Tag - relationships

 
 

RELATIONSHIPS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 9, 2018
Unclaimed remains accumulating in aging Japan
The smell of mold wafted through the small underground room at a municipal-run cemetery in the city of Saitama in late November, where around 600 unclaimed urns filled the shelves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 8, 2018
Village in Nagano comes up with hunk calendar to help 12 bachelors find mates
Women hoping to find Mr. Right in 2018 should check for dates on the Otoko Goyomi (Men's Calendar) published by the village of Otari in Nagano Prefecture. The calendar showcases a dozen local bachelors who are looking for wives.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jan 7, 2018
More readers' responses to Japan Times Community articles from 2017
A selection of unpublished letters about Community stories from the second half of last year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Dec 31, 2017
Japan's Supreme Court hands down a road map for parental child abductions
The top court's latest ruling suggests judges will find ways to avoid messy Hague Convention returns that Japan lacks the means to enforce anyway.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 18, 2017
In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 3
The last in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the previous year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 2, 2017
Women in Japan too tired to care about dating or searching for a partner
While Japanese society and the media continue to exhort — nay plead — with women to find marriage partners, 60 percent of eligible women say they cannot feel relaxed enough to get interested in renai (love relationships), according to a Yomeishu survey picked up by cocolini jp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 15, 2017
A son echoes his father's questions about identity in Japan
'Russo-Japanese' Chuk Besher spent years researching Japan's multicultural history. Much later, son Noah, 8, had a question: 'What does 'half' mean?'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 25, 2017
Bicultural families in Japan take the educational road less traveled
Parents of international children share their diverse stories from inside and outside Japan's state school system.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 22, 2017
Japan-born American finds freedom in not playing the part
Young man caught between two cultures finds freedom in disregarding the expectations of others, be they Japanese or American.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 8, 2017
A mission to capture the full range of half-Japanese experience — in 192 photos
Tetsuro Miyazaki has the ambitious plan of photographing half-Japanese individuals with one parent from every nation in the world.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 27, 2017
How a love of Japan led me to stop dating its women
A British academic concludes that the only way he can truly enjoy and develop his love for Japan is by excluding his love life from the equation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 23, 2017
U.S. same-sex marriage advocate urges Japan to go beyond municipal certificates
In recent decades, same-sex marriage has become legal in many countries, including the United States, Canada and parts of Europe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 14, 2017
Dividing assets: a thorny issue in divorce cases, whether international or domestic
A reader wrote to Lifelines recently about the subject of dividing property upon divorce.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 8, 2017
The delicate Japanese art of rom-com title translation
With so much at stake, it's no wonder distribution companies pour so much thought into coming up with workable, attractive Japanese titles for their films.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 1, 2017
Three years after Japan signed Hague, parents who abduct still win
Despite winning return orders in court, foreign fathers are treated like offenders.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 26, 2017
Help for those seeking left-behind parents in Japan
Two adult daughters contacted Lifelines hoping to get help with issues related to their fathers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 5, 2017
How many Japanese are a bit of something else?
Even taking 1965 as a false racially pure 'year zero,' mathematics muddies the homogeneity myth.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 29, 2017
For long-distance lovers, apps that make the heart grow fonder
Thanks to technology, your loved one can always be with you, in your pocket — or under your thumb.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 13, 2017
The Japanese and love — more complicated than you think
The Japanese suck at this thing called love, and no amount of Valentine's Day chocolate is going to fix that.

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