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HAVE YOUR SAY

COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jun 5, 2012
'It's just because ... foreigners know best': readers' views
Some readers' views on John Spiri's May 1 Zeit Gist column, "It's just because . . . foreigners know best":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 29, 2012
Your haiku: the good, the bad and the ugly of Japan
The following are the winners of the haiku competition launched to mark the Community section's 10th anniversary. The five recipients of the top prize, a copy of Debito Arudou and Akira Higuchi's "Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants," are marked by an asterisk. Other winners will receive a poster illustrated by artist Chris Mackenzie. Thank you to everyone who sent in or tweeted their entries about life in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 22, 2012
The elephant in the foreigner's room now has a name: microaggression
Some positive and negative readers' reactions to Debito Arudou's provocative and widely read May 1 Just Be Cause column, "Yes, I can use chopsticks: the everyday 'microaggressions' that grind us down":
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 15, 2012
Readers vent over 'Bread and becquerels'
Some readers' responses to the April 17 Zeit Gist column by Gianni Simone, "Bread and becquerels: a year of living dangerously":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 1, 2012
Debito takes on Donald: readers' responses
Some readers' responses to Debito Arudou's April 3 column, "Keene should engage brain before fueling 'flyjin,' foreign crime myths":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Apr 3, 2012
Revolving-door immigration policy hard-wired to fail: readers' responses
Some responses to Debito Arudou's March 6 Just Be Cause column, "Japan's revolving-door immigration policy hard-wired to fail":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Mar 27, 2012
JET teacher outfoxes board, Dr. Savoie's Hague prescription: readers' responses
Some responses to Patrick Budmar's Feb. 28 Light Gist column, "Teacher outfoxes board, exposes bid to fleece JETs":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Mar 6, 2012
A few of readers' favorite things; heated discussion on the burning issue of warmth
A selection of readers' responses to Debito Arudou's Feb. 7 Just Be Cause column, "These are a few of my favorite things about Japan":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Feb 14, 2012
Solving Japan's succession conundrum
Lack of males a recent trend I very much enjoyed the comprehensive article on the Japanese Imperial family by Prof. Colin P.A. Jones of Doshisha Law School in Kyoto ("And then there was one?: Japan's right royal crisis," Zeit Gist, Jan. 17).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Feb 7, 2012
Questions raised about account of Tokyo cop assault
Some readers' responses to the Jan. 24 Zeit Gist column by Simon Scott, headlined "American claims Tokyo cop assaulted son, 8":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jan 31, 2012
International vs. Japanese school: Which is top of class for mixed kids?
Some readers' thoughts on the dueling Jan. 10 Zeit Gist columns by Charles Lewis ("Local Japanese school is the obvious choice if you want your child to fit in") and Lisa Jardine ("International education a triple-A investment in your child's — and Japan's — future"):
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jan 24, 2012
Japanese must tap their 'inner Israeli': readers' responses
Some readers' thoughts on the Jan. 3 Zeit Gist column by Glenn Newman, headlined "Japanese must tap their 'inner Israeli' ":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Dec 27, 2011
Readers' views: Do foreigners deserve a fairer shake in Japan?
Some responses to the Nov. 6 Just Be Cause column by Debito Arudou headlined "For the sake of Japan's future, foreigners deserve a fair shake":
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Dec 20, 2011
Cultural relativism, Meiji, phonetics and eigo woes
Some readers' responses to Nicolas Gattig's Nov. 22 Zeit Gist column, headlined "MacArthur, identity theory and Japan's lingering eigo woes":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Dec 13, 2011
Readers back father's fight to reunite with children
The following are readers' responses to the Nov. 8 Zeit Gist column headlined "My children are my everything — the reason I'm alive" by Simon Scott. The story followed Canadian Bruce Gherbetti on a surprise visit to his estranged wife's home in Fukushima in the hope of visiting his children, whom he hadn't heard from in two years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Dec 13, 2011
Readers back father's fight to reunite with children
The following are readers' responses to the Nov. 8 Zeit Gist column headlined "My children are my everything — the reason I'm alive" by Simon Scott. The story followed Canadian Bruce Gherbetti on a surprise visit to his estranged wife's home in Fukushima in the hope of visiting his children, whom he hadn't heard from in two years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Nov 29, 2011
Readers' tales: Beginnings, terrifying journeys and terrible ends
We asked readers to share their scariest experience or top spooky tale for a chance to win a Haunted Tokyo Tour or book of short stories. Here are the winning entries:
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Nov 15, 2011
Tatemae as truth, culture clashes and Arudou's dangerous myth
Some responses to Debito Arudou's Nov. 1 Just Be Cause column, headlined "The costly fallout of tatemae and Japan's culture of deceit":
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Nov 8, 2011
Put the best interests of children above pride and prejudice
I have written about my story previously to The Japan Times, but this most recent article from Richard Cory ("Left-behind dads take desperate measures," Zeit Gist, Oct. 4) spurs me to write again.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Nov 1, 2011
Ganbatte and gaman stifle debate, hinder recovery
Nuclear debate discouraged Re: "Japan needs less ganbatte, more genuine action" by Debito Arudou (Just Be Cause, Oct. 4):
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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