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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 19, 2010

Marriage: A royal pain in the heart

Some outmoded institutions live on as anachronisms because enduring qualities in them continue to appeal to people. Royalty is one example. Marriage is another. Royal marriage? Well, naturally.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 19, 2010

University grads need to expand their horizons

A man I sometimes work with built a house in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 10 years ago when he was 30 years old. At the time he was working for one of Japan's most prominent trading companies, and had been ever since he graduated from university. He chose Hiratsuka because it's on the JR Tokaido...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 18, 2010

A giant salamander sermon

Japan has the world's longest life span. Even their animals live to be elderly. Japan' oldest giant salamander, who lived in Okayama, passed away in August this year — at 100 years old.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 18, 2010

What resumes don't show

"A good job is hard to find" sounds like the title to a short story.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 16, 2010

Escaping the city to get much more down to earth

Outside of Tokyo, at the tiny organic farm Nahual Garden in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, a group of young professionals swap packets of seeds and horticultural advice over cups of freshly brewed lemongrass tea.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2010

Ad pitches papers for family time

The 102 newspapers belonging to the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association are running an advertisement Wednesday to promote reading newspapers and having breakfast with the family.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2010

Host-nation support to stand at ¥188 billion until 2016

Japan agreed Tuesday to maintain its level of host-nation support for U.S. forces at an annual ¥188.1 billion for the next five years starting in fiscal 2011.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 14, 2010

Splits, rumors of splits, and the hole if Kan splits

With its rate of approval dwindling fast, the administration of Prime Minister Naoto Kan has fallen into a "lame-duck" status, and the resultant "political vacuum" is likely to linger on for some time to come, as there is no clear prospect as to what kind of political landscape will emerge in the event...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 14, 2010

Mail-order buyer, be aware

In retrospect, I didn't really need a new baseball cap. But this one, advertised by the publisher of a nationally circulated magazine, had a humorous logo in Japanese that tickled my fancy, making it — like much of the merchandise sold via mail order — a novelty item not sold in stores.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 12, 2010

Tomb tourism Saitama style

Crawling in and out of graves isn't everyone's idea of a good time. For those willing to give it a try, though, Yoshimi Hyakuana in Saitama Prefecture makes for an interesting day trip out of Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2010

Vaccination policy falls short

Since the 1990s, the government has been reluctant to make vaccinations mandatory and to use public funds to cover the cost. This policy backfired when a new type of influenza hit Japan last year.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 12, 2010

Half the world's people are bilingual — but how many Japanese?

First of two parts
COMMUNITY
Dec 11, 2010

Tokushima animal shelter seeks help

Heart Tokushima, a nonprofit animal shelter established in 2006 in western Japan by Canadian Susan Mercer, is facing a crisis as it prepares for the loss of one of its primary sheltering sites.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 10, 2010

Fukuoka harbors hotbed of new talent

Despite its far westerly location (being closer to Seoul than it is to Tokyo), the Kyushu city of Fukuoka has for a long time been one of the musical powerhouses of Japan.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 10, 2010

'Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no Mori)'

"Love hurts" is a staple message of popular culture everywhere, from blues songs about cheating lovers to tear-jerking Japanese melodramas about teenage couples eternally separated by terminal disease. But "Love can drive you crazy" is one uncomfortable truth mainstream movies, from Hollywood and Japan...
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 10, 2010

Christmas spa package in Tokyo

The Hyatt Regency Tokyo's Joule Spa & Wellness is offering hotel guests a Christmas Spa Package comprised of a special treatment course and a set of gifts, through Dec. 25.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2010

Mullen urges China to rein in 'reckless,' provocative North

The highest-ranking U.S. military officer urged China on Thursday to do more to prevent North Korea from taking provocative actions.

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