Maintaining Your Sanity in Japan

For the last 6 weeks, I’ve been covering the various ups and downs of getting a job in Japan, taking people through the resume, interview process and beyond, until finally covering some of the basics of maintaining your job for the long haul. Beyond the job, Japan can be a taxing place for the mind. [...]

Maki Will Kick Your Ass if You Don’t Help Save Her

I’m flipping through channels on a rainy Saturday night, hoping to find anything beyond the usual array of vapid Japanese variety shows with people eating overexaggeratedly delicious food. I begin venturing off into those far-down-the-line channels that nearly always remain unchecked… I’m nearly asleep in my bored desperation, but churning through the channels like a half-asleep zombie [...]