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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 11, 2007

Volunteering: How to start making a difference this fall

First in a two-part series
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 1, 2007

Adding insult to hot air at the Japanese BBQ

Some people blame global warming on farting cows, others blame it on farting vehicles. I blame it on Japanese BBQs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 23, 2007

Hollins' homer leads Giants past Dragons

Damon Hollins said it was only a matter of time before the Yomiuri Giants broke out of their recent slump. Hollins did his part against the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday with a 120-meter blast to left field in the seventh inning that led the Giants to a 3-1 win in front of 43,878 fans at Tokyo Dome....
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 21, 2007

Kids' rights and cancer support

Coping after cancer M recently arrived in Tokyo from Hong Kong and, as a breast cancer survivor, is wondering where she can turn for support.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 2, 2007

DanDans meets Coco Chanel

Artists' lives are seldom easy, but the reality they face in Japan can be particularly daunting.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 25, 2007

Homers power 'Stars past Giants

Kimiyasu Kudo and the Yokohama BayStars did everything they could in the first five innings to build a big lead against the Yomiuri Giants Tuesday night at Tokyo Dome. Though in the last three, it took everything they had just to hold on.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 21, 2007

What's your Hokey Pokey biography?

So, where are you from? How old are you? What are your hobbies? What do you like sports? How long stay Japan? Tired of answering questions? Really?
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 10, 2007

Allure of cakes too much for housewives to resist

Twenty years ago, Japanese girls were told that marriage should be the last item on the list of to-dos after college, that hankering after a wedding ring was idiotic and that the first and foremost concern should be work and a career.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 7, 2007

Jawing over Japanese jaws

"Let's talk," says my wife. Her euphemism for, "Shut up and listen."

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past