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COMMUNITY

Jun 16, 2000

Healing relationships bloom in 'renga'

By Toshimi Horiuchi

A Japanese proverb says: Doki ai motomu (Like minds are drawn to one another).

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Jun 14, 2000

By Jean Pearce

In Sunday's column, I told readers why I will be leaving Japan while, appropriately, explaining what is required for foreigners to get married in Japan, which is what we did. I also said I would explain what would replace this column. Actually, I can't do that. It is up to you. I know there are a lot...

COMMUNITY

Jun 11, 2000

Cybird flies big plans for mobile Net future

By Angela Jeffs

Kazutomo Robert Hori It came as a very pleasant surprise when an old friend rang from Osaka to tell me that her son's business had taken off like a rocket. The last time I saw Robert was at his wedding seven years ago -- a spectacular if crazy event held on top of a mountain in Hiroshima Prefecture....

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE

Jun 11, 2000

Haven't got the yang of Japanese gardening

By Amy Chavez

I came home the other day and noticed my neighbor had cut my grass, trimmed my trees and watered my plants. This is normal. I apologized profusely, thanked Ueda-san repetitively and she said, as always, "Oh, it was nothing."

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Jun 11, 2000

How to say goodbye

By Jean Pearce

I have over the years researched readers' questions diligently, but never have I been quite as well prepared as for this column, on how to get married in Japan. I would like to tell you why. On May 25, William Sherman and I proceeded through the process as outlined below. Bill has had three postings...

COMMUNITY

Jun 9, 2000

Getting in touch with your animal nature

I did it. Finally dipped into dobutsu uranai (animal fortunetelling), the Japanese fengshui of human relationships. For the past year I've endured the discomfort of having acquaintances whisper across the table at lunch: "I know what you are, you're a monkey. The way you slurp your noodles like that?...

COMMUNITY

Jun 8, 2000

Pageants losing face with public

By Sumiko Oshima

Mari Nishihama, 20, a native of Oshima, an island located 100 km south of Tokyo, had always lived a peaceful, if somewhat uneventful, life in the small tourist resort town. But all that suddenly changed last fall, when town celebrities voted the local bank clerk Miss Oshima 2000.

COMMUNITY

Jun 8, 2000

A mouthful of Crazy English goes down very well in Japan

By Philip Brasor

Li Yang seems an unlikely proselytizer for internationalism through English language study. Not only is he not a native speaker of English, but prior to last week he had never even set foot outside of mainland China.

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Jun 7, 2000

By Jean Pearce

A recent column question dealt with a problem that faces many parents today: Their children have completely lost interest in school. These are often bright, motivated students who are dissatisfied with the system. Foreigners tend to feel that Japanese kids are too occupied, that something is planned...

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

Jun 7, 2000

Fathers just wanna be loved

By Thomas Dillon

The pressure builds. Feel it? I sure do. An annual tension that visits late each June and -- for a day at least -- smothers me with stress. The day? Why, the most anxious moment of the year -- Father's Day. What else?

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Jun 4, 2000

By Vivienne Kenrick

Today in Casablanca a Japanese soccer team is playing for the Third Hassan International Cup. The match will be televised worldwide.

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE

Jun 4, 2000

It's the season for cool drinks and hot talk

By Amy Chavez

Right now it's 28 degrees, sunny with a light breeze. It couldn't be a more perfect day on the island. Yet when I went to the post office this morning, Mr. Saito said, "It's hot!" When I stopped by the supermarket, Mrs. Amano, the store owner said, "It's hot!" When I stopped by the ferry port, Mrs. Amano,...

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