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Spot The Difference
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Spot The Difference

The cost of Japan’s “Us vs. Them” mentality

May 24, 2012 | No Comments | 27 views
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Land of the Missing Son
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Land of the Missing Son

Japan’s overtures to changing child abduction laws ring hollow

May 10, 2012 | 2 Comments | 1,516 views
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What Are You Looking At?
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What Are You Looking At?

Intra-gaijin relations: Giving them the once over

Apr 26, 2012 | 13 Comments | 3,702 views
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Waste Not
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Waste Not

Mottainai and the Japanese culture

Apr 17, 2012 | One Comment | 1,001 views
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Cultural Perversion
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Cultural Perversion

Monsters, myths and man’s becoming

Mar 29, 2012 | 3 Comments | 1,762 views
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All In This Together?
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All In This Together?

In praise of the Japanese community spirit

Mar 15, 2012 | One Comment | 2,241 views
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The Battle of the Bento
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The Battle of the Bento

I'll show you mine if you show me yours

Mar 2, 2012 | 5 Comments | 1,888 views
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Rage No More
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Rage No More

Why Japan is better than you think

Feb 24, 2012 | 6 Comments | 2,278 views
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Can’t Stop the K-Pop
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Can’t Stop the K-Pop

J-pop is losing the popularity contest in the West

Feb 17, 2012 | 2 Comments | 2,455 views
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Storm in a Tokyo Teacup
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Storm in a Tokyo Teacup

The notorious ex-expat wife has been forced into hiding

Feb 3, 2012 | 2 Comments | 2,556 views
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Half-Price Home
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Half-Price Home

Fix up your life by fixing up a house

Jan 19, 2012 | 3 Comments | 1,637 views
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A Spoonful of Cesium
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A Spoonful of Cesium

Food safety post-Fukushima

Jan 3, 2012 | One Comment | 1,643 views
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Taxing the Floating World
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Taxing the Floating World

An easy source of income is lying under Japan’s nose

Dec 14, 2011 | 3 Comments | 2,154 views
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“Just Looking Samurai”
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“Just Looking Samurai”

Japanese cabbage farmers find their way in the Arab Spring

Dec 2, 2011 | No Comments | 1,921 views
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Birth Complications
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Birth Complications

How Japan’s declining birthrate became a political football

Nov 18, 2011 | No Comments | 1,781 views
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Searching for the Sun
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Searching for the Sun

One expat decides it's time to leave Japan

Nov 3, 2011 | 10 Comments | 3,117 views
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Dogtown and J-boys
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Dogtown and J-boys

Japanese social dynamics in a sport of individual self-expression

Oct 20, 2011 | No Comments | 1,386 views
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Intercultural Flexibility
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Intercultural Flexibility

US-Japan yogic differences

Oct 14, 2011 | One Comment | 1,446 views
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Passive Aggressive
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Passive Aggressive

What YOU think about smoking in Tokyo...

Oct 6, 2011 | 6 Comments | 1,646 views
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Street Literature
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Street Literature

The rights and wrongs of staring at strangers’ chests

Sep 30, 2011 | 4 Comments | 1,335 views
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Isle of Freedom
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Isle of Freedom

A bold answer to Okinawa’s problems

Sep 22, 2011 | 4 Comments | 1,866 views
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Sacrifice, Teamwork & Optimism
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Sacrifice, Teamwork & Optimism

Noble restraint leaves no doubt of Japan's recovery

Sep 16, 2011 | 5 Comments | 1,542 views
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Astroboy vs. Godzilla 2011
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Astroboy vs. Godzilla 2011

The Battle of the Century?

Sep 8, 2011 | One Comment | 1,965 views
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Mild Western Women Beware
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Mild Western Women Beware

Pull out your big guns for the Tokyo dating scene…

Sep 1, 2011 | 7 Comments | 3,008 views
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To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
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To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before

Working toward gender equality in language and society

Aug 25, 2011 | 8 Comments | 1,622 views
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Drive Angry
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Drive Angry

The devil lives at Samezu Licence Center with his gaijin-hating pals

Aug 18, 2011 | 5 Comments | 1,899 views
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Come Clean for the Kids
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Come Clean for the Kids

A grassroots parents’ movement concerned about radioactive food is taking force in Yokohama

Aug 11, 2011 | One Comment | 2,206 views
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Saving Face
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Saving Face

Size matters? In your face!

Aug 4, 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,202 views
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Eat More Green
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Eat More Green

Think before you eat

Jul 28, 2011 | No Comments | 1,559 views
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Miyazaki on my Mind
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Miyazaki on my Mind

On this issue’s Kyushu theme, find out why Miyazaki deserves your respect

Jul 14, 2011 | No Comments | 2,095 views
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The Sound and the Fury II
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The Sound and the Fury II

As the anniversary of Japan’s surrender approaches, so does a groundswell of fierce nationalism

Jun 30, 2011 | 3 Comments | 2,185 views
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Mum’s the Word
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Mum’s the Word

Mother’s milk gushes in the streets of Japan

Jun 16, 2011 | 3 Comments | 3,830 views
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Getting Shirty
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Getting Shirty

Say “Aloha” to Super Cool Biz this summer

Jun 2, 2011 | One Comment | 1,995 views
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Sheep’s Clothing
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Sheep’s Clothing

McFashion’s improbable grip on Tokyo’s wardrobe

May 19, 2011 | 7 Comments | 2,866 views
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Anchor by Anchor
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Anchor by Anchor

A look at the post-earthquake and tsunami volunteer effort in Miyagi Prefecture

May 17, 2011 | 3 Comments | 3,391 views
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High-School Heroics
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High-School Heroics

Valiant Japanese teens prove that bushi ain’t dead

May 6, 2011 | 6 Comments | 3,128 views
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Apathy Meltdown
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Apathy Meltdown

Could Fukushima provide the catalyst for Japanese youth to reach criticality?

Apr 28, 2011 | 2 Comments | 2,771 views
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Go West, Young Man
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Go West, Young Man

Is China’s burgeoning indie scene the new place for young filmmakers?

Apr 21, 2011 | One Comment | 2,071 views
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Far From Over
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Far From Over

As help begins to dwindle, volunteers in the Tohoku region are needed more than ever

Apr 15, 2011 | 5 Comments | 3,237 views
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Listening to Nature
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Listening to Nature

Japan’s tragic aftermath reveals some sensitive economic indicators

Apr 7, 2011 | 4 Comments | 2,555 views
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A Word on Wally
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A Word on Wally

Remembering Wally Yonamine, the first American pro baseball player in Japan

Mar 31, 2011 | No Comments | 1,269 views
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TP or not TP
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TP or not TP

Is it rude to be “polite”?

Mar 24, 2011 | 11 Comments | 3,015 views
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An Inexcusable Truth
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An Inexcusable Truth

It’s high time Japan changed its outdated, US-imposed medical marijuana laws

Mar 17, 2011 | 5 Comments | 1,445 views
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My Darling Is A Stereotype
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My Darling Is A Stereotype

Two blockbuster films offer distorted views of Japanese and Western culture

Mar 10, 2011 | No Comments | 2,596 views
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Sic Transit
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Sic Transit

Why are Tokyo cabbies so clueless?

Mar 3, 2011 | 7 Comments | 2,403 views
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Coffee Shepherd
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Coffee Shepherd

The Last Comic

Feb 24, 2011 | One Comment | 1,720 views
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The Manga Wars
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The Manga Wars

What’s really at stake in Japan’s revised pornography laws?

Feb 17, 2011 | No Comments | 2,013 views
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Catnap Culture
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Catnap Culture

In a city that never sleeps, there always seems to be someone snoring

Feb 10, 2011 | One Comment | 1,857 views
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Taking the Hint
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Taking the Hint

A trip to Japan taught me that communication strategies speak louder than words

Feb 3, 2011 | 4 Comments | 2,370 views
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Brave New Japan
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Brave New Japan

Get ready for an influx of foreigners when the US goes belly up

Jan 27, 2011 | 7 Comments | 2,660 views
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