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Reader Mail
Aug 30, 2009

Significant Japanese contribution

Regarding the Aug. 25 opinion article "Japan ready for 'no nukes' ": In a country like Thailand, which is a party to the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Bangkok Treaty) of 1995, it is rewarding to learn that Japan is ready for "no nukes." If the antinuclear sentiment in Japan is sufficiently...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2009

ASEAN rights panel offers scant defense of victims

PENANG, Malaysia — Last month the Term of Reference (TOR) for the establishment of a regional human rights body received the approval of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Phuket, Thailand.
Reader Mail
Aug 27, 2009

U.S. allies could be on their own

I read Tom Plate's Aug. 23 article, "Scrutinizing the Chinese threat to Taiwan," with interest. While there is a lot of support in the United States for Taiwan and Japan, the current political climate suggests that neither Taiwan nor Japan should count on U.S. support in the short term. Americans no...
Reader Mail
Aug 27, 2009

MacArthur's 'truth' for Australians

Regarding Roger Pulvers' Aug. 16 Counterpoint article, "Japanese attacks provoked a seismic 'me-too' shift Down Under": Pulvers is correct that the U.S. Army under Gen. Douglas MacArthur did give second-class treatment to the Australian military under its command. That was not the case, however, with...
COMMENTARY
Aug 26, 2009

First ban the hawks, then the bomb

This year's Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary saw more demands for the abolition of nuclear weapons. It is a worthy goal. But does it make sense? People genuinely keen to rid the world of nuclear weapons need first do something about the hawks and hardliners whose actions often make nuclear weapons...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Aug 25, 2009

One pocket knife, nine days' lockup

Following are a selection of readers' responses to the July 28 Hotline to Nagatacho column headlined "Pocket knife lands tourist, 74, in lockup."
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 24, 2009

Party shakeouts unlikely if the DPJ wins big-time

The latest major opinion polls seem to indicate that the general election on Aug. 30 will bring about a change of government in Japan, with the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) unseating the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Prime Minister Taro Aso as the predominant force in the Lower House. One is left...
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2009

Beverage companies show acumen

Regarding the Aug. 13 article "Kirin-Suntory talks reflect global business realities": As usual, it's the big companies in Japan that are demonstrating the business acumen that made them leaders in their markets. Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Kirin Holdings Co. are smart to realize that they stand a good...
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2009

Elementary way to needle gropers

Regarding the Aug. 18 article "In anonymous packed train lurk gropers": Hong Kong's crowded commuter trains also have gropers, and the Mass Transit Corporation is seriously thinking of adopting women-only carriages during rush hour to combat this obnoxious problem. This would be very similar to the system...
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2009

U.S. military presence is a shield

Regarding the Aug. 18 article reprinted from Sentaku magazine, titled "Weighing the nuclear option": It seems to me that so long as the United States maintains a robust military presence in Japan, there is a strong likelihood that America will support Japan should there be a nuclear or conventional...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Aug 23, 2009

Imagine a time with no fish in the sea

BAR HARBOR MAINE — Each summer, our family visits this part of the New England coast, and each year I am reminded of the elemental connections humans share with the oceans.
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2009

The relative 'evil' of stimulants

The Aug. 13 article "Sakai bust puts spotlight on narcotics evil" prompts the question: Is the stimulant (kakuseizai) that actress and pop star Noriko Sakai may have inhaled equivalent to heroin and other hard drugs? The answer is obvious.
Reader Mail
Aug 20, 2009

Omiyage ritual has been difficult

Regarding Kris Kosaka's Aug. 15 article, " Surviving a Japanese summer boils down to the art of omiyage": As the wife of a Japanese man since 1974 and as a Paris resident, I enjoyed reading about the "omiyage pleasure-nightmare." Since 1974 I have bought thousands of travel gifts for my husband's visits...
Reader Mail
Aug 20, 2009

Pacifist tolerance is unrealistic

Regarding the Aug. 16 article "Aso expresses war remorse; 'never again'": Such naivete is fascinating to watch. Japan will never wage war? What if Japan is attacked? Are all the pacifists just going to sit back? Is that the solution? Lasting world peace? A foolish idea. Oh, it sounds great, but how?...
Reader Mail
Aug 20, 2009

A mad future for expressways

Regarding the Aug. 14 article "Party vows to nationalize expressways if it wins": The scrapping of tollway fees will turn Japan's highways into parking areas as traffic comes to a standstill. It is environmental madness. More gasoline will be consumed and more carbon dioxide will be pumped into the...
Reader Mail
Aug 20, 2009

Police intervention welcomed

The Aug. 12 article "Seven global lessons from a teachable event," by Ramesh Thakur, was beautifully written by a man whose academic credentials could easily place him working in a Harvard University classroom teaching political science — right next door to professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Reader Mail
Aug 20, 2009

Arrogance as a usual suspect

I thought that Ramesh Thakur's statement in his article "Seven global lessons from a teachable event" was excellent — clear, unbiased, valuable for all to read. I've followed the Gates case carefully because I once lived in Cambridge, Mass., know the area of the arrest, and am retired from Harvard...
Reader Mail
Aug 20, 2009

Left keeps trying to disgrace Japan

Regarding the Aug. 15 editorial "Dangerous revisionist sentiment": Little did I imagine that I would come across such an odious article. I totally agree with Toshio Tamogami, who has been bravely trying his best to convince the mentally retarded aliens who read The Japan Times that Japan was not at all...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 18, 2009

Got those rental blacklist blues

It's a buyers market in Japan but “yachin hosho kaisha” (rental guarantee companies) tried to flex their muscle by attempting to blacklist of rent scofflaws.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 18, 2009

Weighing the nuclear option

In his 2008 New Year's speech, Japanese political doyen and former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone warned that without a clear-cut national vision and objective, Japan might tread a path toward ruin like the ancient city-state of Carthage, which was defeated and destroyed by Rome in 146 B.C.
COMMENTARY
Aug 18, 2009

Corporate greed versus Americans' health

NEW YORK — The health care discussion in the United States increasingly has revealed evidence of how corporations and politicians hinder the provision of adequate health care to the majority of Americans. The result is that the U.S. has one of the worst health care systems among industrialized nations....
Reader Mail
Aug 16, 2009

India won't outsource its defense

Regarding the Aug. 9 article "Many in India hail its nukes": Yes, this is perhaps true. Indian people are nationalistic, but more than that, a majority of us do not believe that America alone is the world's true friend.
Reader Mail
Aug 16, 2009

Voters expect more in return

Regarding the Aug. 5 article "DPJ will say anything to win": Keiichiro Asao (who quit the Democratic Party of Japan to run in the Aug. 30 Lower House elections as an independent) is right to say it will take more than a change of administration to solve current problems. Before changes can be effected,...
Reader Mail
Aug 16, 2009

Good education feeds dreams

Regarding Michael Hoffman's Aug. 5 article, "Heisei kids: a generation that struggles to dream": I am 31 and have thought about this subject for a long time. Why are so many kids today, who have access to so many fancy gadgets, have so few or such hazy dreams? What inspires one to dream?
Reader Mail
Aug 16, 2009

Developing a global perspective

Regarding David Howell's Aug. 8 article, "Disaster in Afghanistan": The problems of terrorist extremism, escalating civil wars, human rights abuse on a genocidal scale and the proliferation of nuclear weapons cannot be solved by incumbent policymakers in the developed countries but only by the general...
Reader Mail
Aug 16, 2009

Pakistan's role in disarmament

The Aug. 12 Reuters article, "Pakistan blocking nuclear disarmament talks," does not reflect Pakistan's factual position. Pakistan subscribes to the goals of nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. To promote this objective in an equitable and nondiscriminatory manner, Pakistan has always played an...
Japan Times
JAPAN / WITNESS TO WAR
Aug 14, 2009

For vet, Soviet labor camp as bad as war

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Reader Mail
Aug 13, 2009

Just more celebrity make-believe

Correct me if I am wrong, but it is possession of narcotic drugs, stimulants and proscribed substances that is illegal in Japan, not the use of them. Reading the news carefully, we learn that the sumo wrestlers who recently fell afoul of Japanese drug laws, plus singer Noriko Sakai and her surfer husband...
Reader Mail
Aug 13, 2009

Bigger than the financial failure

Regarding the Aug. 7 article "U.S. nuclear umbrella crucial: Aso": I have spent the past 10-plus years of my life working to prevent nuclear proliferation. This matter is one of the most serious and consequential that the world is faced with today. It is equally linked to terrorism, and is a much bigger...
Reader Mail
Aug 13, 2009

So much ado over use of drugs

Regarding the Aug. 10 article "Sakai blames her husband": Japan seems to have the same puritanical views about drug use that Americans have about sex. The Noriko Sakai scandal is the latest evidence of this.
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.
Ishiba vows Japan will stand its ground, demanding U.S. lift auto tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House committee meeting on Friday.
U.S. and China agree to lower tariffs in 90-day cooling-off period
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend a news conference after trade talks with China, in Geneva on Monday.
'Treasure hunt': Tourists boost sales at Japan's Don Quijote stores
The entrance to discount retailer Don Quijote's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district, known as Don Don Donki outside the country
High school student arrested over deaths of his grandparents
A high school student was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing his grandparents at their home in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture.
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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