Tonight marks the beginning of Passover 5778. Donald Trump’s targeted attack on Syria indicates that he understands the import of this timeless story. In mid-2009, a few months into Barack Obama’s presidency, Iran had its Green Revolution, when tens of thousands of brave Iranians took to the streets in Tehran [Read More]
Japan has a new growth industry that would have made the Samurai lose their composure totally…clubs and agencies featuring what amounts to male geishas for lonely women! There are a growing number of wealthy, successful Japanese women that have all but given up on traditional dating and would rather spend [Read More]
One of my friends sent me a joke about care for the elderly. Then I read the news and discovered that, thanks to demographic decline, it’s no joke in Japan. My email and my news reading converged today. In the morning, I discovered a very funny joke in my inbox [Read More]
By Scott Kirwin, cross posted at TheRazor.org Series links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5 This month marks the 20th anniversary of my return to the United States after 5 years spent living abroad, mostly in Kyoto Japan. To mark this anniversary and to explore what I learned [Read More]
By Scott Kirwin, cross-posted at TheRazor.org Series links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5 This month marks the 20th anniversary of my return to the United States after 5 years spent living abroad, mostly in Kyoto Japan. To mark this anniversary and to explore what I learned from [Read More]
By Scott Kirwin, cross posted at TheRazor.org Series links: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 This month marks the 20th anniversary of my return to the United States after 5 years spent living abroad, mostly in Kyoto Japan. To mark this anniversary and to explore what I learned [Read More]
By Scott Kirwin, cross-posted at TheRazor.org Series links: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 This month marks the 20th anniversary of my return to the United States after 5 years spent living abroad, mostly in Kyoto Japan. To mark this anniversary and to explore what I learned from [Read More]
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