For Rochelle Kopp's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Whether you've resolved to stress less or find a new job in 2022, bulking up your Japanese vocabulary can be key to achieving any new goal.
Japan's border situation and lack of digitized archives continue to cause problems for academics who need access to historical documents.
Japan announced on Monday that it will ban all new foreign entries for at least one month in an effort to prevent the omicron variant from spreading domestically. Japan Times contributor and cross-cultural communications consultant Rochelle Kopp joins to discuss the changes at Japan's border ...
After a lot of study, LaShawn Toyoda took what she learned and created a multilingual database of where to find vaccinations in Japan.
The medical problems associated with gluten are not as common in Japan, though some think this may not be the case a few years down the road.
Adherence to the rules is important in Japan. When those rules don’t work, it is sometimes easier to make a whole new set.
Border restrictions imposed on non-Japanese residents to stop the spread of COVID-19 were seen as discriminatory by many, but they're not likely to prevent travel here in the future.
It’s hard to list the stories of every person still stuck outside of Japan due to the country’s border policies, but two of them show just how complicated the situation can get.
The requirements Japan has put in place to enter the country amid the pandemic don't quite match up with the realities of what's going on overseas.
While some permanent residents and students are slowly trickling back into Japan, businesses are waiting to hear if new hires can join their ranks.
