Feature
Japan's
mission in Iraq historic |
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Japanese colonels Bansho and Sato meet with Al Khidr City Council
officials |
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| I was sitting in my student dorm room playing
with my computer safe in Holland, when I got a call from a friend
telling me about a job opportunity as an interpreter to the
liaison team between the Dutch and Japanese armed forces in
Iraq. |
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Review
Japanese
un-vegetarianism |
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 Three
years ago I agreed to a twelve-month teaching contract in a
small fishing village nestled deep in the Japanese countryside,
a rare gem in a grossly overpopulated country. |
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| Editor's Notes |
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| It was just over
one year ago, in March, 2003, that the United States launched
a full scale offensive in Iraq. And though the reasons given
for going to war have since shown to be less than convincing,
the fact is there remains a lot of work left to do, if the Iraqi
people are to build a future for themselves. |
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News
Japan slowly
warming up to AdBuster's ideals |
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 "My
hobby is shopping." Many an English conversation teacher
and probably a few other English-speaking foreigners have heard
this phrase in the process of getting to know their Japanese
students and friends. |
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Column
Japan's
culture of fear |
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 Anyone
who moves to Japan soon discovers that the words 'abunai' and
'gochui' are used much more frequently than their English counterparts
'dangerous' and 'caution'. |
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Column
Aftertime |
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 My
male co-worker, who we will call Mr. Guchi, often - and endlessly
- complains that he is exhausted from 'overtime'. Hearing this,
I often am tempted to ask where he is doing this 'overtime',
since he usually leaves the office before I do. |
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Culture
Surveys
speak the mind |
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 After
living here for nearly 6 years, I felt strange when I realized
that Japan is not growing in its acceptance of non-Japanese,
especially those within the country. |
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