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Some space helps a language relationship to grow
Are you familiar with the "forgetting curve"? I was about 16 when I came across it, printed in the back of my physics textbook at secondary ....
29 Sep 5:10 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
‘Friendship festival’ draws the line at the French: some responses
A selection of readers' views on "U.S. Navy 'Friendship Festival' draws line at the French" (Zeit Gist, Sept. 7) by Blair McBride: The rej....
28 Sep 5:13 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Behind the facade of family law
In mid-April, 12-year-old Michiko Watanabe, as she was now being called, found herself in a precarious situation. Earlier, her mother had cl....
28 Sep 5:12 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Building a world without barriers, borders
One afternoon in the mid-1980s, Hiroko Kimura was taking a rest from sightseeing on a park bench in Adelaide, southern Australia. As she was....
28 Sep 5:11 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hokkaido: What do you think Nibutani will like 100 years from now?
In Nibutani, Hideka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, roughly 80 percent of residents are of Ainu descent. Yoshihiro Osada, 38 (Ainu)Nibutani Ainu C....
28 Sep 5:10 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Moving pictures of Shibamata
I change trains three times before boarding one of Tokyo's shortest lines, the 2.5-km Keisei Kanamachi. I'm bound for Shibamata, which isn't....
26 Sep 5:20 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nightmares from N. Korea
LOVE SONGS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE, by Colin Cotterill. SOHO Crime, 2010, 326 pp., $25 (hardcover) International news agencies that pride the....
26 Sep 5:19 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The return of Lafcadio Hearn
I came to Japan in '90 — 1890, that was — died 14 years later, and here I am again after more than a century, exploring my old haunting ....
26 Sep 5:18 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Caught in the jaws of Japan’s justice system
The Recruit scandal dominated the media in the late 1980s and has become a notorious symbol of money politics in Japan. The image of "govern....
26 Sep 5:17 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Home truths: To buy or not to buy?
During a recent sojourn in the United States, I talked with friends and relatives about the housing situation, specifically the value of the....
26 Sep 5:16 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Asia is surely gaining an unquenchable thirst
G. Kallupatti is a small village in the Theni District of western Tamil Nadu, tucked up against the rocky foothills of the Western Ghats in ....
26 Sep 5:15 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The return of Lafcadio Hearn
<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 I soon realized that the best way to be abreast of what was happening in Japan was to go to Tokyo and live l....
26 Sep 5:14 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yakuza groups shoveled aside by Japan’s frustrated contractors
News organizations have consistently celebrated the steady rise of the Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. Yet the most interesting aspec....
26 Sep 5:13 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Channel surf
NHK starts its new half-year-long, 15-minute morning serial on Monday. "Teppan" ("Steel Plate"; NHK-G, M-F, 8 a.m. and BS2, M-F, 7:45 a.m.) ....
26 Sep 5:12 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Recruit founder revisits a scandal that shook the nation
Remember the infamous Recruit scandal of the late 1980s that brought down a government, tarnished the reputations of Japan's movers and shak....
26 Sep 5:11 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
English teacher brings joy to orphans
Young kids running amok, dancing crazily, jumping on adults' backs demanding piggyback rides. For many English teachers, these are occupati....
25 Sep 5:12 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The off-season and other things that go off
Now that the summer is officially over, and we've entered the off-season in the Seto Inland Sea, you're probably thinking there is not much ....
25 Sep 5:11 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
It’s a dog’s world — cute and crazy
I don't feel old and don't look old either, although my wife and bathroom mirror both disagree. Yet, I am approaching the age where I would ....
25 Sep 5:10 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Swoon over Ford’s spectacle of 1960s style
Oh to live in 1962, when people guzzled gin guilt-free and dragged innocently on cigarettes, when they drove huge great cars without worryin....
24 Sep 5:26 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Women of quiet strength
Female artists play a significant role in Japan's art world today, but a century ago, only a few women made a mark in the then male-dominate....
24 Sep 5:25 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The ‘plucky pioneer’ of photojournalism
At 96, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Japan's first female photojournalist, remains a remarkable force of energy, creativity and inspiration. Dubbed a "p....
24 Sep 5:24 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
‘Roni Horn: White Dickinson’
Rat Hole GalleryCloses Dec. 5 In 2008, the Rat Hole gallery held American artist Roni Horn's first solo exhibition, titled "This is me, Thi....
24 Sep 5:23 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ling tosite sigure “still a Sigure virgin?”
Building themselves into one of the country's more successful indie acts, Saitama trio Ling tosite sigure graduated to the majors for 2009's....
24 Sep 5:21 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Who gives a hoot about making sense?
A months back I was at a screening when the first preview for this fall's big animated fantasy, "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoo....
24 Sep 5:20 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Singing contest gathers Asia’s top talents
Among this year's many events celebrating the 1,300th anniversary of Nara as Japan's first capital is one with a decidedly international ton....
24 Sep 5:18 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Korean artist Kim Siyeon opens house on personal struggle
For her first solo exhibition in Tokyo, Seoul-based artist Kim Siyeon brings her home to Gallery Foil in the form of photographs of installa....
24 Sep 5:14 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Band A to headline Fukuoka club crawl
Fukuoka recently ranked 14th in U.K. magazine Monocle's annual "Most Livable Cities Index." Alt-rock duo Band A are unsurprised their city f....
24 Sep 5:13 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ego-Wrappin’
Festival season in Japan is sadly winding down, but festival staple Ego-Wrappin' are just getting started. After wowing audiences at two o....
24 Sep 5:11 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Not seeing and yet still believing
I n January 2008, Kakuho Aoe, a Buddhist monk at Ryokusenji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, began holding monthly "dark dinner" events, for which ....
23 Sep 5:10 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A call to end confusion over foreign names
A problem newspaper readers in Japan confront on a daily basis is that no definitive rule exists for writing foreigners' names. Keizo Nagat....
22 Sep 5:10 am  from  Japan Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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