Heavy snow in Japan forces airlines to cancel flights
Mar 10, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Japan's national weather service issued warnings for heavy snow throughout the nation as the country's two biggest airlines canceled or delayed flights affecting more than 7,000 passengers. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings for heavy snow in the northern prefectures of Aomori, Iwate...Tags: 100 Centimeters, Airlines Flights, Businessweek, Cancel, Heavy Snow In Japan, Hokkaido, Iwate, Japan Airlines, Japan Forces, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan Weather, Local Time, Miyagi, National Weather Service, Prefectures, Snow In Japan
Chrysanthemum or Samurai?
Mar 9, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
In a thoughtful essay in today's Financial Times, Gideon Rachman asks whether Japan may now be tilting towards China after 60 years of aligning itself with the United States. This question is interesting on multiple dimensions -- including with regard to the future of U.S. primacy in Asia, the im...Tags: American Leadership, Asia, Case Study, China, Chrysanthemum, Critical Case, Deep Structure, Financial Times, Gideon, International Relations, Japan, Japanese Politics, Neighbors, Power Shifts, Primacy, Rachman, Regard, Samurai, Thoughtful Essay, United States
Trucker busted with 260 stolen undies
Mar 9, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Kenichi Ikeda of the city of Nagasaki has carried around three bags and a secret he could not tell his family at home - inside the bags were hundreds of women's undergarments that he had stolen over 10 years, police said. Police arrested the 36-year-old truck driver, who allegedly had stolen abou...Tags: 10 Years, Japan Times, Nagasaki, Pairs, Police Japan, Trucker, Underwear, Undies
Burgess Chris - The ‘Illusion’ of Homogeneous Japan and National Character: Discourse as a Tool to Transcend the ‘Myth’ vs. ‘Reality’ Binary
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
The ‘Illusion’ of Homogeneous Japan and National Character: Discourse as a Tool to Transcend the ‘Myth’ vs. ‘Reality’ Binary1 Chris Burgess One feature of contemporary writings on Japan is the framing of a ‘false’ homogeneous Japan ‘myth&rsquo...Tags: Binary Number, Chris Burgess, Concrete Examples, Discourse, Discourses, Framing, Illusion, Japan History, Key Role, Multicultural Japan, Myth, National Character, National Identity, National Tool, Notion, Problem With This Approach, Rsquo, Social Reality, Stock, Tradition
Breen John - Popes, Bishops and War Criminals: reflections on Catholics and Yasukuni in post-war Japan 法皇、司教、戦犯−−戦後日本のカトリックと靖国
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Popes, Bishops and War Criminals: reflections on Catholics and Yasukuni in post-war Japan1 John Breen In November 1945, General McArthur invited two Catholic priests to GHQ to sound them out on a proposal he was poised to implement, namely the razing of Yasukuni, the Tokyo shrine dedicated to the...Tags: All Faiths, Bishops, Catholic Priests, Catholics, Endeavour, General Mcarthur, Honour, Intercession, Japanese War, John Breen, National Monument, Patrick Byrne, Popes, Post War, Rsquo, Shinto Shrine, Sophia University, War Criminals, War Japan, Yasukuni
McNeill David - Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Toyota and the consequences of the drive to be the world’s No.1 虹の彼方に−−トヨタ及び世界一を目指した駆動の結果
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Toyota and the consequences of the drive to be the world’s No.1 David McNeill in Toyota City An unexpected note of poignancy greets visitors to the museum of the world’s largest car company. In the cavernous lobby, a lone trumpet plays the mour...Tags: Car Company, Corolla, Corolla Toyota, David Mcneill, Giant Screen, Household Names, Largest Automaker, Lexus, Minders, Opening Bars, Plea, Poignancy, Prius, Prius Toyota, Rainbow, Realities, Robot, Scandals, Toyota City, Trumpet
Dong-choon Kim,Selden Mark - South Korea’s Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission 困難に直面する韓国真実和解委員会
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
South Korea’s Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission Kim Dong-choon and Mark Selden An interview with Kim Dong-choon, recently retired Standing Commissioner of South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Since the formation of South Africa’s Truth and Reconci...Tags: Apartheid, Brink, Colonialism, Commissions, Dictatorship, East Timor, Ghosts, Internal Strife, Kim Dong, Korean War, Legacies, Mark Selden, Rsquo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, Traumas, Trc, Truth And Reconciliation, Truth And Reconciliation Commission
Dong-choon Kim - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea: Uncovering the Hidden Korean War 韓国の真実和解委員会−−隠された朝鮮戦争の解明
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea: Uncovering the Hidden Korean War Kim Dong choon The Other War: Korean War Massacres More than 2 million people were killed during the Korean War. The casualties included not only military personnel but also innocent civilians. Few are aware ...Tags: Allied Forces, Government Military, Hundreds Of Thousands, Innocent Civilians, Kim Dong, Korean Authorities, Korean War, Mass Killings, Massacres, Military Personnel, Political Prisoners, Preventive Detention, Republic Of Korea, Rok, South Korean Civilians, Summary Executions, Survivor, Truth And Reconciliation, Truth And Reconciliation Commission, War Casualties
DeWit Andrew - Get FIT: Public Policy, the Smart State and the Energy-Environmental Revolution 固定価格買い取り制度−−公共政策、賢い国家、来るべきエネルギー源・環境革命
Feb 26, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Get FIT: Public Policy, the Smart State and the Energy-Environmental Revolution Andrew DeWit Shi Zhengrong, founder and chief-executive of China’s Suntech Power, now the largest crystalline silicon solar module producer in the world, tells us that “policy is the only leading fo...Tags: Climate Change, Conventional Energy, Crystalline Silicon, Dewit, Environmental Revolution, Gases, Greenhouses, International Energy Agency, Mideast, New York Times, Renewable Energy Technologies, Rsquo, Shi Zhengrong, Smart State, Solar Panels, Sputnik, Suntech Power, Trillion, Wind Turbines, World Energy Outlook
Bird Winifred - At Risk: Saving Japan’s Bears as Forest Habitat Fragments 絶滅の危険−−残存する森林生息体としての日本の熊を救うには
Feb 26, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
At Risk: Saving Japan’s Bears as Forest Habitat Fragments Winifred Bird In 1990 Maita Kazuhiko set out to capture some bears. Maita, who now directs the Institute for Asian Black Bear Research and Preservation in Hiroshima Prefecture, had first been drawn to the powerful animals as a...Tags: Asia, Bear Research, Black Bear, Black Bears, Crop Damage, Decades, Farmers, Forest Habitat, Government Office, Habitat Fragments, Handling Complaints, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japonicus, Kazuhiko, Maita, Nbsp, Northern Japan, Regional Government, Rsquo, Winifred
