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THE ZEIT GIST

COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 18, 2005
Hurting Japan's hungry
'We got kicked out of Sumida park three times for delivering food. I went to talk to the people in Taito-ku ward office and basically (it) came down to, 'well, you just can't deliver food here anymore,' " says Charles McJilton, executive director of Second Harvest Japan.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 11, 2005
Gaijin in cyberspace
It's a pretty lively gathering. A group of eikaiwa teachers are noisily denouncing their employers, while nearby a pair of leery Charisma Men are swapping tales of sexual conquests, and next to them some language students are loudly debating the Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 4, 2005
Racism is bad business
The Community Page has commented at length on socially-sanctioned exclusionary practices in Japan. However, it has rarely touched upon their quantifiable, longer-term effects.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 28, 2004
Legal bank robbery
Mention residents tax to any foreigner living in Japan and chances are, you aren't likely to win any favorable responses. Otherwise known as city tax, ward tax or inhabitants tax to name just a few aliases, this is probably one of the most dreaded and least understood of all the taxes in Japan. It is also one of the most expensive.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 21, 2004
Workplace worries
Bullying and dismissal I've been working for a private university for almost eight years. During that time, I have put up with constant "ijime" from two other teachers, who finally got their way and are having me fired. No reason was given for my firing.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 14, 2004
Right side of the law
Sacked without notice I was working for an English-language school in Tokyo and got fired without any notice at all. My one-year contract doesn't expire for four more months. Can they do that?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 7, 2004
Costly crackdown
Prospects of stricter visa requirements on foreign entertainers wishing to enter Japan worry Filipino recruiters and entertainers who say the restricted entry of Filipino workers into Japan may mean less money for families who depend on remittances being sent by relatives.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 30, 2004
Get on their case
"I don't like black people! Shoo!"
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 23, 2004
Class action
What would you do if you were sacked for "clicking your pen too much in class," or for "talking to yourself during your break" . . . or how about for "only eating the topping on your rice during lunch?"
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 16, 2004
Health care puzzles
Broad coverage? The Japanese health insurance system is designed to cover you anywhere in Japan, though prices vary from region to region.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 9, 2004
A primer on health care
There are two main types of Japanese Health Insurance: National Health Insurance and Employees' Health Insurance
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 2, 2004
Justice reaches dead-end
In accusing 1,039 Japanese of war crimes at the Yokohama War Crimes Tribunals, 123 of whom were sentenced to death, U.S. officials apparently sought not to seek justice in a legal sense, but to establish the principle of ultimate accountability and set a benchmark for the punishment of future war criminals.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 26, 2004
Gaijin: good or bad?
Near criminal As a Japan vet, I say "Yes" to both good and bad connotations. More important than terminology, though, is the actual treatment of non-Japanese regarding important employment issues. What happens on a near daily basis is often criminal.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 19, 2004
Foreign branding
Being called a 'gaijin' is not unusual or harmful, says Cai Evans Before I start, let's get one thing straight: I am well aware that the term "gaijin" has pejorative overtones and that its etymology is grounded in a history of discrimination and exclusion.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 5, 2004
Trouble in paradise
It is one of the more uneven fights in the history of Japanese protest movements.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 28, 2004
To hell and back again
For a woman who barely cheated death earlier this year and who has since spent months recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Nahoko Takato looks in remarkably fine fettle.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 21, 2004
When it happens, it happens
A whirlwind romance Shortly before I was to return to Australia, I went to a Christmas party in the small town where I was studying Japanese.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 14, 2004
Japan and the immigration issue
Japan is not ready or willing to accept an immigrant influx, says Barry Brophy One of the great givens regarding Japan's aging population and declining birthrate is that an influx of immigrants, or "replacement migration," is needed if the nation's pension burden is not to become unmanageable, and the shrinking labor force harm the economy.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 7, 2004
What's a (Western) woman to do?
Many Western women in Japan complain that, despite plentiful romance in their home countries, they now face a dating desert.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 31, 2004
'I want to clear my name and the name of my country'
One morning Islam Mohamed Himu woke up to find the Japanese media camped outside his home, and plainclothes police officers banging on his front door.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
First 'extreme' solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras
A meteor is seen in an aurora borealis above Lausanne and the Jura from the Tour de Gourze in Riex, Switzerland, on Saturday.
What we know so far about the case of the burned couple in Tochigi
Flowers are laid on the bank of a river in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, where the charred bodies of a Tokyo couple were found last month.
In first month of operations, ride-hailing services used more than taxis in Tokyo
As of last Sunday, ride-hailing services, which use personal vehicles to offer paid rides, had been used a total of 12,628 times in five areas.
Suspect, 25, first to be hit with murder charge over bodies found in Tochigi
Ryoken Hirayama, 25, is escorted by police as he leacves the Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on April 22. Hirayama is the first of six people arrested in connection with the murder of a Tokyo couple in Tochigi Prefecture to be charged with murder.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
Will Australia’s next frigates come from Japan?
The Mogami-class frigate, which features stealth capabilities and is operated by Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force, falls within the very broad guidelines of what is being sought by Canberra.

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