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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 2, 2006
In earthquakes, avoid bending machines
I was recently asked to edit an emergency evacuation manual for Kasaoka City Hall. "Don't worry," they told me, "we've already translated it into English. All you have to do is edit it." Right.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 26, 2006
'Sagi' -- a major interruption of 'wa'
"I was so surprised!" said the policeman, sipping on a Mooey Blue Hawiian at the Moooo! Bar. He's on duty. "I've never been called on my cell phone before for an emergency."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 19, 2006
Bon stories: fire heads and stuffed turtles
"Ne, ne, Amy-chan . . ." Kio-chan is calling to me from across the Moooo! Bar. "Man-chan wa ne . . ." he starts to tell me a story about his best friend, 80-year-old Man-chan, who is sitting next to him. The only thing he likes more than Man-chan is telling stories about him. "You should see Man-chan's...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 12, 2006
Bon -- the spirit of ancestor worship
The Bon holiday is here, when everyone returns to their hometown to visit family and pay homage to their ancestors. It's a built-in way of forcing your grown children to come back to visit you, even if you're dead.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 5, 2006
Paving over the Kyoto Protocol realities
The Kyoto Protocol aimed to slow down global warming, but I have a better way of dealing with global warming in Japan. It requires each person to walk outside of their house with a jackhammer and remove a 1-meter slab of concrete.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 29, 2006
The secret to stomping the rainy season
It has been a long rainy season, with destruction from landslides and floods. But we don't worry about those things on the island. Because living on an island, we're used to having lots of water around. Thirty cm of rain here is just another drop of water in the sea.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 22, 2006
All aboard! -- Jump on the super express train to English
The other day, a Japanese man came up to me in Starbucks and said, "Could you help me with this word?"
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 15, 2006
Zidane -- a bit of the old cow
Many people have been left perplexed by the performance of French soccer player Zinedine Zidane in the 110th minute of the World Cup final. Provoked by Italian Marco Materazzi, Zidane turned around and head butted the Italian so hard, he knocked him down.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 8, 2006
On the train, the English teacher is 'out'
I often hear foreigners complain that Japanese people will not sit next to them on the train. The perception is that this is some form of discrimination, or perhaps more simply, that we just plain smell bad. Or maybe foreigners feel this is a form of ostracizing, leaving them feel all alone.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jul 1, 2006
Fighting against Japan's colonial powers
It's just after dark and you hear a rumble coming from above. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a North Korean missile! Well, close. You see a large black cloud in the distance and it seems to be moving your way. It IS moving your way -- and it's aimed right at you! Anyone who has lived through a rainy...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 24, 2006
Geta fliers and Bo(y) Derek on a jet ski
The Moooo! Bar season has started on Shiraishi Island and I have to admit that I am a little disappointed. Now into our third season, not one cow has come to the Moooo! Bar, even though I advertise that cows drink for free.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 17, 2006
World Cup spirit runneth over
Zzzzzzzzzz. Eh? Oh, it's Saturday morning? Time for Japan Lite? Sorry for the drowsiness, but if you've been watching the World Cup soccer on TV, you'll understand. All the games are on at night here. I usually go to sleep after the 10 p.m. game and wake up for the 4 a.m. game.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 10, 2006
Being one with nature is ducky
The other morning I noticed some marine ducks out in the port quacking away. "Ohayo!" I yelled to them from my window. They looked at me and, much to my surprise, started swimming in my direction. Figuring they must be hungry, I went out and served them a slice of bread. And this is how I inadvertently...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 3, 2006
Be Japanese -- love the whole firework
The first time I was ever asked to go see a fireworks display with someone I said, "Sure, why not?" I obviously did not exude enough enthusiasm. Fireworks are such a big deal in Japan they warrant festivals where young women don summer kimono and eat from food stalls on the street among thousands of...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 27, 2006
It takes a farm village to raise a 'gaijin'
Kazu-chan arrived in my "genkan," saying, "I am planting sweet potatoes, would you like to come along?"
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 20, 2006
It's a dog's life and I wan it!
The last time I went home to the U.S., my parents told me sternly over the telephone: "This time when you come home, bury your dog. He's been on that shelf in the garage for years now." And they were right. My dog, Dammit, had died while I was in Japan, and the few times I went home, I was either too...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 13, 2006
The Japan Lite reader shrine
Dear Amy: Every time I read you I get more sentimental for the land of my birth. I was born in Yokohama Japan, of British parents in 1920, and was evacuated just prior to Pearl Harbor, 1941. Thank you so much for all the pleasure you have given me over the years I have been reading you. I [went] back...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 29, 2006
Purification process is painful
I'm pretty sure Shiraishi Island was once inhabited by giants. When you look at all the boulders perched in precarious spots around the island, and piled up in certain formations, you would swear someone was saving them for ammunition.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 22, 2006
Enjoying life to the fullest during cherry-blossom viewing time
Imagine an entire old folks home on sake. That's what living on this island has been like ever since the cherry blossoms opened up. The first cherry-blossom viewing started last Sunday and the party hasn't stopped.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 15, 2006
More than just a fair-weather friend
I've finally figured out why there are over 2.6 million beverage vending machines in Japan -- companionship.
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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