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WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 6, 2011
Another day, another murder
A snap of her wrist . . . and she has yanked back our kitchen curtains. Her eyes dart over the yard. That is, what we call a yard — a few square meters of gravel and grass that our neighbor's house now shadows from the morning sun.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 16, 2011
It's now time for complete BS
Socrates said his wisdom flowed from knowing he knew nothing.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 25, 2011
When every card's a joker
Once — a dozen years or so ago — I yawned my way past a politician giving a "stump" speech to the early morning commuters at my station. In fact, I had to side-step him on the narrow walkway.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 4, 2011
The home fires — burning out of control
American poet Walt Whitman once said that if anything was sacred, the human body was sacred.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 14, 2011
Questions that keep eating me
Here's a short list of some of the questions I first heard in my early days in Japan, in the mid 1970s.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 23, 2011
Coming to proper terms
"You think you've got it rough?" says my wife. "How about me?"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 9, 2011
You walked into this
We could all use a good laugh. The only question is what defines "good."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 26, 2011
Measuring what has happened
This is supposed to be a humor column.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 19, 2011
When the big one hit
When the big one hit — at 2:46 p.m. on March 11 — I was trying to be funny.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 12, 2011
Smoke gets in your eyes
"If you could pick five great places to smoke a cigar, where would you choose?"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 26, 2011
The new foreigner in my 'hood
The new foreigner in my neighborhood is . . . me.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 12, 2011
A serving paints a thousand words
In Japan, food is not just food. It's art.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 29, 2011
It's just me against the machine
I have news for those who fear the machines will one day rise against us.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 15, 2011
After 20 years . . . and more
Japan is a revolving door when it comes to foreign residents. They come and they go. And when they go, most never come back.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 1, 2011
Perfect vacation and perfect aggravation
All good marriages hinge on compromise, no matter what the couples' cultural backgrounds. Remove compromise and the open door of married life soon swings awry.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 18, 2010
What resumes don't show
"A good job is hard to find" sounds like the title to a short story.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 4, 2010
Tigers and lions and bears, oh my!
I have always enjoyed a good zoo.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 20, 2010
What's wrong with talking a little turkey?
Japan typically digs in its heels against outside customs. To win acceptance here, such customs must first measure up to Japan's high standards of cultural attainment.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 6, 2010
An index finger pointing . . . where?
My wife cannot tell a story.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 23, 2010
No hopes where next year never comes
I have a luncheon friend who has been deep in the dumps all week. He sits slumped over, picks at his food and won't speak. The only way to bring him to life is to stick him with the tab.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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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