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Japan Times
JAPAN / ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
Nov 12, 2010

New heart in N.Y. gave teen new lease on life

Teenagers often take going to school, studying with classmates and hanging out with friends and family for granted.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 12, 2010

Ephemeral beauty in the lives of Edo women

The Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Tokyo, is currently hosting an exhibition of Edo Period (1603-1867) ukiyo-e woodblock prints from the Museum for Art and Craft Hamburg, Germany. The museum houses one of the finest ukiyo-e collections in Europe, and has lent 237 pieces from its 5,000 piece collection,...
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2010

Steps vowed on region trade goals

YOKOHAMA — Foreign and trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific region affirmed Thursday the importance of taking concrete steps toward achieving a regionwide free-trade zone.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2010

U.S. commerce chief praises TPP interest

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke welcomed Japan's decision Wednesday to launch talks with other countries to study a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2010

Dreaming of a new Edo era

SEOUL — All eyes have shifted to Seoul as Group of 20 leaders convene Thursday and Friday for the first time in the South Korean capital. The choice is long overdue, as South Korea is a remarkable success story: In one generation, the South Koreans, formerly pummeled by civil war, under constant threat...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2010

China concerns pull U.S. and Australia closer

SYDNEY — A choice between Australia's biggest market, China, and its closest ally, the United States, was hardly a difficult one. The decision made, Canberra now has to reassure Beijing it's business as usual.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Nov 7, 2010

Noriko Hama: Scholar brings economics to life

Clouds of gloom have been shrouding Japan and its economy for quite some time. The bursting of the asset- inflated economic bubble in the early 1990s, and the failures of banks, insurers and other big corporations later in that decade, has put a huge dent in Japan's collective self-confidence. That is...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 6, 2010

An index finger pointing . . . where?

My wife cannot tell a story.
COMMUNITY
Nov 6, 2010

Canadian loves keeping Fukuoka informed

Nick Szasz, a native of Toronto, has published the free bilingual magazine Fukuoka Now since 1998. He says he launched the publication out of love for the biggest city in Kyushu and his sense of mission to provide information for non-Japanese living in the area.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 5, 2010

'Nowhere Boy'

It's not a song you'll find on many of The Beatles' best-of compilations, but if you wade deep into the "White Album" of 1968, there at the end of side 2, you'll find a soft, beautifully pensive acoustic number sung by John Lennon entitled "Julia."
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 3, 2010

Rikai dekiru: understanding the past, today

"Mina-san, konban wa (皆さん今晩は, ladies and gentlemen, good evening). Thank you, I . . .
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Nov 2, 2010

'Homogeneous,' 'unique' myths stunt discourse

Last month I attended an international lecture by one of Japanology's senior scholars. I'll call him Dr. Frink. Decorated by the Japanese government for his contributions to the field, he talked about Japan as a "unique" state that never really changes, even as it slips to third place behind China's...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 2, 2010

Small schools offer hope amid eikaiwa slump

The collapse of the Geos eikaiwa (English conversation school) chain earlier this year came as a cruel blow to an industry still struggling to restore its credibility years after Nova's high-profile implosion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Nov 2, 2010

Recipe found for cross-cultural love

Cristiano Pozzi, 37, born and raised in the Lake Como area in northern Italy, and Akiko Kobayashi, 36, from Tokyo, first met in 2003. Cristiano, a chef at an Italian restaurant, and Akiko, owner of a nail salon in Akasaka, were introduced to each other in Tokyo by a mutual Italian friend.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Oct 31, 2010

Veasley eager to make impact for Albirex

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Willie Veasley of the Niigata Albirex BB is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 31, 2010

Tipping a hat to Japan creations

I was feeling an itch to don a bonnet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 30, 2010

Flour millers cooking up 'kishimen' revival

A flour miller association in the Chubu region is promoting a plan to market overseas "kishimen," a flat noodle that is a specialty of Nagoya.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 29, 2010

Modern serving of traditional tea

If you've ever been fortunate enough to attend a tea ceremony, then you know that within the simplicity of movements, the quiet beauty of the room and the refined elegance of the utensils, there is a deep world where the moment becomes living art.
COMMENTARY
Oct 26, 2010

Asia needs to make wiser use of its water

SINGAPORE — Photographed from satellites in space, Asia and the other great continents are a spectacular sight. One of the most unique features of the panoramic view is water, in both liquid and frozen forms, which covers about 75 percent of Earth's surface.
Reader Mail
Oct 24, 2010

Stint abroad risks Japan contacts

Regarding Howard Kuramitsu's Oct. 14 letter, "Researchers loath to leave Japan": There is another realistic reason why fewer Japanese researchers are venturing abroad to study. Japanese universities do not advertise for vacant positions. Most positions are filled by word of mouth, personal contacts or...
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 24, 2010

Key facts and figures

Key data drawn from numerous quoted sources here succinctly suggest the enormous range of problems and issues facing delegates to COP10 — and the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2010

Entrepreneurs' best friend growing long in the tooth

HONG KONG — Standard Chartered Bank has an advertisement currently running on television that is eye-catching and thought-provoking. Its central message is that "not everything that counts in life can be counted" and that the bank wants to be "here for people; here for progress; here for the long run;...

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan