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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jun 2, 2014
Clever designs in kitchenware and desktop decor
Keeping flower books
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion takes a baby step in right direction
The fashion industry has been criticized for promoting impossible body images by pressuring models, directly or indirectly, to remain as skinny as possible. Nevertheless, so-called plus-size models have become well-represented in the industry over the past 30 years. In the beginning, it was a necessary business move. The average consumer of women's apparel isn't as thin as the average supermodel, and so designers had to hire women with fuller figures to show off their wares. Eventually, even haute couture houses started hiring larger women, if only to seem different or to prove they weren't prejudiced against anyone who wore a dress size bigger than a 4. Though these women were notably heavier, by any standard most wouldn't be considered overweight. In a different age and profession they would have been deemed "healthy," but as with any endeavor that relies on image, plus-size modeling eventually came under fire when it was learned that some women were using padding to fill out their figures, or indulging on salty food to retain water and thus a zaftig outline, or even undergoing plastic surgery. Apparently, it takes as much effort to remain big as it does to stay small.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 9, 2014
Japan, France to launch panel to look at exports with military potential
Japan and France agreed Thursday to share information about exports of equipment with military potential, after Japan raised concern about a French defense company's export to China of devices enabling helicopters to land on ships.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2013
Expectations high for Japan-Russia parley
Obese diabetic mice given an experimental drug designed to mimic a hormone with anti-diabetic effects improved the health of the animals and extended their life span, a study finds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2013
China, South, ASEAN asked to ease food ban
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asks the leaders of China, South Korea and ASEAN to relax or eliminate import restrictions on Japanese produce, touting its safety more than two years after the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
Defense, diplomacy chiefs sidestep SOFA
Thursday's agreement between the United States and Japan to revise defense cooperation guidelines touched on a number of core issues, such as transferring U.S. Marines to Guam, building a contentious replacement in Okinawa for the Futenma base, and cooperating on ballistic missile defense and cybersecurity.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2013
Japan, U.S. to promote transfer of Osprey training away from Okinawa
Tokyo and Washington are set to unveil Thursday a string of measures aimed at mitigating the impact of U.S. forces on Okinawa, including promoting the transfer of Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey training flights outside of Okinawa or abroad, sources close to bilateral ties said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2013
Foreign, defense chiefs set first meeting with U.S. counterparts
Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense chiefs are expected to agree to review defense cooperation guidelines amid the changing security environment in the Asia-Pacific region when they meet in Tokyo on Oct. 3, a Japanese government source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 25, 2010
Virtual karaoke dates, courtesy of Konami
Sing your heart out, guys. Your Love Plus mate won't care if you truly suck at karaoke.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Aug 10, 2010
Entame tours: Let us entertain and guide you
Travel company KNT hits a sweet spot with tours that target entertainment-themed tours for avid fans.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Dec 24, 2009
Trends in Japan 2009: virtual love
In 2009, a lot of hype surrounded human's attachment to virtual and 2-D characters. Was it just hot air, or a sign of things to come?
Reader Mail
May 23, 2007
The American failure to speak out
Ted Rall's May 6 article, "George Tenet's worst ever career choice," certainly hits the nail on the head. Why didn't former CIA Director Tenet speak up and admit that the White House was deceiving us? Why didn't so many other politicians and bureaucrats speak up? And why did it take the majority of Americans until now to oppose the invasion and destruction of Iraq?
Reader Mail
May 9, 2007
Pulvers column shows bias
Roger Pulvers' columns on trends in Japan over the past decades are good pieces of writing from a journalist who was actually there and knows what he's talking about.
Reader Mail
May 6, 2007
Daylight saving, Japan style
As the spring sun continues to rise earlier and earlier, there are likely not a few readers muttering to themselves, "If only Japan would adopt daylight saving time, then some of this early morning light could be put to better use." Few seem to be aware that Japan practiced a form of daylight saving time until the late 19th century. It was not until Jan. 1, 1873, that Japan adopted Western-style timekeeping (and the Gregorian calendar).
Reader Mail
Apr 29, 2007
U.S. squarely faces its history
In regard to the letter submitted by Setsuko Tokita, although it is true that there was a long history of African slavery in the United States, the U.S. government finally put an end to slavery once and for all during the bloodiest conflict in American history, the Civil War. However, the institution of slavery even during this period in world history (the 19th century) was almost universal and could be found in various countries and cultures across the globe, including, it may be argued Japan, where peasant farmers lived as lowly serfs serving a daimyo and allowed few freedoms. As late as the 1930s, bankrupt farmers in Tohoku were selling their very own daughters into sexual servitude to save their farms from being foreclosed.
Reader Mail
Apr 8, 2007
Giving Tokyo what it needs
The candidates in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election seem at a loss for innovative ideas. The current governor has done a middling job on crime (Kabukicho, curfews for kids) and has banished diesel fumes, but he's a xenophobic blowhard who, among his many irrational proclamations, has averred that bullying at school persists because victims "lack a fighting spirit." The centerpiece of his strategy for a new term is his lunge for the Olympics. This is the starry-eyed vision of an aging man seeking to relive his youth as well as a costly initiative with little chance of success. After all, Nagano hosted the games just nine years ago, and Beijing will do so next year.
Reader Mail
Mar 7, 2007
Yasukuni's spiritual integrity
Illuminate new facts and reinterpret old facts to develop a more accurate and truthful understanding of what happened in East Asia between, say, the middle of the 19th century and the end of World War II? Fine. With a focus on Japan, China and the United States during the 1930s and 1940s? Fine. This is what historians and curators do. And there isn't a book or museum today that tells the story of those troubled times well.
Reader Mail
Feb 7, 2007
Renaming the Sea of Japan
The Jan. 9 article " 'Sea of Peace' instead of Sea of Japan: Roh" stated that South Korean President Roh Myoo Hyun had proposed renaming the Sea of Japan to either "The Sea of Peace" or the "The Sea of Friendship." Since the name of this sea has been a stumbling block in improving the Japan-Korea relationship, I fully support this proposal.
Reader Mail
Jan 14, 2007
Puzzling stand against Pyongyang
In her Jan. 8 article, "Japan's peculiar silence on rights abuses," Sophie Richardson criticizes the Japanese government's exclusive focus on the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals while it ignores human rights abuses in countries such as Myanmar or Uzbekistan.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
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.
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.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
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