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TSUSHIMA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 26, 2018
'Of Dogs and Walls': A concentrated hit of Yuko Tsushima
Pick up this small chapbook for a double dose of classic Japanese short fiction from Yuko Tsushima.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 31, 2018
'Territory of Light' is a timely translation that sheds light on Japan's marginalized
Acclaimed novelist Yuko Tsushima spent her lifetime reflecting light on the shadowed voices in Japan, inspired by her own experiences as a single mother facing the censure of a traditionally patriarchal society. In her later years, Tsushima explored the marginalized in Japanese history, writing from the perspective of ostracized, biracial children during the American Occupation in "Yamaneko Domu" and from that of a part-Ainu girl of the early Edo Period (1603-1868) in "Jakka Duxuni," following her as she migrates to Macau and Batavia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 27, 2018
Tsushima Island was key conduit of Japan's Edo Period trade with Korea
Japan's historic relationship with the Korean Peninsula has often been complicated by mutual misunderstanding and distrust, if not outright hostility. But on Tsushima, a Japanese island off the coast of the peninsula, efforts are being made to celebrate long-ago diplomatic missions with Korea that took place for the purposes of peaceful coexistence and trade during Japan's period of isolation in the 17th through 19th centuries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2018
Amid tourism rise, Tsushima Island could play evacuation role if tensions flare with North Korea
Within sight of the bright lights and bustling beaches of Busan, sleepy Tsushima Island has little in common with its neighbor located a mere 50 kilometers north, but the island of about 31,000 people has recently become a hot spot for South Korean tourists.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Dec 16, 2017
'Child of Fortune': Yuko Tsushima's prize-winning and feminist novel on womanhood
Yuko Tsushima's "Child of Fortune," winner of the 1978 Women's Literature Prize in Japan, is a classic novel as relevant today as when it was published nearly 40 years ago. Called an "archaeologist of the female psyche," Tsushima wrote a stream-of-consciousness narrative that follows the mental revelations of Koko, an almost-40 Japanese woman struggling to reconcile her deepest wants with her everyday reality.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2017
River otter spotted on Tsushima probably not native species: researcher
The river otter found on the island of Tsushima in southwestern Japan is unlikely to be a Japanese river otter, an endemic species that has been declared extinct, a researcher said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2016
Efforts a-hoof to preserve Japan's indigenous Taishu horse
Breeding of the Taishu, an ancient breed of horse that originated on Tsushima, a remote island in southwestern Japan, is gradually progressing under a program to preserve the endangered equine.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2015
Four dead, two missing after fishing boats capsize off Nagasaki
Four people were killed and two were missing after six fishing boats capsized early Tuesday off Nagasaki Prefecture as a low pressure system brought strong winds and heavy rain to the region, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2015
South Korean monk gets six years in prison for stealing Japanese religious items
The 70-year-old monk 'made plans and played the key role' in stealing a Buddha statue and a set of scriptures from a temple in Nagasaki last November, the judge said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Aug 8, 2015
'The Shooting Gallery' reveals Yuko Tsushima's existential feminism
Critically acclaimed, and winner of both the Kawabata and the Tanizaki awards, Yuko Tsushima lacerates with wisdom and uncomfortable truths. Translated by Geraldine Harcourt in 1988, "The Shooting Gallery" is a compilation of Tsushima's early short stories, largely based on her experiences as a single mother.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2015
Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea
One of two ancient Japanese Buddhist statues stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves arrived Saturday in the southwestern island city of Tsushima, where it was originally kept, the city office said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 23, 2015
Japan, Korea scholars join hands on history in fence-mending bid
Researchers in Japan and South Korea are working together to file a joint request to get historic materials documenting the Korean missions to Japan placed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register to help improve the strained diplomatic relationship.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2014
Body found on MSDF facility on isle may be that of missing South Korean
The body of a man, possibly a missing South Korean tourist, was found Tuesday morning on the premises of a security post branch of the Maritime Self Defense Force on Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, according to a source and local police.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2014
Okinawa holds ceremony to mark 70 years since Tsushima Maru sinking
In a ceremony held in Okinawa Prefecture on Friday on the 70th anniversary of the incident, survivors and bereaved relatives mourned the 1,485 people who were killed in the 1944 sinking of a Japanese ship carrying hundreds of schoolchildren following a U.S. submarine torpedo attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2014
Emperor, Empress pay respects to Tsushima Maru victims in Naha
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Friday visited a cenotaph and museum in Naha, Okinawa, commemorating the 1,482 people who died when an American submarine torpedoed a Japanese passenger ship during World War II. Half the victims were school children.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2014
Coast guards share duty, language in border zone
Though tensions remain high between Japan and South Korea over territorial and historical issues, the safety of maritime transportation must be maintained irrespective of diplomatic relations, according to a Japan Coast Guard official who monitors maritime communications in the Tsushima Strait.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2014
Korean buys on Tsushima rouse rightists' fears
South Korean businesses are increasingly acquiring real estate around the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base on Tsushima Island, arousing speculation that some of the purchases are related to espionage by Seoul.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2014
Venomous Asian hornets found for first time in Japan, on Tsushima
The first Asian hornets discovered in Japan have been found on Tsushima Island, between Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula, prompting the local and central governments to launch an extermination program against the insects, whose stings could be fatal, researchers said Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2013
Foreign land grabs near SDF sites face curbs
Ruling coalition lawmakers begin to examine possible legislation to regulate land acquisitions by foreign parties near Self-Defense Forces facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2013
Tsushima leopard cat in decline
The number of Tsushima leopard cats, an endangered species found only on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, is shrinking, a survey by the Environment Ministry shows.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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