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WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 7, 2000
Fathers just wanna be loved
The pressure builds. Feel it? I sure do. An annual tension that visits late each June and -- for a day at least -- smothers me with stress. The day? Why, the most anxious moment of the year -- Father's Day. What else?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 31, 2000
Attention: Sitting next to foreigners is forbidden
"Do I smell?"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 17, 2000
Multi-gap family falls into valley of stress
"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 3, 2000
Ya'gotta accentuate the positive
Men are from Mars and women are from Venus -- but my wife is from Kagoshima.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 19, 2000
Family life full of give and take
After 20 years of wedlock, my Japanese wife and I usually see things eyeball-to-eyeball, especially when staring at each other. Yet, there is one case where we match up like sushi and whipped cream.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 5, 2000
Howai notto aborisshu katakana?
According to a survey from late last year, over 80 percent of the Japanese population has some difficulty reading katakana, the syllabary specially used for foreign terms.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 1, 1999
With time, players learn the house rules
When in Rome, do as the Romans do . . . Jaywalk. Anyway that's what I did on my sole trip to the Eternal City some years back, cautiously following snappy Italian shoes here and there across the Via del Corso and elsewhere.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 17, 1999
Hemingway's dead; long live the future
Hemingway once said that good writing begins with the simple production of but one true sentence. OK. Here's something that's true. Hemingway is dead.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 3, 1999
Photographic record of a trail-breaking career
I sometimes eat lunch with a close friend who has but one child, a toddler aged 2. He likes to show me photographs.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 20, 1999
Ghosts and goblins and kids, oh my!
Just after the ghosts and goblins of Halloween disappear, we will enter yet another spooky holiday: Nov. 3 -- Culture Day.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 6, 1999
The years of our lives spent in meetings
It's true that things have changed. In America, for example, we used to say any child could one day grow up to be president. Yet, Bill Clinton has now proved growing up isn't really necessary.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 15, 1999
Obtrusive nails, squeaky wheels
Not so very often I recall the following words of advice from my dear old mother, a tiding of the heart delivered straight from parent to child.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 1, 1999
The 'S' word makes a happy marriage
The time has come in this column to finally discuss that passionate act that lies at the core of many an international romance. Yes, it's time for the "S" word.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 18, 1999
You're only as old as you tell
Here is a scenario that happens in the first hour of every single new English conversation class in Japan _ a sort of annual rite of spring.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 4, 1999
How to keep the main clause interesting
Many years ago when she was studying for the TOEFL exam, my wife asked me to explain the difference between a main clause and a subordinate one. She somehow had it in her head that as a native speaker I would instinctively know what those words meant.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 2, 1999
Wham bam, no thanks ma'am
Now it can be told. When I first came to Japan, I didn't believe in yakuza .
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 17, 1999
When international relations get all steamed up
When asked what part of Japan they would most like to take back home, many foreigners respond by saying, "a Japanese bathtub."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 3, 1999
Toilet humor is only natural, no instructions necessary
Come on. Admit it. Toilets are funny.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
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.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
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.
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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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