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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Sep 7, 2014
Yoko and author's other furry friends help kids cope with childhood challenges
Rosemary Wells' stories — including a series about a Japanese kitten's experience at an American school — have been delighting children and adults alike around the world for over 40 years.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2014
Crewman's suicide points to bullying culture in MSDF
A string of suicides linked to bullying in the Maritime Self-Defense Force has raised suspicions that other cases have not yet been addressed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2014
Kids' ombudsperson program hits 15 years
An ombudsman program for children's human rights in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture, marked its 15th anniversary this year as Japan's first independent public organ to address problems involving children.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jun 22, 2014
All-consuming school clubs worry foreign parents
School club activities — something that most Japanese parents accept as a normal and desirable rite of passage in their child's development — can leave foreign parents quaking in their boots at what lies ahead.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 31, 2014
Bullying weakens Japanese, U.S. schools
Bullying of LGBT students is reaching epidemic proportions in schools in Japan and the United States even as greater tolerance is demonstrated for students of different races, cultures and abilities.
EDITORIALS
May 24, 2014
Stop the bullying of LGBT students
A recent survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Kanto area finds that 70 percent were bullied during their school years. Learning respect and tolerance for individual differences should start earlier.
EDITORIALS
Apr 27, 2014
MSDF must clean up its act
A Tokyo High Court ruling for the plaintiff in a damages suit over the suicide of a Maritime Self-Defense Force member highlights the deplorable attempt by the MSDF to cover up evidence that the victim was bullied.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 18, 2014
Adults bullied as kids still affected socially, economically years later
The negative social, physical and mental health effects of childhood bullying are still evident nearly 40 years later, according to research by British psychiatrists.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2014
How one teacher in Iran defeated bullying
A 45-year-old teacher in Iran has been celebrated on national TV for showing how to defeat bullying at his elementary school with a simple act of solidarity.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 22, 2014
Mother's love helped actress overcome war, poverty and bullying to find fame in Japan
Rescued from the rubble of a war zone as a young girl in Iran, 28-year-old Sahel Rosa has succeeded in carving out a career in Japan as a model, TV personality and actress.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 12, 2014
'Tiger mom' author stokes controversy with latest trope
Almost exactly three years ago, the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from a book that remains its most commented article of all time. Under the fiery title, "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," Yale law professor Amy Chua set out a manifesto for motherhood in proudly recounting her ironfisted reign over her two young daughters, which included the prohibition of sleepovers and the insistence that they attain no grade lower than an A.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2013
Reports of school bullying in Japan up 180%
The number of reported cases of school bullying surged to 198,108 last year, 2.8 times more than the roughly 70,000 cases reported the year before, the education ministry says.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2013
Parents to sue in bullied son's death
The parents of a 17-year-old high school student who committed suicide last year said Monday they will file a damages suit against his classmates and teachers, arguing their son's death was caused by school bullying.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2013
Folk artist Peter Yarrow to release anti-bullying song in Japan next week
American folk musician Peter Yarrow hopes that his new song "Never Give Up," an anti-bullying anthem adapted from the words of the Dalai Lama, will inspire a new generation of "peace-builders" when it is released in Japan next week.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2013
Gay Russian teens face life in closet
Like other gay teenagers in Russia, Maxim Moiseyev grappled with his identity alone, frightened and uninformed. Adults either ignored him or admonished him. Classmates reviled him. And a new law that forbids minors from hearing anything positive about homosexuality has only made life harder.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 31, 2013
Media must take a stand against trolls
We live in an age of contention, when any comment can spark righteous indignation. Nominally conservative or progressive viewpoints become meaningless when every response is reactionary. This situation supposedly arose along with the Internet, which provides an unmediated outlet for every voice. Traditional media insisted on readers and viewers providing certifiable identification before printing or broadcasting their feedback, one of the ideas being that commenters will be more responsible for their opinions if forced to reveal their real names and addresses.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2013
Lawyers to support bullying victims
A nationwide group of lawyers with expertise in school bullying will be established this year to better support victims, a source said Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2013
Why are so many young men becoming Internet trolls?
Two thousand, three hundred and ninety-three years ago, in 380 B.C., Plato wrote the myth of the Ring of Gyges, in which the shepherd, Gyges, discovers a ring that makes him invisible at will. Gyges promptly uses the protection this offers to infiltrate the royal household, seduce the queen, assassinate the king and take the kingdom. Plato goes on: "If now there should be two such rings, and the just man should put on one and the unjust the other, no one could be found, it would seem, of such adamantine temper as to persevere in justice."
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2013
Taking a stand against bullying
It is deplorable that the opposition DPJ blew a chance to pass a power industry reform bill because it was too busy playing politics against the prime minister.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2013
Diet passes anti-bullying legislation
The Diet enacts a law aimed at preventing bullying in elementary, junior high and high schools by basically compelling the institutions to report serious cases.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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