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EXPATS

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 26, 2018
Let's discuss the sushi restaurant YouTube video
A YouTube video filmed from a Tokyo sushi restaurant's conveyor belt has sparked a great deal of debate online.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 21, 2018
Springtime in Japan brings the sadness of the eikaiwa exodus
Budding English skills built up over years at conversation school can wither as junior high school clubs take over students' lives.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Mar 21, 2018
Chandru G. Advani, 1924-2018: 'Uncle' to Japan's Indian community
Dada Chandru left his mark in the fields of business, bilateral ties and in the hearts of Indians and Japanese whose lives he touched.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 14, 2018
The Japanese lessons of a 'plastic Paddy'
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.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Mar 11, 2018
Schools plus rules equals Japan minus two
Having experienced schools around the world, why do Colin P.A. Jones' daughters rank Japan's bottom of the class?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 11, 2018
A shooting at my school, Florida's Douglas High, viewed from afar in Japan but still so close
The rest of the world cannot understand America's problem with guns. This hit home for me when yet another school shooting occurred at my alma mater in Parkland, Florida.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Mar 7, 2018
White supremacists and Japan: A love story
Far-right fanboys see in Japan an ethnostate that gets a free pass on the world stage, but it's a reputation that Japan needs to shake for its own good.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 7, 2018
The strange taste of Japanese immigration Kool-Aid: How living in Japan can transform you into a conservative
When it comes to thinking of the role that they themselves should play in Japan, many progressive expats are actually more in line with the Tiki-torch-carrying nationalists back home than against them.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 4, 2018
South Korean 'job nomads' follow their dreams to Japan
Millennials drawn to not only more jobs but also a perceived less competitive working environment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 21, 2018
What Trump's tax reforms mean for Americans in Japan
Changes under the U.S. Republican administration are likely to affect the bottom line for individuals and companies here alike.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 18, 2018
Midori Farm: Finding earthy solutions in rural Shiga
Nonprofit turns neglected land into productive farmland and brings together foreign volunteers and local people.
COMMUNITY / Beyond Omotenashi
Feb 14, 2018
Rowdy tourists and grumpy monks of Mount Koya could do with a dose of Kukai's wisdom
Could the lessons of the sacred founder buried on Mount Koya bring harmony between foreign visitors and their local hosts?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 11, 2018
Views from Osaka: What's the best time you've ever had in this city?
Young people recall their best-ever moments spent out and about in Kansai's famously lively commercial hub.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jan 28, 2018
Court cases shine a light on Japan's problem with paternity leave
Two cases currently before the courts show how the reality of Japanese workplaces can clash with government attempts to encourage fathers to help raise their children.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 24, 2018
Can I sue in Japan to get back the money I spent on my former fiancee?
Does a reader who spent $20,000 on his fiancee have legal grounds to sue her now she has called the whole thing off? Well, that depends.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 21, 2018
Media firm adapts to an ever-shifting Brazilian community in Japan
IPC serves the huge Portuguese-speaking community with radio, TV, mags and more.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 21, 2018
Teething troubles in tapping into Japan pensions from abroad
While the easing of eligibility rules is welcome news, reading about it is one thing and actually tapping into the system is another.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jan 17, 2018
‘To look good, you need to look masculine,’ says Ethan Newton of Bryceland’s Tailors, Tokyo
For Bryceland's proprietor, an outspoken critic of 'fast fashion,' mens' style inspiration begins with dustbowl America and ends with James Stewart.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 14, 2018
Beware the patter about purchasing property to rent out around Tokyo
At seminars targeting expat investors, don't expect to hear the whole story about Japan's rental market.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jan 7, 2018
Much for Japan Times Community readers to crow and squawk about in year of the rooster
A selection of unpublished letters about Community stories from the first half of 2017.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past