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THE ZEIT GIST

COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 24, 2002
Not much cheer for new year
Not long after arriving in Japan, I managed to make it to Nara for New Year's Eve. "Man," I thought, "this'll be the mother of all parties."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 17, 2002
Putting in a bad word for Japanese
The other night, the wife and I were watching NHK's evening news when the announcer began a segment on the topic of "domestic violence." The term he used was exactly that. Well okay, not exactly: what I heard was domesuchikku baiorensu.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 10, 2002
Chilling in the houses of the rising damp
Waking up on winter mornings always reminds me of how primitive life in Japan can be.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 3, 2002
Japan masters the art of noise
There is no cure, no medicine, no surgery that can reverse the damage done. You probably won't die of it, but the unknowing victims number in their millions and are usually only diagnosed after it is much too late. This totally preventable scourge is noise pollution and Japan is arguably one the world's most egregious offenders.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 22, 2002
Japanese movies eyed for makeover
With "The Ring," the horror film based on the 1998 Hideo Nakata hit "Ringu," sailing past the $100 million mark in the United States, remakes of Japanese and other Asian films are suddenly hot in Hollywood.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 15, 2002
Putting Japan's first bilingual WP to the test
In my previous installment, I noted that Toshiba launched the first dedicated Japanese-language word processor in 1979. Five years later, the Japan subsidiary of MicroPro International Corporation, publisher of WordStar, the pioneering English word processing software, was preparing to launch "WordStar 2000" for the IBM PC.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 8, 2002
The fight for equal protection of the law
Next Monday will be a red letter day for the issue of racial discrimination in Japan.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 1, 2002
Japan goes from clunky typewriter to waapuro
I wonder how many readers have ever experienced typing on an old-style Japanese typewriter. I tried my hand at it, just once. It was around 1973, and afterwards I was relieved that my clumsy effort was merely done out of curiosity and not necessity.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 25, 2002
Building juggernaut hijacks tourist plan
Japan's new tourism drive, designed to double the number of foreign visitors to the country by 2007, should send a shiver down the spine of conservationists and environmentalists.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 18, 2002
Grassless Japan gets set to go greener
A well-tended lawn or a green sports field are rare and exotic luxuries in Japan.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 11, 2002
Motorists driven round the bend by license laws
In May 2002 the Tokyo District Court rejected a suit by freelance journalist Yu Terasawa in which he claimed 1.2 million yen in compensation for driving license renewal fees.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 4, 2002
Foreigner crime stats cover up a real cop-out
The National Police Agency recently announced that the number of crimes committed by foreigners on temporary visas jumped by 25.8 percent.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 26, 2002
Neither here nor there: recipe for mayhem
Swimming against the current in Japan has never been a good idea, even if you are armed to the teeth with logic and common sense.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 19, 2002
When evil guitars desecrated the Budokan
Long before the 'hoorigans' descended on Japan last summer, the arrival of another group of Englishmen was giving Japanese officials sleepless nights.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 12, 2002
The discord and rhyme of Japanese rules
The sea, and Mount Fuji, 'closed' for another year on Aug. 31. Is it madness, or is it just Japan. On Aug. 31, the sea closed on my local beach.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 5, 2002
Reaching out to Japanese hit on Sept. 11
Nearly a year ago, on Sept. 11, the Japan Helpline undertook its most difficult aid effort since the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe back in 1995.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 29, 2002
Questions over foreigners' phone deposit
Last April, telecoms giant NTT announced the largest annual corporate loss in Japanese history -- 2 trillion yen. More than a third of it came from its cell phone subsidiary, NTT Docomo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 22, 2002
Cyclists ride the wave of local crackdown
Japan's authorities never set out to make their communities bicycle friendly. Rather, history, climate and population density have contributed to making much of Japan a cyclist's dream.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 15, 2002
1967: Summer of love -- and Bond in Japan
The summer of 1967 was not only the summer of love, but the summer of James Bond in Japan. "You Only Live Twice," the fifth James Bond movie, debuted in cinemas throughout the world 35 summers ago.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 8, 2002
Debunking strange Asian myths: Part II
This story began over a beer in a Kabukicho restaurant, when an adventuresome Canadian lassie named Christine, who had requested a tour of Shinjuku's sleazier hangouts, leaned suggestively across the table and asked me in a husky voice if I had ever eaten monkey brains.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
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.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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