To provide more coverage of topics closely related to non-Japanese residents, The Japan Times is launching the series "Mixed Matches" about international couples.
Reader participation is invited. Please e-mail [email protected] if you wish to be featured in this series, which will appear on Page 3 on the first and third Saturday every month starting Dec. 1.
Ben Matsuda and Ryoko Iimura, a cheerful couple who like cracking jokes, met at a party thrown by mutual friends in Tokyo.