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OVERHEARD

COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 14, 2014
Seeing is believing
English man to Japanese woman: I don't see what you see.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 7, 2014
Shop till we drop
Woman 1: Is your mother well?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 31, 2014
The short answer
Man #1: My friend speaks English well.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 24, 2014
Accident and emergency
American man: One time I went to the emergency room because I hadn't pooped in four or five days.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 17, 2014
Public education
Mother: Do you know how to say, 'Stop doing that!'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 10, 2014
Unclear on the concept
Woman #1: Can you speak English?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 3, 2014
Too much love
New Zealand man: How about this for dad?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 26, 2014
Role reversal
Eight-year-old boy: Dad, come and look at the beautiful flowers over here!
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 19, 2014
Unclear on the concept
Middle-aged woman: How do I get to that far intersection? This crossing only goes over there and it looks like I'd have to wait in the middle for another loop before the signal turns green?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 12, 2014
Appearances can be deceptive
New male recruit: You don't drink beer, do you?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 5, 2014
True colors
Middle-aged woman #1: I thought Winnie-the-Pooh was yellow?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 29, 2014
Chewing the fat
Have you ever seen a belly-dancing performance?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 22, 2014
Perfect match
Where did you meet your husband?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 15, 2014
Too hot to handle
What was that hot drink they served us last night?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 8, 2014
Unclear on the concept
My 5-year-old kid has just been diagnosed with asthma.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 1, 2014
Cheap digs
Australian student #1: This ski holiday would have been a lot cheaper if I had brought my girlfriend.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 22, 2014
Each to their own
Japanese man: Do you see your child much during the week?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 15, 2014
Hot stuff
Vietnamese food can be quite hot when it's cold.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 8, 2014
Age-old dilemma
American woman: I'm so old. I feel like staying in Japan is making me miss out on other things in my life.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 1, 2014
Curiosity killed the cat
Elderly woman: The neighborhood cat's not here tonight. It's always sitting on the corner at this time.
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.
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.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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.

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