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Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA

by Austin Freeman

Police harassment is a fact of life for some people in Japan, which makes the occasional flash of progress all the more rewarding.

Voices | OVERHEARD

An old head on young shoulders

"When will I be tall enough to hold the strap?"

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Follow the leader

"This (Tokyo Metro puzzle) game is pretty easy."

Voices | OVERHEARD Feb 8, 2020

Too early for early spring?

"The plum blossoms in Komazawa Park are already open."

Voices | OVERHEARD Feb 1, 2020

Life lessons

"You can copy my answer to that problem if you don't know the answer."

Voices | OVERHEARD Jan 25, 2020

All things French

" The only things we French can make are wine, cheese and love."

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Jan 13, 2020

How my local Japanese supermarket killed 'Methuselah'

by William Lang

We all try to do our part for the environment, William Lang's contribution was "Methuselah," his trusty (and banged up) reusable shopping bag.

Voices | OVERHEARD Jan 11, 2020

New year medley

"I think medleys should be banned from 'I think medleys should be banned from "Kohaku (Uta Gassen).").'"

Voices | OVERHEARD Jan 4, 2020

Good luck tax

"Do you know why they ring the temple bell 108 times on New Year?"

Voices | OVERHEARD Dec 28, 2019

'Christmas sale'

"Selling minced meat at its standard weekly sales price is not really a 'Christmas sale.'"

<i>Christmas on Happy Road:</i> The Passion of the Franz

Voices | Fiction Dec 26, 2019

Christmas on Happy Road: The Passion of the Franz

Chapter 4 Hina had made her husband, Franz, agree with her that his parents, who were visiting from Germany, might expect more from their first trip to Japan than hanging around Happy Road Oyamadai. They were going through their options. "I will not take them ...

<I>Christmas on Happy Road:</I> Green inferno

Voices | Fiction Dec 22, 2019

Christmas on Happy Road: Green inferno

by Andreas Neuenkirchen

Chapter 3 "What is that?!" Franz's father, Armin, gasped when his son's friend O.G. erected the blindingly shiny and colorful construction he had bought for their living room. "It's a Christmas tree," O.G. explained. "What color is it?" O.G. checked the label. "Rainbow," he said. "In my time, they ...