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MATTER OF COURSE

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Apr 19, 2002
Perfect parenting . . . it's all in the labeling
Here's what mid-April in Japan means to me: The cherry blossoms have come and gone, the kids are back in school and mothers all over the country are suffering writer's cramp from labeling school gear.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Apr 5, 2002
No more Saturdays, no more cappuccino
When the new school year begins on April 8, all Japanese public schools will be on a five-day school week for the first time ever. For my kids, that means no more school on Saturdays. For me, it means no more cappuccino.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Mar 22, 2002
Students give seniors a rousing send-off
My first-grader sighed at the dinner table the other night. "Sakamoto-kun is graduating soon," he said sadly. Who? I had never heard of anyone by this name. "He's one of the sixth-graders," my son explained. "He showed me a magic trick and helps me at school."
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Mar 8, 2002
Getting used to accentuating the negative
Whatever you do, don't say anything nice about your child at parents' meetings
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Feb 22, 2002
The serious business of clubbing together
My 10-year-old is in the school basketball club but is thinking about switching to another club. He's been agonizing over this decision, which tells you something about the importance of school clubs in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Feb 8, 2002
It's time to say: Let's talk about sex, babies
In all my years of studying Japanese, I never learned the word I need right now. How do you say "nocturnal emission"? I need to know because my 10-year-old son is starting sex education at school, and I haven't told him that part of "the facts of life." His Japanese is pretty good, but I think he'll understand the lesson better if I explain it to him in English first. And give him the Japanese words he'll be hearing.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Jan 25, 2002
Students sweat out a spell of high pressure
It's been strangely quiet lately in the sixth-grade classrooms at my children's school. When I looked in the other day, nearly half the seats were empty. I couldn't understand why. A flu epidemic? Then I remembered. It's juken season -- entrance examination time.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Jan 11, 2002
Getting into the rat race in middle school
My children are back in school after two weeks of winter vacation. We went skiing and took a few day trips around Tokyo, but the boys spent most of their vacation playing, reading and relaxing. Some of their school chums, however, had no break at all. They spent the entire "holiday" studying for middle-school entrance exams.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Dec 28, 2001
Practice perfects New Year's calligraphy
Pencils and computers haven't replaced brushes at schools -- brush work is alive and well.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Dec 14, 2001
Every child gets to be a musician here
My 7-year-old is learning to play a uniquely Japanese instrument. The shamisen? No. The koto? No. Like virtually every other first-grader here, my son is learning to play the kenban hamonika (keyboard harmonica).
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 30, 2001
Kids get down to classroom clean-ups
A few weeks before my son started first grade, I asked my friend Nagako to help me read the list of school supplies I needed to buy.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 16, 2001
Sewing and cookery aren't just for the girls
On a recent observation day at the Japanese public elementary school that my children attend, I wandered into unfamiliar territory. I saw a mother entering a classroom I had never noticed. I followed her in and got quite a surprise.
LIFE / Lifestyle / MATTER OF COURSE
Nov 2, 2001
No fundraisers or bake sales? Sign me up!
I agreed to serve on the PTA of the Japanese elementary school my children attend, but on one condition: that I didn't have to do any fundraising.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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