jay

I've been in Japan for 14 years now, learned the language, and manage to get by pretty well. I call this an inside outsider's view because that's the reality here. As long as I've been here, as much as I've learned and experienced, I'm still an outsider... and that's fine. That's Japan... a country full of inside outsiders.

Cell Phone Usage Among Kids in Japan

Japanese Culture / jay

Here’s the story that caught my eye today… “Students use mobile phones over an hour a day for e-mail, Net surfing” (Japan Times) Point one: This headline is misleading because it includes elementary school kids. If you looked at the average times mentioned at the bottom, the average for junior and senior high kids is […]

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Sasebo Fitness Club Shooter was NOT a Foreigner

1 Comment / crime in japan / jay

So it’s sad that I have to start off the blog with news like this, but a big part of this blog will be getting to the bottom of some of the big stories in Japan. The real big story is how the media in Japan knee-jerks to reports of a “foreigner” committing crimes. I’ll

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