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Revitalizing Japan I have often thought that my homeland, Japan, needs many more people from other countries to come here and eventually be naturalized as our citizens - to bring diversity to our country [Dec. 17]. I believe that foreigners would provide Japan with more creativity and new ways of thinking. This would produce a new Japan that is globalized to meet the requirements of the coming era. Nakano Hiroki, Saitama, Japan...
...little-known NGO based in Europe called the Korean Friendship Association, which has created "friendship" (a.k.a. tourism) delegations for foreigners who want to catch a glimpse behind the curtain of the Hermit Kingdom. Anyone can apply?anyone, that is, with a passport that isn't from the U.S., Japan or South Korea. I turned in my application in September, and two months later I was in Beijing, where I plunked down $4,000 in cash for the 10-day trip. The next day my fellow travelers and I received our visas and boarded a Soviet-era Tupolev plane belonging...
...Although our artists may not draw the highest prices, they glean prizes and international recognition. Buren won Japan's Praemium Imperiale for painting in 2007, Christian Boltanski received it for sculpture in 2006, and Annette Messager won the Golden Lion at the 2005 Venice Biennale...
Whale meat resembles venison with its heavily oxygenated, dark red color that suggests lean, high-protein muscle. In Japan, it can be found in some supermarkets for about $33 a pound. Whale is high in the fatty acids DHA and EPA and low in cholesterol. But not many Japanese eat the controversial seafood. And so, the Japan Fisheries Association is encouraging a whale consumption program and backing a Tokyo-based firm Geishoku Labo and the "Asian Lunch" trucks it sends to Tokyo's business districts. The truck serves whale boxed lunches on weekdays and, for the Thursday special, a special...
Reports about Japan's plans for a newer, bigger whaling ship with an estimated cost of $120 million signal the government's commitment to a large stake in high seas whaling. One U.S. government official says: "That's not a good sign." The Japanese, however, are listening to the international community and changing its whaling targets - for example, deciding not to hunt humpback whales. But, for now, whale stays on the menu and on the plate...