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BlogThe Reason for Wanting to Marry a High-Grade Man
I was once offered a job to edit an ebook on something like “How to marry a man who earns 10 million yen a year”. It was...
BlogBackstrap Weaving and Japanese Old Story
In the mountainous of South East Asia, there are ethnic minorities who only wear items dyed with specific dyes. Because ...
BlogWhy do Japanese people want to be white?
"Why do Japanese want to be white?" My boyfriend asked me at dinner yesterday. He said that there was a session about ra...
Blogging and MarketingWhy do Japanese people call social media “SNS (Social networking service)”?
In Japanese, the term “SNS” is used to describe services such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which are called “soci...
BlogDo you know Emoji is originally Japanese? – There is also “Kaomoji” in Japanese writings
Emojis have been used on mobile phones and more recently on computers as well, but did you know that they originated in ...
Japanese ReadingJapanese Reading: 東京(とうきょう)オリンピック2020 Tokyo Olympics 2020 with Covid-19
The Tokyo Olympics are going on now. It was planned to be held in 2020, but it was postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic...
BlogPeople don’t want to get vaccinated. How does the Japanese government deal with this problem?
Several countries are struggling to encourage people to get vaccinated and Japan is no exception. While the Japanese gov...
BlogTokyo Olympics 2020 with Covid-19
Although I am not a sports fan, I watch some games when they have the Olympics. However, I was against having the Tokyo ...
Blog“Sukiyaki (Japanese title: Ue wo muite arukou - 1962) by Kyu Sakamoto
One of the things that I have missed about Japan after moving outside of Japan in 2003 are Japanese songs. I don’t have ...
BlogI got vaccinated in Quebec, Canada, but when will my parent’s vaccination happen in Japan?
My boyfriend and I went to get our Covid-19 vaccination yesterday. At noon of the day before yesterday, the Quebec gover...
BlogThis is how we flew back to Canada during the Covid-19 pandemic : Self-Isolation Day 2
The Quebec government require travellers returning from outside of Canada to self-isolate for 14 days after their arriva...
BlogThings we can do not to get infected with coronavirus (COVID-19): writing from Japan
I came back to Japan at the end of February to see my family. Since I am a freelance writer, I’m sitting in the lounge o...
BlogCoronavirus (Covid-19) in Japan: what’s happening now
I arrived in Japan on 27th Feb. 2019. I flew from Montreal, Canada, via Chicago, the U.S. The flight from Chicago to Tok...
BlogCan my flight to Japan possibly be cancelled because of coronavirus?
I am going to Japan next week. At one point I had thought about cancelling my flight, but I am now thinking that I will ...
BlogCoronavirus and Racism: Behind the Story
There is something that I didn't write in the previous story. When my mum called me for the second time about coronaviru...
BlogCoronavirus – Should I cancel my flight to Japan this month?
My flight is scheduled for the 26th of February 2020, and I am planning to stay in Japan with my family for three weeks....
BlogUntil what age are Japanese people going to work?
Since my parents live in the Kansai region of Japan, I use the Kansai International Airport or Osaka (Itami) Airport whe...
BlogI had an Abortion in Quebec, Canada — the Difference from Japan
I recently had an abortion in Montreal, Canada. You may wonder why I have to write about this. People are not very open ...