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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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4 weeks 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.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
A court in Tokyo on Tuesday ordered the Japanese branch of the Unification Church to disband, three years after it came under scrutiny following the assassination of the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. The shooting of Mr. Abe by a man with a grudge against the church led to revelations that the fringe religious group had pushed members into financial hardship to fund its donations to conservative politicians.
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1 month ago | 
rethinking65.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno
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. Ever since, he has won only gold.
