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VOICES

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA

I'm having second thoughts on being a 'citizen of the world'

by Louise George Kittaka

Before the pandemic, being a so-called international citizen was something to be proud of. However, is having family scattered around the world a good thing?

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA

Masks, noisy TVs and the lessons my students have learned from Corona-san

by William Lang
Voices | BLACK EYE

Naomi Osaka is the role model that Japan needs right now

by Baye McNeil
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA

I'm happy to be in Japan, but it shouldn't have taken this long to get back

by Angus Watson
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA

Appreciating Japan’s little details in a time of restricted travel

by William Lang
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA

Being 'othered' in Japan is not the same as oppression

by Elin Mccready
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA

Why we're marching for Black lives in Japan

by Ayana Wyse

ISSUES

Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT

A transgender woman caught in the system finds help from the community

by Elin Mccready

Dealing with immigration can be daunting at the best of times, but when you're a member of a minority community it can be harmful for your health.

OUR LIVES

Our Lives | ADOPT ME!

It's game, set and a perfect match for this cat and her new family

Naomi the cat is named after tennis champion Naomi Osaka, and she was first featured in this column in September 2019. Though she was already 8 years old at the time, her winning ways allowed her to zero in on the competition (in this case, ...

HOW-TOS

How-tos

Double the disaster means extra preparation for your emergency kit

by Leo Howard

With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing and typhoon season approaching, don't forget to update your emergency evacuation bag.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE READING

Home mode: Some children stick to one language at home, but do they also stick to one personality?

Voices

My bicultural child is starting to reveal his two faces

by William Lang

My 4-year-old Japanese-Scottish son is a fussy eater. “But I don’t like this chicken, Daddy,” he protests at dinner. His intonation and phrasing seem cute to me. I am tempted to take the offending chicken from his plate and let him subsist solely on white rice and salad, as he would like. B...

The goal: An airline employee walks past the quarantine counter at Narita airport. However, it's difficult for non-Japanese entering the country to even make it this far as they first have to clear many hurdles in their home countries.

Issues

The bureaucratic wall that hampers entry to Japan

by Rochelle Kopp

When Anne-Sophie Mpacko recently learned that Japan’s borders had started opening, she was excited to begin her studies at Keio University, where she had been accepted as a doctoral student in clinical psychology. Her plans to start studies on campus in the spring were derailed when the novel ...

A sucker for you: Tatsuya (left) and Itsuki Iwamoto pose with their little champ, Naomi.

Our Lives

It’s game, set and a perfect match for this cat and her new family

Naomi the cat is named after tennis champion Naomi Osaka, and she was first featured in this column in September 2019. Though she was already 8 years old at the time, her winning ways allowed her to zero in on the competition (in this case, the people she wanted to charm) and she succeeded in ...