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Reader Mail
Oct 19, 2008

Mothers are never 'abductors'

Regarding the Oct. 15 article " 'Institutional racism' lets Japan spouses abduct kids": I am in a similar situation. My wife left me and took our child secretly to Japan; there was a divorce and she remained in Japan.
Reader Mail
Oct 19, 2008

Lucky millennium celebration

The three articles Oct. 12 on the "1,000 years of 'Genji' " by Eriko Arita are absorbing and delightful. I've read Waley's, Seidensticker's, McCullough's and Tyler's versions -- the latter I don't know how many times. I've yet to tackle the very first version, and those by Jakucho Setouchi and Donald...
Reader Mail
Oct 19, 2008

The burden of bad choices

This past summer the campaign against smoking became a hot topic, and a recent article mentioned proposals to raise cigarette taxes in Japan. The average price for a pack of cigarettes is ¥300, but there is a movement to raise that to ¥1,000 yen. The reasoning behind this is that if tobacco were expensive,...
Reader Mail
Oct 19, 2008

A suspicious use of power

I'm not surprised by the contents of the Oct. 12 Associated Press article "Alaska inquiry finds Palin abused power." More than a decade ago, when U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was a mayor, she asked the city librarian if the librarian would be open to the suggestion that certain...
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2008

Japan's political snags seen thwarting Asia role

Japan has a key role to play in East Asia's peace and prosperity but must first demonstrate a greater sense of political stability, analysts from global think tanks said Thursday at a symposium in Tokyo.
Reader Mail
Oct 16, 2008

Motorcycling madness in Vietnam

Regarding the Oct. 8 article "Motorcycle makers battle it out in Vietnam": Indeed, the whole of Vietnam is now a traffic jam of honking cacophony. The makers have totally clogged the streets of Hanoi and Saigon, jam-packed the sidewalks and poisoned the air with millions of their machines. Kids risk...
Reader Mail
Oct 16, 2008

Re-entry ban should be rescinded

Regarding the Oct. 10 article "Held despite acquittal, now barred from re-entry, woman slams legal system": Since the legal system in Japan has, by banning her from re-entering Japan for five years, punished Klaudia Zaberl for the crime of overstaying her visa, the Chiba District Court, Immigration,...
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Oct 13, 2008

Will Japan emerge from crisis as a real financial center?

The events of the past weeks and days have dominated headlines and are threatening the world economy. Like so many dominoes, share prices and banks, big and small, have fallen in the United States and Europe, wiping out massive amounts of capital — about $21 trillion as of the end of September.
Reader Mail
Oct 12, 2008

Lack of common sense on energy

The Sept. 26 article "Stores defend 24-hour operations" claims that some local government officials want to curb convenience stores' midnight operations to help combat global warming. Maybe there are more convenience stores than needed in Japan. But once again government officials prove their complete...
Reader Mail
Oct 12, 2008

Benefits for overseas hibakusha

Regarding the Oct. 7 article, "Overseas hibakusha file suit over benefits": I lived in Japan from 1977 to 2001, first in Tokyo then in Nishinomiya. As a retired professor of the Kwansei Gakuin University law department, I've been very concerned about issues related to the hibakusha (atomic bomb victims)....
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2008

A secret kind of control

The Defense Ministry on Oct. 2 dismissed a 50-year-old colonel of the Air Self-Defense Force for allegedly passing a "defense secret" to a Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporter more than three years ago. The information was about a Chinese submarine that had surfaced in the South China Sea and was adrift....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 10, 2008

A sensitive grape for a superb wine

A delicate, thin skin, in constant need of attention, sensitive to extremes of climate: The Pinot Noir is the pampered princess of grape varieties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 10, 2008

Potts' luck: the rise of a superstar

It's a cliche to say "don't take things for granted" or "you never know what's going to happen in life." But it sounds more convincing from the mouths of certain people.
Reader Mail
Oct 9, 2008

Absurd view of Obama's 'pals'

A recent article stated that U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has taken the "gloves off." But her accusation that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been "palling around with terrorists" is absurd. It's something that might have been cooked up by the writers of...
Reader Mail
Oct 9, 2008

Bad day for deregulation pitch

Regarding the Oct. 5 article "City of London chief urges Japan deregulate": It seems strange that Lord Mayor of London David Lewis was in Japan attempting to sell the benefits of deregulation when all of the world is now becoming aware of the dangers and costs of creating a "laissez-faire" economy.
Reader Mail
Oct 9, 2008

Storied history of Hinomaru

Regarding the Oct. 1 article "(Shoichi) Nakagawa shakes up press with move to plant Hinomaru in (Finance Ministry's) briefing room": It should be noted that the Japanese flag's design dates back to at least Ashikaga Shigeuji (1434-1497), who used the sun's disk in his banner, but I'm sure the motive...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 7, 2008

Spicy food, sexy idols and now . . . fashion

SEOUL — In the late 1990s, the Korean Wave — "Hallyu" as it's referred to in its native tongue — began as South Korea's television, film and music industries gained greater international followings, especially among its Asian neighbors.
Reader Mail
Oct 5, 2008

Japan Inc. meeting challenges

I have to disagree with some of Gregory Clark's comments at the end of his Sept. 21 article, "The Japanese knack for choking in a slump," as they seem out of touch with the Japanese business community that I see.
Reader Mail
Oct 5, 2008

Tourists swim against the tide

Regarding the Oct. 1 article "New tourism agency to act as policy 'control tower' ": If Japan wants to attract more tourists, city officials can begin by putting their international tourist information offices in easily accessible public places and making information signs VERY clear.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2008

Women's group aims to narrow wage gap

Inspired by the basic principle of equal pay for equal work, a group of working women in Osaka is gearing up to pressure the government to narrow the gap in wages between male and female employees.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 3, 2008

Foundation runs for breast-cancer awareness

Every Oct. 1, Tokyo Tower is illuminated in a warm pink light to commemorate the beginning of National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Reader Mail
Oct 2, 2008

Education remark on target

Regarding the Sept. 28 article "Nakayama to quit Cabinet after gaffes": It is interesting that former transport minister Nariaki Nakayama took heat because of his verbal gaffe about (among other topics) the teachers union in Japan. I'm a teacher in the United States and a member of a huge teachers union....
Reader Mail
Oct 2, 2008

Old blood begets tired gaffes

I read with interest the Sept. 28 article "Koizumi confirms plan to retire, pass torch to son." Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's designated political heir apparent for Kanagawa District No. 11 will be 27-year-old Shinjiro Koizumi.
Reader Mail
Oct 2, 2008

Don't sacrifice culture to please

Regarding the Sept. 27 article "Tourism minister apologizes for gaffes" -- about Nariaki Nakayama's remarks on the lack of self-sacrifice by Japanese in "opening the country to foreign tourists": I wish to state that I have not found another country whose people are as tolerant as the average Japanese...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2008

Practical fashion for the other end of life

One after the other, the models strutted across the stage to bouncy '80s dance tunes, all showing off designs of the same article of clothing — adult diapers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 30, 2008

Berlitz strike grows despite naysayers

As union representative for Berlitz General Union Tokyo (Begunto), let me set the record straight.
Reader Mail
Sep 28, 2008

Computer games dwarf nature

Roger Pulvers' Sept. 21 article, "In harmony with all creation," was a reminder that not all Japanese blindly embraced industrial "progress" in the 20th century, although there are still far too many salarymen today who devote their entire drab, gray lives to fluorescent-lit corporate plantations.
Reader Mail
Sep 28, 2008

Indian perspective on nuclear deal

Regarding the Sept. 17 article "Mayors slam U.S.-India nuke deal": As an Indian, I fully respect the noble views of the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with regard to the deal allowing India international access to nuclear supplies and technology. However, it is paramount that we view this deal in the...
Reader Mail
Sep 25, 2008

Support your local farmer

The Sept. 20 article "Tainted rice scandal swallows Ota" highlights a few things: • Either regulations cost too much to implement, or company officials really don't care about humanity. • Government food safety and inspection officials are getting paid to do nothing. With Japan's bureaucracy, taxpayers...
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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