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JAPAN LITE

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 15, 2008
The lowdown on Hokkaido bears
Let's talk about bears, big Hokkaido bears called higuma in Japanese. Bears can be dangerous in Hokkaido, where hikers may encounter them in the mountains. There have been 86 attacks and 33 deaths from bears since 1962 when the government started keeping records.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 8, 2008
Devolution: hangin' around
Even after 15 years in Japan, I cannot avoid looking like the struggling, bumbling "gaijin." You know what I mean: the gaijin who has just gotten off the plane in Japan and is struggling with several huge bags of luggage, all of it too big, none with wheels, making you look like a small elephant in a...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 1, 2008
How to put on futon underwear
My neighbor Kazu-chan complains that the Shiraishi International Villa guests have taken the bed sheets down to the beach again. The local minshuku calls me up now and then and asks me to explain Japanese bedding to foreign guests who are asking for sheets for their futons again.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 23, 2008
Japan takes flight
I have been thinking a lot about airlines recently, specifically the naming of them.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 16, 2008
Gravity and its effects on teaching
I was looking at my classroom full of students the other day and wondering — where did I go wrong? Most of them were asleep and the few who weren't were unconscious. I stopped talking, looked out the window and pondered the science of teaching. I came to the conclusion that science is indeed to...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 9, 2008
Pocketful of yen
If you live to be 75 years old, you will live approximately 650,000 hours. Somehow, that doesn't seem like a lot, especially when you can buy a very nice house for $650,000, the same number, but a huge amount in dollars (and which would cost you one dollar per hour to live there). On the other hand,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 2, 2008
A classroom with altitude
When I taught English at a Japanese university, I struggled with how to get the students to think outside the classroom. Inside the classroom, they would speak perfect English, yet once they went out into the real world, they froze up and couldn't speak at all. Now I know why.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 26, 2008
Retirement — island style
In case you haven't heard, the Seto Inland Sea islands are experiencing a mini-boom. Thanks to government programs that highlight the joys of island life, there has been a slow but hopeful movement of people out to the islands. Healthy living, safe neighborhoods and natural surroundings are just some...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 19, 2008
Paying one's respects to the sea god
It's winter on Shiraishi Island, and there's not much to do. So most people spend their time storing up luck for the year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 12, 2008
There's something fishy going on here
When people think of Japan, most of them think of raw fish and sushi. But Japan is much fishier than that. Fish is a part of the national conscience. Deep down, Japanese people are obsessed with fish, which must come from a diet of seafood. After all, you are what you eat.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 5, 2008
Rat research meet chews the issues
Cong-rat-ulations! It's the Year of the Rat. The lowly rodent can look forward to enjoying an entire year of celebrations and "infestivities."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 29, 2007
Time-zoning phenomenon linked to dozers
I finally figured out why Japanese people sleep on the train. They have jet lag. It's not jet lag from jets, but jet lag from trains, caused by crossing time zones on the train.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 22, 2007
Preparing for . . . the Christmas that never comes
You think Christmas celebrations start too early in your country? So that when Christmas finally comes, you've already had enough of it? Where do you think "Season's Greetings" comes from?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 15, 2007
Becoming one with the chair
I am a chair. I am a big, soft comfortable chair, fluffy and overstuffed like the ones that when you sit down in, they swallow you whole. And it did swallow me, which is how I became one with this chair.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 8, 2007
Baby boy body parts and the next big, uh, 'thing'
The Japanese are fascinated with big body parts. Got a big foot? This will throw the Japanese into fits of laughter and exclamations of "Ooki, desu ne?" ("It's big, isn't it?"). The Japanese often refer to their own faces with amusement because they are generally bigger and rounder compared to the smaller...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 1, 2007
Hasta la vista, pink bunny!
This column is for all the Nova teachers out there who have lost their teaching jobs. And should you be packing up to go back home, I wish you all the best of luck.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 24, 2007
Inside and out
On the day of my operation, a nurse who had previously introduced herself to me as "Miyuki of the Nurse" helped me put on a hospital gown and I was then put under anesthesia.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 17, 2007
Hospitals — just no place for prudery
Two weeks ago I would have said that very few people in this world had ever seen my private parts. Now, I can say plenty have — mostly doctors and nurses.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 10, 2007
Bowled over by one very, happy day
If National Toilet Day is not a happy day for you, perhaps you need a new toilet.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 3, 2007
The joys of being 'one with nature'
While the other six people on board were sleeping down in the cabins, I was sleeping outside on the deck under the canopy in the cockpit of the boat. This is my favorite place to sleep because I can see the stars and the moon while being lulled to sleep by the gentle rocking of the boat in the ripples....
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
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.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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.
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.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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