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Wit, humor help longtime columnist come to grips with life in Japan

In the name of harmony: Columnist Thomas Dillon takes on life in Japan with disarming and often self-depracating wit that never alienates. Here, the camera-shy Dillon is caught in the staff room at Tokyo's Sophia University, where he holds a post as part-time professor. | MARIKO KATO PHOTO

By Mariko Kato

Jul 14, 2009

Freelance journalist and longtime Japan resident Thomas Dillon was at first shy of being on the receiving end of questions.

"I don't have any wisdom in my head, even though I don't have much hair on it," said the 54-year-old part-time university professor and father of two.

Dillon first came to Japan in 1976 and has since embraced, often with a playful sense of humor and a pint of beer in hand, the many delights and obstacles shared by subsequent generations of settled foreigners.

Wit, humor help longtime columnist come to grips with life in Japan

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