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Elaine Ou
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2021
You can¡¯t keep rage off the internet
The removal of President Donald Trump from a number of social media platforms may serve as a catalyst for the formation of new services.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2020
Tech firms can track your COVID-19 searches
Facebook, Google, Amazon and others have their fingers on the pulse of public sentiment about the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2019
Time to treat Facebook like big tobacco
Government should scrutinize and publicize the harms of social media ¡ª not use antitrust regulation to encourage even more platforms.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2017
How U.S. cyberweapons aren¡¯t like missiles
In standard warfare, the trick is hitting the right target. In cyberspace, most of the battle is figuring out who the enemy is and what to deter.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2017
Where the advent of flying cars might take us
If flying cars become popular, they are likely to ease urban traffic problems by expanding the areas where people are able to live and work.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2017
Marching for science? Leave your politics at home
Better education is needed on the difference between science and politicized pseudoscience.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
How data geeks could enable mass deportation
Technology companies have databases that document people¡¯s ethnicity, religion and other personal information on a massive scale.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2017
Why hacking Trump might not be easy
Donald Trump¡¯s quip about using couriers instead of email may not be such a bad idea.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2016
Anyone want a one-way ticket to Mars?
Conditions for colonists on Mars will be far tougher than any faced by their counterparts in the Age of Exploration.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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