban people for the miseries they have endured? Still, it is the minimum the United States must do. I'm sure President...
Reader Mail
Nov 5, 2009

Wonders of carbon science

Regarding Gwynne Dyer's Nov. 1 article, "Avalanche of evidence on vanishing ice caps": As the Copenhagen conference on global warming approaches, Dyer gives an excellent introduction to the sophisticated science applied to this issue. It seems to be well established that high temperatures are associated...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 3, 2009

Marriage ever-changing institution

Marriage may be an institution, but it's permutations have run the gamut from polygamy, a practice that dates to ancient times but is still allowed in certain areas, to the recent legalization in some places of same-sex partnerships, with everything in between.
Reader Mail
Nov 1, 2009

Respect the wishes of Okinawans

The Oct. 19 article "Opposition to Futenma move won't go away" mentioned that a group of local residents opposed to relocating Futenma Air Station's facilities within Okinawa had set up a tent and maintained a protest vigil that had surpassed 2,000 days. What I am wondering is, for what purpose does...
Reader Mail
Nov 1, 2009

Spaniard among gifted Portuguese

Regarding Stephen Mansfield's Oct. 18 article "The popular consensus: What is not to like?" (a book review of "Foreigners Who Loved Japan," by Naito Makamoto and Naito Ken): The Jesuit missionary later known as Saint Francis Xavier was not Portuguese. Of noble lineage, he was born in 1506 in the castle...
Reader Mail
Nov 1, 2009

God-loving Christians with guns

In her Oct. 18 letter, "Security checkers accountable?," Cecilia Bustos' description of the American man who was arrested at Narita Airport for smuggling a loaded weapon into the country — who she knows personally to be "a God-loving Christian who would not cause harm to anyone" — seems out of sync...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 1, 2009

Japan's sea change should signal a new course for the media, too

The relationship between the government and the press in Japan has, during the past 50 years, been a volatile one of give and take: The government gives the press what it wants it to know, and the press gladly takes it. But this has not always been the case.
Reader Mail
Oct 29, 2009

Root causes of education problems

Kiyoshi Kurokawa, in his Oct. 18 article, "How Japan can regain its vitality," recommends changes in the Japanese education system in the years to come. Dr. Kurokawa played a significant role in "Innovation 25," which included recommendations for an increase in the number of Japanese students studying...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2009

Reports of the dollar's death are exaggerated

BERKELEY, Calif. — The blogosphere is abuzz with reports of the dollar's looming demise. The greenback has fallen against the euro by nearly 15 percent since the beginning of the summer. Central banks have reportedly slowed their accumulation of dollars in favor of other currencies. One sensational...
Reader Mail
Oct 25, 2009

Biggest threat in East Asia

Regarding the Oct. 16 article "Clarifying the idea of community": Allow me to disabuse The Japan Times of its illusions and misconceptions. The East Asia community is to be located in East Asia; the European Union is located in Europe. If the East Asia community must have the United States as a member,...
Reader Mail
Oct 25, 2009

Forgoing the new flu vaccination

Regarding the Oct. 20 article "Medical staff given H1N1 vaccinations": I will not be getting the H1N1 vaccine. I do not particularly want to be injected with a vaccine containing a toxic agent in order to possibly prevent getting the flu.
Reader Mail
Oct 25, 2009

Kudos for the 'educational' page

I recently began reading The Japan Times online and find it fascinating, especially the educational section. The Oct. 14 (bilingual page) article "Plant-eating guys just waiting to get chomped on" is quite humorous. It shows how the common civilian feels in today's society with gender roles in flux...
Reader Mail
Oct 22, 2009

Haneda adds value to Tokyo

Regarding the Oct. 16 article "Can Narita, Haneda (airports) live in harmony?": Clearly, Tokyo needs a 24-hour, international hub airport; it does not have one now. Japanese and foreign nationals alike in Japan must pay heavy fees to use Narita Airport, which is far from Tokyo and has many problems....
Reader Mail
Oct 22, 2009

Trashing a sacred relationship

Regarding the Oct. 16 article "Fukuoka cops free American who tried to get kids back": I am glad to see coverage of this and at least the mention of Japan's refusal to sign the Hague Convention. Japan refuses to recognize the family law of other foreign countries and allows the abduction of children...
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 —...
Reader Mail
Oct 18, 2009

Dark side plus more distraction

The Oct. 14 article "Sekai Camera's new reality" describes what seems to be an interesting technology, but I can only visualize a darker side: drug deals, threats, obscenities, libelous statements, etc. We live in a world that is already overwhelming us with audio/visual information. Already there are...
Reader Mail
Oct 18, 2009

Cut out the agricultural burnoffs

Regarding Takamitsu Sawa's Oct. 12 article, "CO2 emission cuts doable": I have an idea to help reduce Japan's carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 percent and it could be done in less than a year. Place a ban on the burning of waste leaves and rice plants before, during and after the rice season....
Reader Mail
Oct 18, 2009

Security checkers accountable?

Regarding the Oct. 8 article "U.S. man carrying loaded gun arrested at Narita airport": This is really unfortunate for the American, whom I know personally. As to whether he "smuggled" the weapon, there is no due process in Japan as in the good old USA, where we believe in "innocence until one is proven...
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.
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.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

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