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Reader Mail
Nov 18, 2007

Careful card-carrying 'gaijin'

Regarding the Nov. 13 Zeit Gist article, " 'Gaijin card' checks spread as police deputize the nation": The story should have mentioned the trouble any foreigner can get into by neglecting to report to the Ward Office any change in passport visa status.
Reader Mail
Nov 18, 2007

Encounter with undercover police

I was very surprised at the timing of the "Gaijin card" article. I have been living here in Utsunomiya for nearly nine years and was carded on the street for the first time last weekend while walking home late at night. What surprised me most was that I was carded by undercover police officers. Has...
Reader Mail
Nov 18, 2007

Intervention has killed 'design'

Regarding Julian Worrall's Nov. 6 article, "Design turns over a greener leaf": I generally agree with the idea that we should enter a design recession. As someone who has been practicing for the past 20 years in Europe, the United States, and extensively in Japan, my feeling is that due to media frenzy...
Reader Mail
Nov 18, 2007

Overweening pride that baffles

Bravo to Roger Pulvers for his Oct. 21 Counterpoint article, "The power of telling tales versus making apologies." The last paragraphs were expressed beautifully. I always think it's prejudiced of Americans to think that their democracy and system are the best in the world and, whenever they go to another...
COMMENTARY
Nov 15, 2007

The fusillade against China

In some ways China is not my favorite country. I once went to some trouble to learn its language. I have often had to court rightwing hostility for trying to explain its foreign policies in less than demonic terms. Back in 1971 I even organized, single-handedly and over Canberra's opposition, an Australian...
Reader Mail
Nov 13, 2007

Smart terrorists won't be stopped

Regarding the Nov. 8 article "Will entry checks cross the line?": Would 9/11 not have happened if all foreigners entering the United States had been fingerprinted? Is the list of 750,000 "terror suspects" compiled by the U.S. to be given credence? Does knowing someone who knows someone who may be a terrorist...
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 13, 2007

Murakami's Nobel leanings

The news that 88-year-old Doris Lessing received the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature was not greeted by the Japanese media with as much fanfare as former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's winning the Nobel Peace Prize. This perhaps was because Japanese literary circles were more interested in whether Haruki...
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2007

MSDF bill heads toward full vote in Lower House

Amid strong protests from opposition parties Monday, the ruling bloc rammed a special antiterrorism bill through a Lower House committee that would enable the Maritime Self-Defense Force to resume its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean.
Reader Mail
Nov 11, 2007

The 'British' know what they want

Regarding David Howell's Nov. 3 article, "End of the United Kingdom?": Howell's comment that "Scotland was never a lesser nation annexed unwillingly by the British (not English)" is just the sort of comment made by those who choose to be "English" or "British" when it suits them.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 11, 2007

Trapped between borders

Frontier Mosaic: Voices of Burma from the Lands In Between, by Richard Humphries. Orchid Press, 2007, 180 pp., $29.95 (paper) "A man on a motorbike comes by and we then follow him through the streets of Mae Sot." So begins one of the narrative vignettes from "Frontier Mosaic." Based on extensive travel...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 11, 2007

Kroon's agent pessimistic over BayStars contract negotiations

You read here a couple of days ago what the Yokohama BayStars have to say about contract negotiations with ace closer Marc Kroon. Now, here's a word from the other side: Kroon's agent, Tony Cabral, says it is not looking good for the fire-balling right-hander to remain with the Central League club.
Reader Mail
Nov 11, 2007

Why exempt Korean residents?

According to Jun Hongo's Nov. 8 article, "Will entry checks cross the line?," The new law requiring non-Japanese to submit to fingerprinting and photographing upon entering the country exempts "special permanent residents of Korean and Taiwanese descent" from this humiliating procedure.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 11, 2007

Why trust the self-serving United States anymore?

I began by asking myself the question linked inevitably to the survival of the United States as a trusted nation in the 21st century: Why can't America admit defeat?
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Nov 11, 2007

'Mad Max' loose on the streets of Tokyo

KITT, the talking Pontiac Trans Am in David Hasselhoff's "Knight Rider" TV series, doesn't get a mention. Steve McQueen's Mustang from the movie "Bullit" barely rates a response. And what about all those Aston Martins that James Bond drove? Not a whisper. Confessed car nut Yoshinao Hirata of Chofu, in...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 11, 2007

Boy band's effort to recharge battery in solar debate falls flat

In the fall of 2003, the boy band TOKIO embarked from Tokyo on a journey to cover the entire coastline of Japan in a 1997 Daihatsu Hijet minivan that they had refit themselves with a solar roof-panel and a battery-powered engine. Driving in shifts of two, the five members have, as of the most recent...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 10, 2007

Bowled over by one very, happy day

If National Toilet Day is not a happy day for you, perhaps you need a new toilet.
Reader Mail
Nov 8, 2007

Tired old cultural conflict

Regarding the Nov. 2 Associated Press article "American sues Dentsu USA over brothel outing": This "American" gentleman has bigger issues within himself. I have seen this attitude before -- the "shock" that Anglos show when their Japanese counterparts take them out at night, whether it be to a brothel,...
COMMENTARY
Nov 7, 2007

Three relationships the U.S. must tend to

LOS ANGELES — Three of the largest pieces in the sprawling jigsaw puzzle known as Asia are, of course, China, India and Japan. The first is the most populous country on Earth, the second is the most populous democracy and the third is the world's second-biggest economy — and (theoretically) chief...
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2007

Fingerprinting not so stupid

In his Nov. 1 article, "Not so welcome to Japan any longer", Kevin Rafferty dwells on the fingerprinting and photographing of most aliens when entering or returning to Japan, to begin later this month, as "tedious" and "discriminatory." He wonders if Immigration Bureau officials are "so shallow and...
Reader Mail
Nov 4, 2007

Fixing blame for pension woes

Regarding the Nov. 1 front-page article "Pension woes may never be solved": As a foreigner married to a Japanese who has paid into a pension account over decades, I am appalled by the record-keeping debacle and disgusted by the cavalier assertion that pursuing responsible executives on which to lay the...
Reader Mail
Nov 4, 2007

Tokyo's silence draws suspicion

Regarding the Oct. 31 article, "Kim blasts Seoul report on '73 kidnapping": When former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung was kidnapped in 1973 (during his dissident days) while staying in Japan, you could probably accept that there were no Koreans involved other than the kidnappers acting under the...
Reader Mail
Nov 4, 2007

Threats thus far are homegrown

Regarding the Oct. 30 article "Hatoyama in hot water over 'al-Qaida connection' ": Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama stressed in a recent press conference that "It is vital that we take fingerprints (from foreign visitors) to prevent terrorism attacks." Unfortunately, or should I say fortunately, all...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 2, 2007

Shins wince their way to success

In a recent article in The New Yorker, music critic Sasha Frere-Jones said that the term "indie rock" has become "an aesthetic description, and no longer has anything to do with (record) labels." If that's the case, then exactly what kind of aesthetic does indie rock describe?
Reader Mail
Nov 1, 2007

Apology late but courageous

Regarding the Oct. 24 article "Vivisectionist recalls his day of reckoning": I would like to pass along my thanks to former Japanese Army surgeon Ken Yuasa for having the courage to try to atone for what he has done. Looking at one's own misdeeds and then attempting to redeem oneself require a special...
Reader Mail
Nov 1, 2007

Requests won't move U.S.

Regarding Manuel Sandoval's Oct. 25 letter, Don't judge marines too fast": Sandoval says if we don't like Americans protecting Japan, then the American military can just leave and Japan can fend for itself. Could he? Could he ask the U.S. State Department and the Defense Department to remove their bases...
COMMENTARY
Nov 1, 2007

Trumped up war on 'terror'

My French aunt died the other day. She was lovely woman. But sadly she was also a terrorist.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2007

'Cute' cars a big turnoff

Regarding the Oct. 25 article, "Tokyo Motor Show offers peek at future": I am in the market for a new car. My 1985 Toyota has 290,000 kilometers on it and has been a wonderful car. Toyota has taken the market head on.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2007

Courage of a war survivor

Regarding the Oct. 24 article "Vivisectionist recalls his day of reckoning": I can only congratulate Japanese war survivors (like former army surgeon Ken Yuasa) for coming forward to admit to, and repent of, how far they went in putting into practice what they believed to be their orders.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2007

Leverage in showing displeasure

The Oct. 23 Lifelines article, "NHK: To pay or not to pay," was timely in that I recently told the NHK collector to return next month for payment, and informed him that this action was the only way to show my displeasure with NHK for interrupting an after-midnight program to break the news of an earthquake...
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
Driver arrested at scene of Yokosuka crash that injured eight
A 31-year-old man was taken into custody on Monday on suspicion of drunken driving after he caused a multivehicle crash in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Former sekiwake Toyonoshima is new head coach at innovative women’s club
Former sekiwake Toyonoshima and Airi Hisano train at Tachihi Sumo Club on May 1.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.

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