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VOX POPULI: Fans have stuck with scandal-hit sumo through thick and thinMay 21, 2018As the clear, piercing sounds of clappers echoed throughout the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, four “man-in onrei” banners thanking the audience for a sold-out house were rolled off to hang above the suspended
VOX POPULI: Diet had better not renege on its commitment to gender equalityMay 19, 2018A promise, by its very nature, is meant to be kept. But unfortunately, that is not always the case. A poem by Yumi Aihara goes: "It's hard to keep a promise/ But I make a promise for one year ahead. " The
VOX POPULI: Coaches must ensure foul play has no place on the football fieldMay 18, 2018In an essay titled "Bunjin Igo-kai" (Writers' 'go' board game club), author Ango Sakaguchi (1906-1955) revealed some club members' unexpected coarseness as go players. He described novelist Yasunari Kawabata
VOX POPULI: Ancient peach pits discovery gives a flavor of Himiko’s reignMay 17, 2018History indicates a surprisingly deep relationship between religion and the circulation of fruit. For instance, the citron, an ancient citrus fruit, was indispensable to the historic Jewish celebration of
VOX POPULI: Gaza a festering sore made worse by Trump's grandstandingMay 16, 2018In the self-governing Palestinian territory of Gaza on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, a journalist asked a local 10-year-old girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. The girl answered,
VOX POPULI: Girl’s slaying takes innocence out of walk home from schoolMay 15, 2018When I was an elementary school pupil, coming home from school felt so much more liberating than going to school. Why was that?Toshiko Kanzawa, a children’s book author, was inspired to produce a collection
VOX POPULI: Mother’s Day a day to ponder if they are bearing too big a burdenMay 14, 2018When manga artist Fujio Akatsuka was an elementary schoolboy, his single working mother would always come to his bedside early in the morning and whisper into his ear, “Fujio, I’m going to work. ”The eldest
VOX POPULI: UNESCO World Heritage listing is not always cut and dried issueMay 12, 2018In mid-April, I boarded The Asahi Shimbun's plane early in the morning to tour the islands of Amami-Oshima, Tokunoshima and Okinawa. Looking down at these breathtakingly beautiful islands with their mangrove
VOX POPULI: ‘Competent bureaucrat’ Yanase calm but unconvincingMay 11, 2018A handbook for civil servants gives copious, detailed instructions on how to speak and act in the Diet and local assemblies. When dismissing a legislator’s request, for instance, the correct way to respond
VOX POPULI: Envisioning a future where drones will do the rice sowingMay 10, 2018Rice sprouts are glistening in rice paddies now. I understand that farmers were worried about the growth of seedlings this spring because of unusually extreme temperature fluctuations. As always, rice planting
VOX POPULI: On the secrets that lurk in blacked out official papersMay 9, 2018Tadao Yanase, a former executive secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will be called to the Diet on May 10 to testify as an unsworn witness in the unfolding Kake Educational Institution scandal. "As far
VOX POPULI: Satoshi Kako, a scientist whose picture books delighted kidsMay 8, 2018The so-called Shoden Gigoku (Showa Denko scandal) came to light in spring 1948, leading to the collapse of Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida’s Cabinet. Satoshi Nakajima, a graduate of the University of Tokyo’s
VOX POPULI: Fleeting moment of cherry trees must dazzle even their guardiansMay 7, 2018The cherry blossom season was declared officially under way on Jan. 7, when Taiwan cherry trees flowered in Minamidaitojima island, Okinawa Prefecture. Four months since then, the cherry blossom front has
VOX POPULI: Giving thought to our inner child on Children’s DayMay 5, 2018“Tairyo” (Big catch), a poem by Misuzu Kaneko (1903-1930), is set on a beach where a large haul of sardines has been brought in. But this is not a celebratory poem. The poet’s empathy is with the fish: “On
VOX POPULI: Gibson’s demise strikes a sad note in history of electric guitarMay 4, 2018Eric Clapton used to do what many guitar lovers do before he became a rock superstar: stand in front of a musical instruments store and longingly look at guitars in the show window for hours. Clapton was
VOX POPULI: Constitution Day finds debate on Japan's supreme law choked offMay 3, 2018Let's say you are organizing an assembly because you believe in the importance of observing the law of the land, be it the Road Traffic Law, the Public Offices Election Law, the Anti-Monopoly Law, or whatever. You
VOX POPULI: Relief as peace returns to island escaped convict made his hideoutMay 2, 2018Ultramarine is a deep, clear shade of blue that does not exist in nature. Because of this, it is the perfect color for depicting fantastic scenes in Buddhist-themed paintings, according to a book by master
VOX POPULI: Young or old, take the chance to play away this Golden WeekMay 1, 2018When novelist Kikuko Tsumura was an elementary school first-grader, she had a classmate with whom she walked home together. Recalling one such day in May in her essay, she wonders if her friend was a butterfly
VOX POPULI: Korean peace process still has so many hurdles to overcomeApril 30, 2018East Germany's decision to open the Berlin Wall late on Nov. 9, 1989, was triggered by an unlikely occurrence. During a news conference that day, held amid a growing wave of refugees leaving East Germany,
VOX POPULI: Dismissed Japan soccer coach wears badge of honor with prideApril 28, 2018Vahid Halilhodzic, who was fired abruptly on April 7 as coach of Japan's national soccer team, held a news conference in Tokyo on April 27. "Boiling with rage" was the expression that came to mind as he
VOX POPULI: Wife and sister have Kim’s ear, and that bodes well for peaceApril 27, 2018
VOX POPULI: Science of soap bubbles a magic formula for captivating kidsApril 26, 2018
VOX POPULI: Even ‘iron man’ Kinugasa knew the importance of taking a restApril 25, 2018
VOX POPULI: A passion to pursue helps achieve a long, purposeful lifeApril 24, 2018
VOX POPULI: Tulip pioneer Mizuno’s legacy still in full bloom 50 years laterApril 23, 2018

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