Our Lives | BLACK EYE Apr 22, 2018
by Baye McNeil
The challenges of coaching basketball in Japan keep Samir St. Clair on a winning streak
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How-tos | LIFELINES Apr 15, 2018
Advice on HIV tests, Japanese pensions, rugby and reuniting with kids
by Louise George Kittaka
Lifelines works through a selection of topics that have come our way recently.
How-tos | LIFELINES Apr 11, 2018
Type 1 diabetic travelers to Japan, be prepared
by Mykel Greene
Traveling to Japan with Type 1 diabetes can be tough, but only if you allow it to be.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Apr 11, 2018
Pick up a secondhand book in Japan and unearth a mystery
by Mark Gottlieb
Perhaps the greatest pleasure to be derived from shopping at secondhand book stores in Japan comes from never knowing what might turn up between their pages.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Apr 4, 2018
In Japan, who do you think you are? Fun and games with foreign names in katakana
by Louise George Kittaka
Katakana renderings of non-Japanese names can cause a raft of problems if spelling issues are allowed to fester.
Voices | COMMUNITY CHEST Apr 4, 2018
Some readers' responses to recent stories on the Community pages.
Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Apr 1, 2018
Japan's Supreme Court orders a child be sent home in a Hague parental abduction case. Maybe.
by Colin P.A. Jones
Defanged habeas corpus grew some teeth in last month's Nagoya international custody ruling, but the problem of toothless enforcement remains.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Apr 1, 2018
Tokyo Cowboys shoot for more diversity on Japanese screens
by Kayla Sturdevant
"We can't all be lost, drunk, rude gaijin (foreigners) on television and movies forever," says Christopher McCombs of Tokyo Cowboys.
Language | MORNING ENGLISH Mar 26, 2018
A YouTube video filmed from a Tokyo sushi restaurant's conveyor belt has sparked a great deal of debate online.
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Mar 21, 2018
Springtime in Japan brings the sadness of the eikaiwa exodus
by Charles Lewis
Budding English skills built up over years at conversation school can wither as junior high school clubs take over students' lives.
Our Lives | OBITUARY Mar 21, 2018
Chandru G. Advani, 1924-2018: 'Uncle' to Japan's Indian community
by Megha Wadhwa
Dada Chandru left his mark in the fields of business, bilateral ties and in the hearts of Indians and Japanese whose lives he touched.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Mar 14, 2018
The Japanese lessons of a 'plastic Paddy'
by Damian Flanagan
A Briton of Irish stock finds the "Irishness" he seeks not on the Emerald Isle itself but in the expat pubs of his adopted land.