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SINAPIS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 18, 2020
Japan's Catholic aid groups struggle as donations drop due to virus pandemic
Some of society's most vulnerable are facing increased uncertainty as assistance offices are forced to close during coronavirus slowdown.
EDITORIALS
May 30, 2011
North Korea appeals to sponsor
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il visited China for about seven days from May 20. It was his third visit to China in a year. He traveled more than 4,000 km on a special train. Both Beijing and Pyongyang are mum about his visit. But it seems that the main purpose of his visit was to appeal for economic cooperation from China.
Reader Mail
Jul 17, 2008
Not all foreigners treated equally
Regarding Jim Chambers' July 13 letter, "Treated better than the natives": Chambers sounds as if he has spent his 35 years in Japan in a Roppongi-like lifestyle where foreigners are actually treated better than the natives. His argument that the Japanese need guarantors, too, to rent an apartment is ludicrous. My father, who lives abroad, cannot be my guarantor. Does Chambers see the difference?
Reader Mail
Jul 3, 2008
Partnership rules lacking
I am very glad that more Japanese appear to be viewing interracial marriages in a positive light. However, I am dismayed that we still do not have any form of recognition of gay marriage. In fact, we do not even have any domestic partnership rules in effect so that gay couples in Japan can do little other than put each other in their wills.
Reader Mail
Mar 30, 2008
We may welcome another Knight
I never thought I would be an apologist for former college basketball coach Bobby Knight (who recently retired as coach at Texas Tech), but in response to the Feb. 11 letter "Coach is gone and good riddance," I believe Knight needs a defense. I observed Knight at a basketball clinic and, like the writer of the letter, found him arrogant, abrasive, crude as well as misogynistic and chauvinistic. He was excoriated by women's groups for treating rape as a joke and putting feminine accessories in some of his players lockers to challenge their masculinity.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'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.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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