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VOX POPULI: Positive to the last, Kobayashi inspired millions with her attitudeJune 26, 2017The late poet Yuko Kawano (19462010) had to fight a battle with breast cancer in her last years. Kawano kept composing short poems about her family until just before her death at the age of 64. To my son/
VOX POPULI: Bruegel's 'Tower of Babel' speaks through the ages with his geniusJune 24, 2017"The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of the great artists of the 16th century, is now on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Bruegel is believed to have drawn inspiration from
VOX POPULI: Think of the lives that could have been on Okinawa Memorial DayJune 23, 2017At the Naha City Museum of History in Okinawa Prefecture, where an exhibition is being held until June 27, I saw a massive collection of illustrated letters sent by Hanji Ito, an Imperial Japanese Army
VOX POPULI: Don’t panic, but we need to fix Japan’s firewall against fire antsJune 22, 2017I was totally unfamiliar with fire ants until last week. American biologist and conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964) wrote in her 1962 tour de force, "The Silent Spring," that fire ants are so named
VOX POPULI: ‘Water Day’ in June would end national holiday dry spellJune 21, 2017Around this time last year, The Asahi Shimbun's "Koe" (letters to the editor) section was abuzz with readers' exchanges on whether a new national holiday should be created in June, the only month without
VOX POPULI: Future emperor sits a while in Hans Christian Andersen's chairJune 20, 2017Normally, a writer publishes his autobiography late in life, using all his effort and talent. But that was not the case with Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), who is best known for his fairy
VOX POPULI: Mixed doubles can make for the most captivating spectator sportsJune 19, 2017John McEnroe is a renowned U. S. tennis player who was an iconic figure in the sport from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. In addition to his speed and power, McEnroe possessed a wide arsenal of shots
VOX POPULI: A message for Father’s Day: Be more like Licca-chan’s dadJune 17, 2017Licca-chan, Japan’s iconic dress-up doll, debuted on the market in July 1967. Perhaps the greatest change in her background story since 50 years ago has to do with her father, a Frenchman named Pierre. Back
VOX POPULI: Abe's preference for 'shooting the messenger' may backfireJune 16, 2017"Don't kill (shoot) the messenger" is a well-known aphorism in the English-speaking world that means one should not attack or abuse the bearer of bad tidings, no matter how unwelcome the news. Plutarch's
VOX POPULI: Pros and cons of the ‘tsuyu’ rainy season are in eye of the beholderJune 15, 2017Yoshihiko Amino (1928-2004), a scholar of medieval Japanese history, once indicated in his writing that butterflies rarely appeared in medieval scroll paintings. Surmising the reason, he observed: "It was
VOX POPULI: Rock the cradle with education to avoid later social disparityJune 14, 2017When cartoonist Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989) was a young boy, his mother read manga comic books to him. Back then, such parental activity was not as common as it is today. But more to the point, Tezuka's mother
VOX POPULI: Let’s keep the legacy alive of the late Okinawa Governor OtaJune 13, 2017Former Okinawa Governor Masahide Ota, who died on June 12 at 92, was mobilized as a member of Tekketsu Kinnotai (iron and blood student imperial corps) that was hastily organized when the Battle of Okinawa
VOX POPULI: Grim poll result shows British voters probably sick of Tory cutsJune 12, 2017“I, Daniel Blake,” a film set in the northern English city of Newcastle, describes people suffering ruthlessly from poverty. In one heart-wrenching scene in the film, which is currently showing in Japan,
VOX POPULI: To all intents and purposes, nuclear burden with us foreverJune 10, 2017June 10 is Time Day in Japan. Many adages about time make us feel rushed. "Time is money" stresses the preciousness of time. "Time waits for no man" reminds us of how swiftly time passes. Precisely because
VOX POPULI: Justice minister needs to be taught the ABCs of dialogueJune 9, 2017Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda was clutching a book when he came out of the Liberal Democratic Party secretary-general's office on the fourth floor of the LDP headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district
VOX POPULI: Ribbiting sound of frogs charms and inspires in rainy seasonJune 8, 2017One of the best-known haiku by poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) goes: "The ancient pond/ a frog leaps in/ the sound of the water. "For frog lovers, this masterpiece is said to have remained a perennial subject
VOX POPULI: Abe’s choice of language in Diet leaves another bad impressionJune 7, 2017After the “bubble” economy burst in the early 1990s and the job market was extremely tight for first-time job seekers, a guidebook for students offered practical tips on how to prepare for successful job
VOX POPULI: How we live in our homes forms part of our Japanese DNAJune 6, 2017An architectural exhibition, being held at Tokyo's Shiodome Museum until June 25, is titled "Japon, L'Archipel de la Maison" in French, and "Japan, Archipelago of Houses" in English. It showcases 70 one-of-a-kind
VOX POPULI: Great writer and forever humble, Sugimoto never stopped learningJune 5, 2017When writer Sonoko Sugimoto (19252017) tasted a reproduction of “So,” a type of dairy food prized during the Nara Period (710784), she thought about the hard work bureaucrats at the ancient imperial court
VOX POPULI: Global unity needed more than ever on climate changeJune 3, 2017U. S. President Donald Trump announced June 1 that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change. He said the departure would be in America's interests. The
VOX POPULI: Ramadan supposed to be time of 'good deeds,' not terrorJune 2, 2017
VOX POPULI: Job hunting an ordeal that helps mold a person's characterJune 1, 2017
VOX POPULI: An ‘unsolicited rating’ is what public must give the governmentMay 31, 2017
VOX POPULI: A cashless world may hinder crime, but halt pleasing customsMay 30, 2017
VOX POPULI: Libraries must not be consigned to history books in age of InternetMay 29, 2017
VOX POPULI: Record shortage of squid a signal that stocks may not always lastMay 27, 2017

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