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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | John Yoon |Hisako Ueno
Japanese consumers embraced Korean rice for the first time in 35 years, finding it more familiar than other types of foreign rice. Japanese consumers have historically steered clear of foreign rice. But facing high prices, they rushed last week to buy the first South Korean imports to Japan in decades, clearing the shelves within days, South Korean officials said.
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3 weeks ago | 
thestar.com.my | River Akira Davis |Hisako Ueno
NESTLED among mountains on Japan’s southeastern coast, the sleepy town of Kanda lies far from the neon buzz of Tokyo or Osaka. Yet its 38,000 residents share a single, pressing concern: Donald Trump. Already a subscriber? Log in. Save 30% and win Bosch appliances! More Info Billed as RM9.73 for the 1st month then RM13.90 thereafters. RM12.33/monthRM8.63/month Billed as RM103.60 for the 1st year then RM148 thereafters. Free Trial For new subscribers only Cancel anytime. No ads. Auto-renewal.
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1 month ago | 
infobae.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
JapanGlobal WarmingWinter (Season)Archives and RecordsIceCada invierno una cresta de hielo aparecía en el lago Suwa, y eso se convirtió en una tradición importante. Durante los últimos siete años, el fenómeno no se ha producido porque el lago no se congeló.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
Sus feligreses dicen que seguirán uniéndose a él para controlar el lago en las mañanas de invierno. "Siento la responsabilidad de mantener esta historia", dijo Hiroyuki Okazaki, carpintero de 63 años. Ni Miyasaka ni sus feligreses dicen creer que realmente hayan sido abandonados por un dios: japón se ha vuelto demasiado secular para eso. Ni siquiera saben qué dios se supone que cruzaba el lago.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | River Akira Davis |Hisako Ueno
A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has worsened shortages. In the United States, the affordability of eggs has prompted a national discussion - underscoring anxieties about the economy and the government's role in addressing them. In Japan, there's an equivalent: rice. Over the past year, Japan has grappled with a more than 200,000-ton shortage of its staple grain.
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1 month ago | 
myheraldreview.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
CHINO, Japan — When Iichi Marumo competed in his first international race seven years ago in Moscow, the Japanese speedskater moved down the ice at about the pace of a brisk jog. It took him three times longer to cross the finish line than most of the other skaters that day. It didn’t matter, because Marumo was also three times older. He was 88, and his time was still fast enough to earn him a silver medal in his age category of 85 and older. kAmtG6C D:?46[ 96 92D H@? @?=J 8@=5] }@H hd[ :?
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
Former president Rodrigo Duterte turned 80 on Friday, March 28, inside the detention facility of the very court he once vowed would never try him — a …
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have marked the depth of winter by celebrating the return of a natural phenomenon once revered as the trail of a wandering god. It would only appear after days of frigid temperatures had frozen Lake Suwa into a sheet of solid white.
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1 month ago | 
estadao.com.br | David Pierson |Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
Quando se reuniu com seus homólogos japonês e sul-coreano em Tóquio, no fim de semana passado, o principal diplomata chinês, Wang Yi, disse que a China percebe um “grande potencial” para comércio e estabilidade se os três vizinhos trabalharem juntos. Mencionando o que classificou como uma “sabedoria oriental” em comum, Wang citou um provérbio aparentemente aludindo para os Estados Unidos enquanto um aliado distante e não confiável: “Vizinhos próximos são melhores do que parentes distantes”.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | David Pierson |Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
Even as China offers itself to nations like Japan as a more reliable partner, its ships are pushing into their neighborhoods - sometimes on the very same day. When China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo last weekend, he said China saw "great potential" for trade and stability if the three neighbors worked together.
