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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.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 16, 2008
Yoga helps bring balanced stance
Every morning, Linda Gould opens the doors and windows of Riverside Yoga studio in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, and feels her body relax, spirit quicken and mind lighten.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 12, 2008
'Gyoza' heaven for carnivores, plus help for hungry vegans
A vegan friend is coming over to visit B, and he's at a loss as to what to feed him.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 9, 2008
'Hyakunin' translations capture commission prize
In the same way that few British people have read all of Shakespeare's sonnets but many can quote at least a few lines of the lyric tradition, any adult who has gone through the Japanese school system is familiar with the Ogura "Hyakunin Isshu."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 2, 2008
Minister backs cause for justice
Most people turning 60 begin to think about slowing down or fertilizing the greener pasturelands of retirement.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 29, 2008
Dealing with the fairer sex; getting more from rail passes
Mac has a Japanese girlfriend and sometimes feels completely lost as to what is going on.
COMMUNITY
Jul 26, 2008
Psychic travels world to save lives
Professor Jucelino Nobrega da Luz was 9 years old when he had a dream that scared him half to death.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 12, 2008
Relationship coaching over the phone
It is easy to spot Jack Ito and his wife Toshie. They're walking hand in hand around the lobby of the Prince Hotel in Shinagawa, looking as much culture-shocked as in love.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 8, 2008
Japanophiles wind up in jam
An interior designer in California is wondering how she can get some fabric — "preferably the Kyoto brocade known as Nishijin-ori" — woven to order in Japan. "I'm working on a house owned by a couple of Japanophiles, and they have very specific ideas for what they want."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 5, 2008
Linguistics and lumber strike chord
Checking out of his hotel in Shimbashi, with time to spare before a flight back to Vancouver, Steve Kaufmann stops to read a sign in the lobby, which reads: "I have refused the entrance into a room of these other than the visitor of stay. Please give me a meeting in the lobby. Thank you."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 21, 2008
An up-close look at global intelligence
Jun Isomura is delighted to meet twice. The first time I am in the front of a car, taking notes, he in the back, out of sight, answering questions in impeccably accented British English. It is only when we disembark that we finally meet face to face.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 17, 2008
You say Nebuta, I say Neputa
Undaunted by the current state of the dollar, John and Kate are planning to visit Japan this summer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 14, 2008
CON-CAN launches movie competition
If you are making short films, or aspire to making them, the Web site www.con-can.com has everything in the world to offer: advice, support, the opportunity to get your work seen and critiqued and, the chance to win $10,000 in the online CON-CAN Movie Festival.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 7, 2008
NPO brings smiles to the Philippines
Yokohama-based dental practitioner Dr. Kimio Miyake defines the turning point in his professional and personal life as taking place in the Philippines in 1983." I was dining at a terrace restaurant above the sea, and there were naked children on the rocks below diving for coins thrown by visitors. One...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 31, 2008
Eroticism as a means of development
Several months ago, at an exhibition titled "Matsuri," I purchased a print by American photographer Vincent Morris.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 24, 2008
Nature eases journey back to one's true self
In 2002, James Heartland found himself unexpectedly on Mount Shasta in northern California. There he fell into conversation with a young Japanese woman on a journey of her own.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 20, 2008
Lifelines to the past
We have been receiving inquiries asking for help in finding old contacts, friends and family. Since we are unaware of any organization that specifically handles this kind of request, the best we can do is to print them here. Just send your name and as many details as you can dredge up from the past,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 10, 2008
Documenting the divide between rich and poor
She was 3 when she first stood in the spotlight — on the stage of Tokyo's National Noh Theater — as the apple of her father's eye.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 15, 2008
Mr. Mung; being big in Japan
Remembering John Mung Marcia Caron is organizing a book club for her son's elementary school in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 12, 2008
Bid to link Japan meets with growing reception
When Ken Ohno's Japanese mother-in-law asked him to keep an eye on the family business in Nagano Prefecture in the late 1990s, he had little idea where it might lead.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 5, 2008
Breaking the bubble of pain and isolation
Nobuaki Kobayashi is a phenomenally kind and dedicated man. Life has never been easy, however. Now his wife is chronically unwell and he too is feeling his age.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
A lesbian couple, consisting of a 35-year-old woman (left) and 40-year-old woman, cover their faces with bouquets as they pose for wedding photos in Yokohama on Nov. 1.
China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

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