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OVERHEARD

COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 8, 2015
Inconvenient truth
A man cycles through a red light carrying a baby in a harness and is forced to stop suddenly to avoid a car that is going straight through the intersection.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 1, 2015
Innocence and distraction
Mama-chan, can you wait a bit? You're going too fast.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 25, 2015
What goes around ...
An elderly man travels down a small street on a bike, constantly ringing his bell to let pedestrians know he is coming up behind them.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 18, 2015
Dirty looks
I went into a supermarket unshaven with unkempt hair.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 11, 2015
Breaking bad
Hurry up and eat your noodles before they expand.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 4, 2015
Reality bites
Is this your vehicle?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 27, 2015
Bear essentials
What's the bell for?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 20, 2015
Out of breath
Isn't it bad manners to shorten konnichiwa (hello) when passing someone?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 13, 2015
Hunger games
What do you feel like eating?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 6, 2015
Running to a standstill
Shall we run around this (2.1-km) course three times?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 30, 2015
Unclear on the concept
What's really the difference between Peter Rabbit and Miffy?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 23, 2015
Unclear on the concept
This is a cow's tongue.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 16, 2015
Cutting straight to the chase
'Did you see the instructions on the remote?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 9, 2015
Let's do lunch
I can't talk at the moment; I'm on a train. I can call you in two minutes though. Is it important?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 2, 2015
Leading a dog's life
Dogs never fail — not unless they don't want to do something.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 25, 2015
Slippery when wet
Mom, can I go and play outside in the rain?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 18, 2015
The beer facts
I'm gonna head home and go for a swim. I woke up today with a bit of a beer belly.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 11, 2015
Blowing one's lunch
You know, I think ebi (prawns) have gotten bigger over the past 20 years.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 4, 2015
Demon of the fleeting blossom
The wind is strong tonight. I feel sorry for your grandmother.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 28, 2015
Boyhood
Have you finished yet?
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’
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