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MIXED MATCHES

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
May 3, 2011
Pair go together like pasta, dessert
"People around us tell us that we're like meoto-manzai (stand up comedians). We're always surrounded by laughter," says Atsuko Nonogaki Planeta, 43.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Mar 8, 2011
From love of anime to love of a man
When Mel Ushikubo, 35, saw the name of her future husband, Kohei, on the Internet, she immediately wanted to see him in person, as that was the name of a character in one of her favorite anime.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Feb 15, 2011
Canadian's health issue unites couple
On their first date, Eiko Tiernan was told by her future husband, Laurier, that he has Marfan syndrome, a congenital hereditary disease that affects about 1 in 5,000 people. At first, she did not know how to react, as she knew nothing about the disease.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Jan 11, 2011
Absence makes couple grow fonder
Long-distance relationships are no longer rare in today's global village. But how long can a couple last without actually seeing each other? Fukuoka residents Naoko Yufu, 28, and 26-year-old Xie Guosong from China have been apart for about four of the five years of their relationship.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Dec 21, 2010
Javan culture brings couple together
Sumiyanto, 31, born and raised in the Klaten regency of central Java, and Ayako Nezu, 39, from Kawasaki, met in 2002 in the central part of the Indonesian island while they were studying at a national traditional arts college in Solo.
COMMUNITY / MIXED MATCHES
Nov 23, 2010
For couple, home is where the heart is
Andrew Pickard, 42, from Leeds in northern England, and Kayoko Hirayama, 35, of Tokyo, met seven years ago at an aikido dojo in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Nov 2, 2010
Recipe found for cross-cultural love
Cristiano Pozzi, 37, born and raised in the Lake Como area in northern Italy, and Akiko Kobayashi, 36, from Tokyo, first met in 2003. Cristiano, a chef at an Italian restaurant, and Akiko, owner of a nail salon in Akasaka, were introduced to each other in Tokyo by a mutual Italian friend.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Sep 21, 2010
Long-distance relationship comes all the way to Tokyo
Natsuko Shibata, a Tokyo native, and Piyasena Perera, a Sri Lankan-American born in Los Angeles, met two decades ago in New York when they were both studying at Columbia University.
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Aug 17, 2010
Himalayan love story peaks in Chiba
"People say it's like a love story in a Bollywood movie," says Paul Rajesh, 34, who was born in Manali, a town in northern India's Himachal Pradesh state.
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jul 20, 2010
Pair get more than fluency from language swap lessons
Guillermo Larese roia, 42, from Argentina, and Keiko Iwasaki, 31, met a decade ago in Japan after one of them put a message about swapping Japanese and Spanish lessons in a free publication.
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
May 18, 2010
Language no problem for gallery pair
Hitoshi Ohashi, 48, and Robert Tobin, 63, have been in a relationship for 20 years. When they first met at a bar in the Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Ohashi, a makeup artist, barely spoke English, and Tobin, an American professor in the business department at Keio University, didn't know much Japanese. But they say language wasn't a problem.
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Mar 9, 2010
For academic pair, viva art, history
Junko Kume and Isaac Ait Moreno moved to Tokyo last September for work, but they say it does not matter where they live as long as they can be together.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Dec 29, 2009
From two worlds apart they found one
American Leza Lowitz was ready to leave Japan when she met her future husband, Shogo Oketani, at a Yokohama jazz club.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2009
Proposal followed fight over feline
. I had been involved in triathlon for two or three years. Kentaro: It was my first or second time to join the triathlon training group when we met. She and I both lived in Oizumi Gakuen (in Nerima Ward, Tokyo). She taught me how to swim.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2009
Couple's love story started in Africa
good faith. What language do you use to communicate with each other and your children?
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Oct 31, 2009
Frenchman finds ideal in temple's 'better half'
Anthony Deville always dreamed of marrying an Asian woman.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Oct 17, 2009
Couple settled down after roller coaster ride
For Susan Tanaka, her story with her husband is like a roller coaster, as the two spent eight years dating and breaking up.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Oct 3, 2009
Ain't no mountain in the Andes high enough
Hirohito Ota, 39, a freelance writer, is an adventurer by nature.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Aug 8, 2009
Harley guide makes good on flight attendant's plight
David Macklin, a dual citizen of Australia and Britain, said meeting his future wife, Yoriko Suzuki, in Cairns, Australia, in May 1999 was a matter of fate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jul 25, 2009
Belgian no waffler on love, life in Japan
Pascal Latui, 28, first fell for Yumiko, 36, on a backpacking trip in Japan in June 2006. She was a receptionist at the Tokyo youth hostel where he was staying.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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