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Angela Jeffs
After 26 years in Japan, Angela is currently test driving the Scottish winter. Describing herself as a “people person,” she wrote weekly profiles and features for The Japan Times between 1987 and 2011. For writings since 3/11/2011, see www.embrace-transition.com/. Her first book, "Chasing Shooting Stars – A South American Paper Trail into the Past," was published in paperback in January 2013.
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COMMUNITY
Aug 16, 2003
If olives be the food of love, then eat on
Todd English is the first to admit that being American and of Italian ancestry makes his family name exceedingly odd. He has no idea where it comes from, but supposes that one day he may try to find out. No chance of this happening in the near future, however. This is a man with more restaurants to open,...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 12, 2003
Biculturalism, accessories and recession
Biculturalism, accessories and recession
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 9, 2003
Heart of Laos displays traditional textiles' beauty
Having heard so much about Rassanikone Nanong, what a joy to meet her at an exhibition of textiles from her homeland. Sponsored by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the show in Akasaka Twin Towers is promoting the work of three of 10 companies working in the arena of traditional Laotian weaving....
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 29, 2003
In search of senbei and more culture
Senbei fan Randall writes from California, reporting that around 1900 a Japanese gardener in San Francisco started serving cookies with thank you notes inside at that city's Japanese garden.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 26, 2003
Thinking to build a house? Think Foothill Homes
A house is just a building. A home is filled with the warmth and individuality of its inhabitants. Which is where Robert Neil Hugo comes into the picture.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 22, 2003
Make space, shock value and J-culture
Family line Karen writes in response to Linda Croissant's question in Lifelines (June 10) about how to get rid of stuff she doesn't want.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 19, 2003
The lesson: don't lift weights with precious hands
Snatching a quick bite of sushi in Shinagawa Station one Friday evening in late June, a young man slips in beside me and after a quick glance to either side, hisses conspiratorially, "Tell me what to do . . ."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 12, 2003
'Luxury Travel Show' hits town, aiming for TV
Varun Sharma is tall, handsome, immaculately dressed, and can talk the hind leg off a donkey. He is also a truly gentle man in displaying genuine concern for the bell "boy" at the new Marunouchi Four Seasons, who turned out to be a young woman of such tiny, fragile proportions that he feared for her...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 8, 2003
Funeral rites, shipping pets and cheap ink
Funeral rites A reader in America has a friend who requested that his ashes be scattered over Mt Fuji.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 5, 2003
A very English experience in intimate learning
"Welcome to Moor Cottage," declares Judith Godfrey, principal of the Manchester Language School, located in a quiet leafy suburb of the famed northern English city.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 24, 2003
Motorbikes, foot-care and clothes
Money & Bikes Yukari asks the cheapest way to send money home to the States? Also, he has a U.S. motorcycle license and would like to buy a motorcycle here and wants to know about the process for getting licensed in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 21, 2003
To feel better, get in touch with Mojo Massage
Benjamin Beardsley was in high school when he was jumped on by a group of his classmates and beaten up. They accused him of thinking he was different, somehow better than them. "You'll never leave this town," they mocked. Well, here I am talking with Ben in Tokyo about theater, massage and holistic integration,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 14, 2003
From a 'potato' in Hokkaido to a poet in Shiga
Shizue Ogawa is so nervous it takes her an hour to stop trembling and another 30 minutes to take off her glasses. Then she can't stop talking, smiling and laughing. As she explains: "I'm from the countryside. I'm not used to the big city and places like this," and she indicates the lobby of the Imperial...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 10, 2003
Finding acting work, reducing phone bills and ditching old stuff
Freighter travel Judi Sullivan's daughter, who lives in Japan, sent her a Lifelines column with an enquiry from reader Lisa Beretta, who wanted info on cargo ships willing to take a passenger to Europe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 7, 2003
Freelance photo-journalist follows way of dragon
When you have made your name in photo-reportage with the Los Angeles Times, where the hell do you go next?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 31, 2003
Improve your English via e-mail correspondence
Studying French from age 11, it was exciting when my school in England teamed up with another in France for correspondence exchange. Francoise and I wrote to one another for five years before fading from one another's lives. But I have never forgotten her, or her impact on my life: opening up the world...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 27, 2003
Painless driving instruction and a move to Japan
More on DIY trading "Gaijin" writes that further to my answer to Wilma Jay (Lifelines; April 29), there are around 60 Internet brokers through which she could do day trading. (Gaijin himself/herself makes a living through trading).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 24, 2003
Dancing hands are guides along path of healing
Ray Baskerville is tall, lean, articulate and easy to talk to, and his hands weave mysterious patterns in the air as he heals clients back to physical and spiritual well-being.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 17, 2003
New broom sweeps Seisen into the 21st century
Virginia Villegas was delighted to be asked to return to Japan last year to assist the then head of Seisen International School in Yoga, Tokyo. "When Sister Concesa Martin was elected to the General Council in Rome, I was asked to take over as headmistress," she explains, warm, direct and very perceptive....
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 13, 2003
Entering the Dragon Palace, English-language driving schools and craft experience
Dragon palace Following on from news of the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, a reader asks why Meguro Gajoen's Dragon Palace is closed most of the year.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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