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LIFELINES

COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 18, 2008
Escalator etiquette, TV tours
A couple of replies to the query about why people stand on escalators on the right in Osaka and on the left in Tokyo:
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 23, 2008
Hat headaches, work woes
Alan wants to know where he can get a Panama hat cleaned and blocked.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 19, 2008
Be prepared for the 'Big One'
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 12, 2008
'Gyoza' heaven for carnivores, plus help for hungry vegans
A vegan friend is coming over to visit B, and he's at a loss as to what to feed him.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 29, 2008
Dealing with the fairer sex; getting more from rail passes
Mac has a Japanese girlfriend and sometimes feels completely lost as to what is going on.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 8, 2008
Japanophiles wind up in jam
An interior designer in California is wondering how she can get some fabric — "preferably the Kyoto brocade known as Nishijin-ori" — woven to order in Japan. "I'm working on a house owned by a couple of Japanophiles, and they have very specific ideas for what they want."
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 17, 2008
You say Nebuta, I say Neputa
Undaunted by the current state of the dollar, John and Kate are planning to visit Japan this summer.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 10, 2008
Health cover; donating clothes
Reader TJ writes:
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 20, 2008
Lifelines to the past
We have been receiving inquiries asking for help in finding old contacts, friends and family. Since we are unaware of any organization that specifically handles this kind of request, the best we can do is to print them here. Just send your name and as many details as you can dredge up from the past,...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 13, 2008
Landlords, support, auto advice
Reader BJ is having trouble communicating with his landlord.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 15, 2008
Mr. Mung; being big in Japan
Remembering John Mung Marcia Caron is organizing a book club for her son's elementary school in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 25, 2008
Animals, wives, togs, renovation
Foreign brides Regarding the " 'gaijin' lady thinking of marriage to her Japanese guy" (March 3), LGK is surprised we didn't direct her to the Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese ( www.afwj.org ), which boasts a membership of 500.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 11, 2008
Tying the knot; furry fallout
Cats in Kobe Paul, his wife and children lived for some years in Kobe. They arrived shortly after the devastating earthquake of 1995, before the infrastructure had been rebuilt. Part of the fallout, he writes, was cat colonies living in the local parking lot.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 5, 2008
Retiring Stateside
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 22, 2008
Trouble on two wheels; moving out
Gaijin on a bike! "I have been harassed by the police while riding my bicycle," writes FC. "I happened to get the bike from a friend and it turns out it actually belonged to someone else. The bicycle is very, very old and worthless, but they tracked it down and apparently it was 'stolen.'
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 1, 2008
Getting a cut, breaking a leg
Kumiko wants to know what happened to a hair salon she used to go to near Hiroo Station in Tokyo. It was right by the JR subway station, up a flight of steps.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 11, 2007
Shipping, martial arts, health costs
Heading home HB has been teaching English in Aomori Prefecture for over 20 years and is planning to retire in the U.S.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 27, 2007
Re-entry for PRs; rent-a-gran
New 'Yokoso' measures Robert inquires about the changes that started Nov. 20.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Nov 6, 2007
Big jobs, car clubs
Jobs on the Net David saw an ad on TV that he believes was for jobs in Japan.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 23, 2007
NHK: To pay or not to pay?
Mrs. P has stopped paying her fees to national broadcaster NHK.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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