Freelance journalist and longtime Japan resident Thomas Dillon was at first shy of being on the receiving end of questions.
"I don't have any wisdom in my head, even though I don't have much hair on it," said the 54-year-old part-time university professor and father of two.
Dillon first came to Japan in 1976 and has since embraced, often with a playful sense of humor and a pint of beer in hand, the many delights and obstacles shared by subsequent generations of settled foreigners.
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