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COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Nov 26, 2007

Plenty wrong with U.S. agricultural policy

NEW YORK — The U.S. farm bill — a blanket term for all measures related to agriculture, some barely so — appears doomed this year. The House version passed at the end of July, but the Senate version has been stalled in such a way that there's even talk that its enactment may not occur until after...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Nov 26, 2007

Japanese housing slumps into legal, moral quagmire

Japanese housing starts have fallen sharply in recent months, just as housing-related markets in the United States have declined since the advent of the subprime mortgage crisis. But the backgrounds of the two slumps are totally different.
COMMENTARY
Nov 26, 2007

U.K. liberties versus security

LONDON — The director general of the British Security Services (MI5) has been telling the world that there are at least 2,000 people inside Britain who are involved in terrorism-related activities, and there may be many more. Or to put it crudely, there are at least 2,000 individuals bent on killing...
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2007

GDP raises warning flags

The nation's gross domestic product in the July-September period grew an annualized 2.6 percent from the previous quarter — more than economists expected. This was a rebound from the 1.6 percent contraction in the previous quarter.
COMMENTARY
Nov 26, 2007

One (very) small step forward for ASEAN

HONOLULU — The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) has, in commemoration of its 40th anniversary, adopted its first formal charter, thus conferring "legal personality" upon this intergovernmental organization, complete with its own flag, emblem, anthem (to be written), and motto: One Vision,...
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2007

Breakthrough in stem-cell research

Scientists from Kyoto University and the University of Wisconsin have announced that they have succeeded in producing equivalents to embryonic stem cells by reprogramming human skin cells. The new findings represent a breakthrough in regenerative medicine research. Behaving like embryonic stem cells,...
COMMENTARY
Nov 26, 2007

Koreans who paid for Japan

This summer I visited several monuments in Hiroshima and Okinawa that console the souls of Koreans who died during the Pacific War while living in Japan or serving in the Japanese military. It was a heart-wrenching experience.
COMMENTARY
Nov 26, 2007

Upbeat band of moderates keep the faith

BALI, Indonesia — A bad idea can sometimes illuminate the darkest landscape of truth with brilliant flair in a way that mere fact cannot. Consider, for example, the idea that Islam is incompatible with democracy. It's a really bad idea, but it can serve a very good purpose.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 25, 2007

Antlers shock Osieck's Reds

SAITAMA — Nine-man Kashima Antlers stunned Urawa Reds on Saturday with a 1-0 win that takes the 2007 J. League title race down to the wire.
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2007

Messages that wreck self-esteem

Thank you for the Sept. 29 article "Putting the red light on human trafficking," which explores the pathways and precursors that force, or coerce, Japanese girls and women into the sex industry. As a schoolgirl, I remember vividly how the Japanese men I sat next to on the train would read their tabloids...
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2007

U.S. treatment can be worse

As for Michael Hassett's Nov. 20 Zeit Gist article: While I agree that Japan has a long way to go before it will be a friendly environment for foreign residents, I am frustrated at this additional, one-sided, "Japan as abuser, foreigner as victim" diatribe.
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2007

The 'pre-registered' have options

In his Nov. 22 letter, "Half-baked antiterror measure," Francisco Menendez writes that "I would be more than glad to offer my biometric data as means of identification" if all Japanese nationals are required to be fingerprinted as well. Menendez will be interested to know that I visited the Tokyo Immigration...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 25, 2007

Carp manager Brown optimistic despite loss of key players

In 2008, Hiroshima Carp manager Marty Brown will be entering his third season as skipper of the Central League club without his two best players.
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2007

Spoof not far from the truth

Graeme Jarvie's Nov. 20 spoof of Japan's new photo and fingerprinting immigration laws, entitled "Regarding the 'gaijin' formally known as prints," was brilliant. An anonymous high-ranking official of the "Ministry of Injustice" was quoted as arguing that the new immigration laws, by keeping foreigners...
MORE SPORTS
Nov 25, 2007

Vermilion gallops to record win in Japan Cup Dirt

Race favorite Vermilion extended his winning streak to two with a record win in the Japan Cup Dirt Saturday at Tokyo Racecourse.
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2007

Readers hung out to dry

The Nov. 20 opinion piece "Starting today, 'gaijin' formally known as prints" (on the Community page) and The Japan Times' handling of it are completely unacceptable. In its original published form, a final statement indicating the fictitious nature of the e-mails and quotes cited in the article...
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2007

Just more work for immigration

In his Nov. 20 letter, "Common protection and control," Hideo Kaito certainly knows how to stir up a hornet's nest with his remarks supporting the introduction of fingerprinting, etc., for non-Japanese arriving at ports of entry.
Reader Mail
Nov 25, 2007

Foreigners overrate themselves

The sense of self-importance contained in the Nov. 20 Zeit Gist article "Watching them watching us" -- in which writer Michael Hassett complains about the capacity of the Japanese government to subject him to "physical abuse" by virtue of its ability to theoretically track him via security cameras from...
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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