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Andreas Neuenkirchen
The community pool is a great place for exercise and meeting your neighbors.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 31, 2023
Figuring out the rules at a Japanese community pool can be an ongoing education
If you’re headed for the community pool, be prepared: Japanese pool rules are an ongoing education.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 13, 2022
Shichi-go-san: Take the picture, skip the ceremony
Celebrating your offspring or just getting hitched? Create fake memories with real photographs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 1, 2022
Can my 6-year-old measure up to the toddlers they have on 'Old Enough!'?
A father waits by the window as his daughter sets out on an adventure to buy croissants. At the age of 6, is she 'old enough' for this responsibility?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 20, 2021
You never know who you’ll run into at the public bath
Your local tattooed thugs, the old woman who is just a little bit too much in your business, who else will you meet at the neighborhood bathhouse?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 3, 2021
Moving house in a pandemic: Meeting the neighbors and readying your child for their 'playground debut'
In the final entry of a three-part series on moving house during the pandemic, our writer masks up to meet the neighbors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 19, 2021
Moving house in a pandemic: The move isn’t the hardest part, the packing is
Moving into a new home doesn't have to be stressful if you get help. What comes before and after that is tough enough.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 5, 2021
Moving house in a pandemic: As our 6-year-old got older, we realized it was time for an upgrade
In the first of a three-part series, our writer outlines the twists and turns his family encountered when they opted to look for a new place to live.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 27, 2020
On the run: Taking up the world's new hobby
If you don't have a dog to walk, running gets you outside for some fresh air and helps keep your health up at a time when we all need to be healthy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 22, 2020
The bright side of a potential quarantine
These days, I find myself singing “Happy Birthday” several times between daybreak and bedtime. As the next birthday in our family is weeks away, I feel a bit silly about it, even though I mostly confine the singing to my head. Since I am running out of people to silently and undeservedly congratulate,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Dec 26, 2019
Christmas on Happy Road: The Passion of the Franz
Chapter 4
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Dec 22, 2019
Christmas on Happy Road: Green inferno
Chapter 3
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Dec 15, 2019
Christmas on Happy Road: Mystery Trains
Chapter 2
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Dec 15, 2019
Christmas on Happy Road: Escape from Shibuya
Chapter 1
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 18, 2019
My first 'Hitler moment'
I'm fine with playing the German to humor my Japanese acquaintances — just not one German in particular.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / Fiction
Jul 27, 2019
Leaving Happy Road: Dawn of the Dad
Chapter 5
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Jul 20, 2019
Leaving Happy Road: Guess who's coming to (every) dinner?
Chapter 4
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Jul 15, 2019
Leaving Happy Road: The House by the Cemetery
Chapter 3
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Jul 5, 2019
Leaving Happy Road: The Rise of O.G.
Chapter 2
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / Fiction
Jul 5, 2019
Leaving Happy Road: On a Sunday
Chapter 1
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 19, 2019
I walked the line: Getting reacquainted with Tokyo on the Yamathon
Riding the full length of Tokyo's central Yamanote railway line takes about an hour, but walking it has its own rewards.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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