Category: Japan Living

Courtesy of Fucked Gaijin comes this little tidbit of yet another less than flattering portrait of foreigners in Japan:   The myth that Japan is a homogenous society lost its veracity long ago. With the growth of globalization, the sight of foreigners living and working in Japan is certainly no

Japan elects its youngest woman mayor ever: Japan's youngest-ever female mayor, Naomi Koshi, has vowed to improve the lives of women in the country after winning the election in the city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. The 36-year-old former lawyer and Harvard graduate has revealed that a big inspiration for abandoning

In Japan? Tell the customer very explicitly about your product

As is my custom on August 6-I try to honor the day that life changed forever in Japan, in an event that haunts them still today. Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola

Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo’s flippant governor-easily won re-election last week. Ishihara ran as an independent but was effectively supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito. The Democratic Party of Japan did not field a candidate due to recent poor public approval ratings for Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is

Unlike our so called Arab ” friends”-Japan has stood beside the United States when it was not expdient to do so. Unlike our so called “allies” in the war on terror- Japan has stood with us, when it cost them a lot to do so. Japan is the only place

About what’s going on in Japan. This post will consist primarily of the S.O.’s and other folks messages to me about what they are up to right now. Since most of my friends in Japan are associated with the Navy in Japan-it is of necessity more focused on Japan and

Even the Yakuza is doing their fair share: Organized crime. Police aren’t the only ones on patrol since the earthquake hit. Members of the Yakuza, Japan’s organized crime syndicate, have also been enforcing order. All three major crime groups?the Yamaguchi-gumi, the Sumiyoshi-kai, and the Inagawa-kai?have “compiled squads to patrol the

And not giving it where is it is not due. This video is a great indictment of the foreign media coverage-by all of the US major cable news networks. His points about: 1) The geography are quite pertinent. 2) Life in Tokyo is moving to normal 3) The media has

You can see more information and photos at the following links: Operation Tomodachi Photostream on Flickr The latest on Navy support to Japan (Stars and Stripes) U.S. troops supporting, rather than executing relief missions (Stars and Stripes) U.S. Troops Continue Relief Efforts in Japan (Department of Defense) U.S. Ambassador John