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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 12, 2013

The difference between rules and manners on the beach

Here on the beach at Shiraishi Island in the Seto Inland Sea, there are few rules. You may swim year-round, even before umibiraki (the opening of the sea ceremony). You may have a bonfire on the beach at night, no problem. You may camp on the beach for free. And by all means, set off fireworks and have...
Reader Mail
Jul 10, 2013

Doubts about assault percentage

Regarding the June 22 AP article "One-third of women worldwide have been assaulted by partner": While I do not discount that domestic violence happens, "one-third" stretches the imagination.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2013

Leaks play a critical role in health of democracies

How can a democracy determine whether there should be government surveillance of the kind that the NSA is conducting if it has no idea that such programs exist
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 8, 2013

As new UNESCO site, Fuji set to beckon to masses

The official climbing season for Mount Fuji kicked off July 1 amid added fanfare over the iconic peak's inclusion as a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site in late June.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2013

Safety first with iPS transplants

A Kyoto University research team is to be applauded for getting the go-ahead to test the safety of an iPS transplant procedure on six patients with an age-related eye disease.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 8, 2013

Kanebo recall illustrates built-in resilience of cosmetics industry

Compared to what it made on whitening skin-care products, Kanebo's recall will cost very little.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 6, 2013

U.S. butterfly decline signals environment woes

Butterflies are a favorite muse for poets and songwriters who hold them up as symbols of love, beauty, transformation and good fortune.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 6, 2013

Sins of the father are Rola's burden

Two weeks ago one of the big stories in the tabloid press was on Jurip Al-Asa, the father of popular TV personality Rola. He was in the news because the Tokyo Metropolitan Police had issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of swindling. Allegedly, Jurip, a Bangladesh national, conspired with a compatriot...
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2013

Alternatives to Mr. Abe's way

The July 21 Upper House election will have a great impact on Japan's future. Voters would do well to consider alternative paths to the prime minister's way.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2013

The cyber highway potholes

There is no going back to the pre-Internet era. So we must work to ensure that freedom of information is not significantly undermined by cyber censorship.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 4, 2013

Soymilk cream to give dairy cream a run for its money?

Problems with heavy whipped cream? Soy beans might be your savior.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2013

Fed approves rules requiring banks to set aside more capital

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday ordered banks to set aside more capital as a cushion against losses, bringing the United States in line with developing international standards and opening the door for a set of tougher rules for the nation's biggest financial institutions.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 3, 2013

Mandela family battles over ailing icon's legacy

A convoy of cars and buses decked with balloons streamed into Qunu on Saturday as the childhood home of Nelson Mandela hosted a wedding and enjoyed a moment of respite from the deep uncertainty caused by the health of its most celebrated son.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2013

Work-life balance? Not in politics

Tamayo Marukawa, 42, seems to have it all. A University of Tokyo graduate, she scored one of the most coveted jobs in Japan as an announcer at TV Asahi. A popular presence there for 14 years, she left for a seat in the Upper House six years ago as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2013

Power shifts to hero's eldest daughter

Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, moved three sons' graves to his own village. Now the family is moving them back.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 2, 2013

The LDP constitution, article by article: a preview of things to come?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing for constitutional change. Yet he is playing the political huckster by proposing to first only fiddle with the amendment procedure in Article 96, lowering the threshold for the process to move forward from the approval of two-thirds of both houses of the Diet, as...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 1, 2013

Deflation watch: Kabocha

Domestically grown Japanese pumpkin is now almost as cheap as the imported kind.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 1, 2013

Secret surveillance court is thrust into spotlight

Wedged into a secure, windowless basement room deep below the Capitol Visitors Center, U.S. District Court Judge John Bates appeared before dozens of senators last month for a highly unusual, top-secret briefing.

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