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Reader Mail
Oct 1, 2009

Source of info for lost relatives

Regarding the Sept. 24 article "Miss World Japan looks for U.S. granddad": If Elza Sasaki would like to determine the whereabouts, either alive or not, of her grandfather, I suggest she get in touch with:
COMMENTARY
Oct 1, 2009

Washington should not forget its Asian allies

The United States has scaled back plans to deploy a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. While that decision reflects a new assessment of the Iranian threat to Europe, most attention is being paid to its impact on relations with Russia. But the decision has equally important implications for Asia,...
Reader Mail
Oct 1, 2009

Personal criticism goes too far

I may agree or disagree with Brahma Chellaney's Sept. 19 article, "Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace." He is a well-known Indian intellectual to whom even the government turns for professional advice.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2009

China worries neighbors as its navy comes of age

SINGAPORE — China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has made great strides in recent years as it seeks to come of age. While moving to demonstrate its clout, it also seems to recognize the need to reassure others that the intentions behind its modernization program are peaceful.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2009

China's challenge moves India to expect the worst

LONDON — As tensions have risen between China and India in recent days and months, India is awash with predictions about China's impending attack on India.
Reader Mail
Sep 27, 2009

Deregulation made us poorer

In his Sept. 18 article, "Japan's harmonious drift," Guy Sorman attributes the alleged low productivity of the Japanese service industry to the heavy regulation and protection of mom-and- pop shops, despite the fact that deregulation policies put into effect in the past two decades are what have forced...
Reader Mail
Sep 27, 2009

DPJ's softer ban disappointing

Regarding the Sept. 22 article "DPJ's ban on press briefings loosened": It is extremely disappointing that the new government of Japan has so quickly (modified) its earlier decision banning media briefings by bureaucrats. I had understood that the notion of having the people's elected representatives,...
Reader Mail
Sep 27, 2009

Lesser threat from a minority vote

Regarding the Sept. 22 article "Ozawa positive about granting local voting rights to non-Japanese": At first glance, the statement by Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) that granting suffrage to non-Japanese residents could destabilize the nation seems to suggest that non-Japanese residents are not...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2009

Making sure nothing is lost in translation

"The Coast of Utopia" a 10-hour-long trilogy of plays — comprising "Voyage," "Shipwreck" and "Salvage" — was originally written in 2002 by Tom Stoppard for the National Theatre in London. An award-winning English playwright, Stoppard first shot to fame with "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead"...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 25, 2009

'Fast & Furious'

The article "the" is missing from the latest installment of the "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, now in its fourth sequel — a probable maneuver to lead people into thinking this is the original and arguably the best "THE Fast and THE Furious" — and lure them into theaters. Grammatical antics...
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 24, 2009

Can LDP recoup the glory days?

Is former Prime Minister Taro Aso solely to blame for the crushing defeat of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Aug. 30 general election at the hands of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)?
Reader Mail
Sep 24, 2009

Stay the hand of marginalization

" Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace" is the most analytical and up-to-date article on the war and the illusive peace in Sri Lanka. Only the historical reference to Dutagemunu (a Sinhalese ruler who vanquished an invading Tamil army more than 2,000 years ago) needs clarification. Dutagemunu...
Reader Mail
Sep 24, 2009

Main cause of Japan's stagnation

There are many things wrong with Guy Sorman's Sept. 18 article, "Japan's harmonious drift." Let me pick some of them apart. First is the notion that "working less" is the main cause of Japan's economic stagnation. If that were the cause, I'd presume the French economy should have deteriorated even further...
Reader Mail
Sep 24, 2009

Questionable right to intrude

I have read the Japanese Constitution. An English translation of Article 21 reads: "Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed" and "no censorship shall be maintained . . ."
Reader Mail
Sep 24, 2009

Tarnishing the image of Sri Lanka

Brahma Chellaney, in his Sept. 19 article, "Colombo risks squandering Sri Lanka's hard-won peace," seems to deliberately try to mislead Japanese readers about the ground situation in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka just managed to save itself from one of the most savage terrorist outfits the world has ever known....
COMMENTARY
Sep 22, 2009

Face up to civilian casualties in Gaza

NEW YORK — The long-awaited United Nations report on the conflict in Gaza is strongly critical of both Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups. Both sides are said to have committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. The report recommends that Israel start its own investigation into...
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Sep 21, 2009

Dating sim 'Love Plus' touches a nerve

The romantically impaired get some pointers with the Nintendo DS dating simulation game 'Love Plus,' but it's not all about hearts and flowers.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 21, 2009

Less 'exclusionary' DPJ to test mettle of reporters

The resounding victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the general election Aug. 30 not only will bring about a change of government but also is likely to shatter an exclusionary "press club" system that has long prevented freelance, non-Japanese and other nonmember journalists from interviewing...
Reader Mail
Sep 20, 2009

News about Taiji film appreciated

Regarding the Sept. 16 article "(Tokyo) Festival to screen Taiji dolphin-slaughter film": Thank you for keeping us informed about the film "The Cove" and giving us news related to Taiji — the kind of news that often gets censored by corporate media. I appreciate the integrity of The Japan Times on...
Reader Mail
Sep 20, 2009

Master-servant ties about to end

Brad Glosserman's Sept. 16 article, "Back to Earth with the DPJ," reads like a neocolonialist's lament. Although he proclaims that "the sky isn't falling," he well knows that the recent general election could have profound implications for the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Reader Mail
Sep 20, 2009

Problems with the native tongue

Regarding the Sept. 16 article "Few answers for language market": Long after reading about and watching attempts by some Canadian provinces and U.S. states to get their populaces to become bilingual in French and Spanish, respectively, I wonder about the cost-effectiveness of the push to learn English...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Sep 20, 2009

Car-sharing catches on as a cheap and cheerful way to go

Thinking of traveling from Tokyo to Osaka? Take a shinkansen bullet train or fly and it will set you back around ¥14,000. But if you share the costs of making the trip by car, you'll likely pay half that or less.
Reader Mail
Sep 17, 2009

Accept your not being accepted

Regarding Debito Arudou's Sept. article, "Meet Mr. James, gaijin clown": So, we are again faced with the fact that the Japanese are rather clueless about foreigners. My consistent reaction to Arudou and others on these pages is, indeed, to get over it. You do not have a right to be treated exactly as...
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2009

New government out of the blocks

Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama became Japan's new prime minister Wednesday as the Diet voted him in to the post, ending the long rule by the Liberal Democratic Party, which has been in power almost continously since late 1955. In an interesting historical twist, the new prime minister's...
Reader Mail
Sep 17, 2009

Puzzling non sequitur about India

Regarding Hugh Cortazzi's Sept. 11 article, "Shifting balances of power": In an otherwise thought-provoking piece, I was surprised to read this line about India: ". . . the country was for too long neglected by Japanese who were repelled by aspects of Indian life." Would Cortazzi care to elaborate exactly...
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2009

Okada to prioritize ties with Asian neighbors

To envision how Katsuya Okada will approach his new job as foreign minister, one need look no further than his grilling of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during budget deliberations at the Diet on June 2, 2005.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2009

Festival to screen Taiji dolphin-slaughter film

Bowing to international pressure, the Tokyo International Film Festival announced Wednesday it will screen the controversial award-winning American documentary about the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, at the nine-day event in October.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2009

Fukushima has fought for women, foreigners

Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party, has long been active in dealing with humanitarian and women's issues, ranging from sexual harassment to domestic violence to foreigners' rights.
Reader Mail
Sep 17, 2009

Role of interpreter vs. translator

Regarding the Sept. 12 article "Nothing was lost in translation in Saitama mugging trial, peers believe": An "interpreter" is someone who transfers spoken dialogue from one language to another; interpreters speak. A "translator" transfers written language from one language to another; translators write....
Reader Mail
Sep 17, 2009

Romanization aimed at Japanese

In his Aug. 26 article, "How bureaucrats spell logic in Romanized Japanese": Colin P.A. Jones misses an important fact about the Kunrei-shiki system: It was designed to be used only by Japanese people in the context of Japanese schools. It does not make sense to native English speakers.
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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