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No one says passive smoking is good for you, but just how bad is it? The answer is vital in deciding public policy. If it is just a matter of manners, smokers and nonsmokers should compromise, albeit with smokers giving most of the ground. On the other hand, if passive smoking is a health hazard then public policy must take an uncompromising stand. With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics coming up, the gover
This is a column about cheap food, and it doesn't come much cheaper than Osaka's Super Tamade supermarket chain. When I first arrived in the city I lived almost exclusively on precooked nikku jagga, a shrink-wrapped beef, carrot and potato bowl retailing at around ¥100. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it keeps you alive. You don't just go to Tamade for rock-bottom prices; it's also a fascinatingly col
Clint Eastwood's Japan critics are always there to make his day "Everybody knocks out a flop every now and then," quipped Clint Eastwood during a recent interview to promote his latest movie, "The 15:17 to Paris." The film forms part of an informal trilogy dedicated to real-life examples of American derring-do, following on from "Sully" (2016) and "American Sniper" (2014). Yet it's also the most e
The Washington Post reported something interesting on Feb. 14: A farm in Virginia put up a sign saying "Resist white supremacy." And it incurred a surprising amount of online backlash. Calls for boycotts. Accusations and recriminations. One-star Facebook reviews that had nothing to do with their products. The article pondered: Who, other than a white supremacist, would object to a message rejectin
Google Trends has released its search data on Japan for 2017 and topping several lists was the name Mao Kobayashi (小林麻央). She was a newscaster whose battle with cancer gripped the nation, and her blog became one of Japan's most-read. She led the 急上昇 (kyūjōshō, greatest rise) list (in Japanese-language searches) as well as the overall 話題の人 (wadai no hito, topical people) and topical people (women o
South Korea announced Tuesday it will not seek to renegotiate the 2015 landmark deal with Japan on the "comfort women" issue but at the same time indirectly urged Japan to extend a fresh "voluntary, heart-felt apology" for the victims forced to work at Japanese military brothels before and during World War II. The announcement immediately drew strong protests from Tokyo. Under the 2015 deal, Prime
Visiting ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Sunday lauded Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his Trump-like effort to infuse Japan with a spirit of nationalism while unleashing a volley of scathing criticism against what he called the "mainstream media," likening them to "running dogs" with a globalist agenda. Bannon, who was in Tokyo over the weekend to attend a gathering of conservatives
For Nicolas Gattig's accompanying opinion article on this theme, click here. In the wake of sexual harassment allegations leveled at Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein that emerged last month, conversations about sexual misconduct have been taking place all over the world, especially online. The hashtag #MeToo has been used by millions of victims of sexual harassment and assault to illustrate the
During a recent discussion on Bunka Hoso's radio talk show, "Golden Radio," about sexual misconduct in the U.S., the participants wondered if the #MeToo social media movement would catch on in Japan. "Me Too" as a movement was started more than a decade ago by American social activist Tarana Burke to call attention to widespread sexual harassment, particularly in underprivileged communities. Now,
There's bad news for Japan as it seeks the talent it needs to compete in the global economy with an aging, shrinking population. Japan ranks last among 11 Asian nations for its appeal to highly skilled foreign employees, behind countries including Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, according to the 2017 IMD World Talent Ranking released Monday. Worldwide, Japan ranked 51st among 63 nations. Singapo
As globalization makes headway, calls for increased ability in an international language like English become louder and louder. Although English is a compulsory subject in junior high and high school in this country, Japanese still have a hard time achieving even daily conversation levels. According to the most recent EF English Proficiency Index, the English level of Japanese is ranked 35th out o
Since she went public in late May with a rape accusation against a high-profile TV reporter, Shiori has been exposed to a storm of hurtful and derisive comments by anonymous internet users. "A prostitute," "A publicity stunt," "A honey trap," were some of the phrases hurled at the 28-year-old freelance journalist publicly and privately via social media and direct emails.
Time was when dining out under Tokyo's train tracks and expressways meant slumming it with dodgy yakitori and rotgut sake. These days the arches are gentrifying fast — just look at Sanagi Shinjuku. Squeezed in under the Koshu Kaido overpass just a short stroll from JR Shinjuku Station's South Exit, this bright, colorful food court (plus event and exhibition area) offers a pan-Asian food selection
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shown reviewing an honor guard at a Tuesday ceremony to mark the return of SDF peacekeepers, is on an ideological mission to reshape the Japanese state. | AFP-JIJI On Sunday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe overtook Junichiro Koizumi to become Japan's third longest serving postwar leader. Ahead of him are only the 20th century political giants of Shigeru Yoshida and Eisaku Sat
A 28-year-old woman has accused a former TV reporter, regarded as one of the journalists closest to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, of raping her two years ago. The woman, who only gave her first name as Shiori, alleged in a news conference on Monday that Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a former Washington bureau chief of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, raped her at a Tokyo hotel on April 4, 2015, when she l
GENEVA – A U.N. rights expert who visited Japan last year noted "significant worrying signals" for the country's freedom of expression and opinion in a report released Tuesday in Geneva. The lack of debate over historical events, restrictions on access to information justified on national security grounds and government pressure on media "require attention lest they undermine Japan's democratic fo
As political leaders in Japan pay close attention to how U.S. President Donald Trump will go in office, so, too, are interpreters who have had a nightmarish experience translating his disjointed speeches. "He rarely speaks logically, and he only emphasizes one side of things as if it were the absolute truth. There are lots of moments when I suspected his assertions were factually dubious," said Ch
OSAKA – The managers of a kindergarten in the city of Osaka that handed parents copies of a statement slurring Korean residents of Japan and Chinese people have been questioned on suspicion of spreading hate speech, prefectural officials said Thursday. The statement, distributed by Tsukamoto Kindergarten in Yodogawa Ward, described Korean residents and Chinese people as those with "wicked ideas,"
Apa under fire again, this time for anti-Semitic remarks OSAKA – The Apa Group finds itself once again facing international criticism, this time for anti-Semitic comments made in a magazine distributed to five group-owned hotels in Canada, including an additional one that is leased. In the February edition of the group's magazine Apple Town, provided to guests at Canada's Coast Hotels, Apa Hotels
Unlike a lot of kids growing up in the 1990s, Toru Koda didn't have much hands-on experience with video games. "My big brother always hogged the system," the 32-year-old, who records electronic music as Quarta330, says with a chuckle at a cafe in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. "But I really liked watching games more. Even now, when I drink, I'll watch video game speed runs on YouTube." Maybe he didn't hav
Freed from the constraints of competition, retired athletes often change directions. Some go into business, a few into TV, others into coaching or various endeavors. For two-time world champion Miki Ando, it is all of the above. The former skating star looks to be more popular than ever now based on her busy schedule, which sees her traveling for work several days each month. Ando, who turned 29 l
Media, both domestic and overseas, spent a lot of time focused on the streaming services arriving in Japan in 2016. Months of "Can these platforms thrive in CD-loving Japan?" speculation reached a climax in September, when global market leader Spotify finally debuted here. There was a big press conference, launch parties and one final flurry of articles pondering if this could be the sea change so
The CEO of DeNA Co., whose health care information website and others have been under fire following accusations of plagiarism and inaccurate reporting, apologized Wednesday over the scandal, vowing to investigate what went wrong. "We'd like to sincerely apologize to all concerned parties and individuals for causing troubles and worries," Isao Moriyasu, who is also the president of the company, sa
A company behind a health care information website under fire over inaccurate, plagiarized articles on Thursday said it had temporarily suspended operations of eight other niche online services. It emerged this week that articles on DeNA Co.'s website Welq were not properly fact-checked and that outside contributors were told to write stories by taking information from other medical websites and r
Dec. 9 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), a novelist widely regarded as being the one of the greatest writers of modern Japan. Events commemorating this anniversary have been held throughout 2016 but, in case you think it will all be over by Christmas, another milestone will be celebrated in 2017 — the 150th anniversary of his birth. Fascination twinned with ve
Japan's koseki system: dull, uncaring but terribly efficient Family registry system can seem schizophrenic but its authority keeps citizens out of the courts. Japanese again: Hitomi Soga, who was abducted to North Korea in 1978, hands papers to an official at Mano town office on the island of Sadogashima, Niigata Prefecture, in 2002, to have her information reentered in her family's koseki family
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in a private speech to bankers three years ago that she would "ring China with missile defense" if Beijing failed to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions, while also blasting "nationalist forces" in Japan for stoking the Senkaku row, a hacked email has shown. The excerpts from a 2013 speech were part of a trove of documents from the hacked
Talk about a shrinking population. A survey of Japanese people aged 18 to 34 found that almost 70 percent of unmarried men and 60 percent of unmarried women are not in a relationship. Moreover, many of them have never got close and cuddly. Around 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women admitted they were virgins. The government won't be pleased that sexlessness is becoming as Japanese
The official campaign for the July 10 Upper House election has begun. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to make the continuation of his economic policies a central issue in the race. The opposition parties, on the other hand, are seeking voters' support for their efforts to prevent revision of the Constitution. If the ruling coalition and other forces rallying behind the Abe administration win m
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