Profiles

Our Lives / Profiles Jul 28, 2012

Small lives changed through the power of a photo

by Barbara Bayer

For over five years now, The Japan Times has run a weekly photo box featuring a cat or dog in need of a home, as well as success stories of animals that have been adopted. Many of the pets have been rescued from horrific situations ...

Our Lives / Profiles Jul 21, 2012

Architect builds Heart House for 3/11 survivors

by Mami Maruko

When Richard Bliah visited Ishinomaki last August after the coastal city in Miyagi Prefecture was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the veteran French architect was quite sure many residents lost not only family and friends but also the "network of people ...