CT has a prescription for Adderall (methamphetamine), which is illegal in Japan, and has recently been hired to work on a U.S. base here. “My plan as of now is to leave my meds at home and try to get a new prescription once ...

Reader JA asks if it’s legal for an employer to demand compensation if an employee quits their job partway through their contract. “What about if someone wants to quit their job and break their contract early (say, midway through) but the contract says that ...

A reader writes: “I’m a foreigner in a long-term same-sex relationship with a Japanese national. The deed to our house is registered in the name of the Japanese national. Is it possible to have my name put on the deed so that I am ...

Reader JA is seeking a Japanese language school in the countryside here for his 18-year-old son. “He would like to live in rural Japan and study Japanese for three or four months, and then ski Japan’s famous powder,” he writes. “Is there any resource ...

Part-timer “Mary” writes: “Due to the nature of my work, the company wants me to come into the office only when they know they have work for me. This is two to three days a week, and not fixed according to any specific day. ...

In an effort to cut costs, electronics maker Sharp has announced that it is transferring its struggling liquid crystal display business from factories in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, to factories in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. In 2004, the Kameyama facility started making large LCD screens for ...

Some of our non-Japanese readers are wondering why, when trying to sort out a phone and contract with Softbank, they often seem to be subject to different rules than Japanese customers — and even fellow foreign residents. BJ writes: “When getting an iPhone at ...