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WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 18, 2009
A little Mc-wrath with coffee
This is a chilly winter's tale, one now warmed both by passing time and the gentle breezes of spring.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 4, 2009
Making my dentist smile
My very first kiss was not from a girl but from a Rawlings baseball.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 21, 2009
Culture shock connections
Japan is not as shocking as it used to be.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Mar 7, 2009
Statistically speaking
The way the pieces fit together in my local jigsaw puzzle of suburbia is that my property borders on that of seven other homes. Four of these families I have a nod-and-smile acquaintance with. The other three I might recognize by voice, for their words sometimes cut right through our walls.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 21, 2009
Tangling over chopsticks
"You know what we should do?" I tell my wife over lunch. "Find a way to insert some Chapstick onto the end of a chopstick. We could call it the "Chapchop-stick" and make millions."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 7, 2009
The venom of the expatriate's choice
In a corner of my office, next to a shelf containing such diverse items as a biography of Willie Mays, Quirk and Greenbaum's "A Grammar of Contemporary English," and Carole Bloom's "All About Chocolate," sits a polyethylene snake, 45 cm tall.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 24, 2009
The language game — here's what not to do
Life is full of stupid moves.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 10, 2009
There's a day for everything
Today is Jan. 10, with Japan having now wound down its holiday celebrations and settled in for another hard year of work, work, work.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 20, 2008
Remembering the ghost of a Christmas past
I prefer this season not as one of tinsel, lights and storefront carols, but rather as one of quiet — a season of soft-falling snow, a season of anticipation, a season of memories.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Dec 6, 2008
Packaged tight with care
In the old days, Christmas used to come every few months.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 22, 2008
The festival of the long distance runners
Old Man Winter is about to blast his icy breath down our collective necks, but at least we get to ring in the season of sniffles, frostbite and influenza with a great lineup of holidays, highlighted by Christmas and New Year's, and then my personal favorite, Nail-Clipping Day, on Jan. 7.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 25, 2008
The melting pot of 2008
Today's fun fact is that 2008 marks the 100th year since the coining of the term "melting pot" to describe the multiethnic stew that then comprised the American populace. "Then" refers to the years when immigrants flooded over the ocean in a great global warming of the pursuit of opportunity.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 11, 2008
Needled by the sound of noodles
Following are a few sounds people find aggravating and my personal takes on each:
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 27, 2008
Blessings — from the hollow of my head
I suppose the luck of the Irish was with me.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 6, 2008
A dog by any other name
OK, I admit it. For humor's sake, I do on occasion stretch the truth.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 30, 2008
Getting back on the horse
This year's sublime fiasco with the sub-prime mortgage market in the United States had made me wince at the plight of U.S. mortgage holders, even though I am not one of them and I have but a buck ninety-eight invested in American banks.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 16, 2008
Geeks I have known
The meeting itself is not unusual. I have had students seek my consul before — on all kinds of topics.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Aug 2, 2008
Martial and marital arts
"So. . . Do you, like, do karate? Or what?"
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 19, 2008
Go for broke, Japan!
The person shouting this is a close friend — a Japanese English instructor — who with looping earrings, sliding bracelets and multiringed fingers shows more metal than a brass band. She's noisier too, with a big-eyed, rubber-tongued enthusiasm for her work.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jul 5, 2008
Deja vu . . . or biting the bullet train
They say deja vu occurs when your brain burps and somehow interprets what is happening now as a memory.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound. 
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday

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