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Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids

May. 19, 2013 - 06:00AM JST ( 31 )

Mr A, a 59-year-old employee at a trading firm, resides in Saitama Prefecture. He's the not-so-proud father of three sons, the eldest in his 30s and two others in their 20s. His three progeny neither hold jobs, nor do they have romantic interests. While their mom… Read

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Hashimoto's party 'faces extinction,' some media say

Kuchikomi May. 21, 2013 - 06:55AM JST ( 20 Comments )

Silence and politics don’t mix. Politics is speech – perpetual, ceaseless speech. Small wonder if the tongue slips, or if politicians blurt out more than is good for them. The latest casualty is Nippon Ishin… Read

Can Tokyo be transformed into a 24-hour city?

Kuchikomi May. 14, 2013 - 07:00AM JST ( 32 Comments )

On April 15 during a visit to New York, Tokyo Gov Naoki Inose remarked that as a tentative first step to transforming Tokyo into a "24-hour city," he hoped to see round-the-clock bus services between… Read

Women have the knives out for their celebrity sisters

Kuchikomi May. 11, 2013 - 06:56AM JST ( 20 Comments )

“Women,” observed Arthur Schopenhauer, “are by nature enemies.” Who cares what a crusty old 19th-century misogynist philosopher said? Shukan Bunshun (May 2-9), for one. The magazine quotes in a lengthy feature titled “Women Hating Women.”… Read

City's poop patrol making slow progress against negligent dog owners

Kuchikomi May. 07, 2013 - 06:45AM JST ( 52 Comments )

In Izumi Sano City, the municipality adjacent to Kansai International Airport, the streets since last September have been patrolled by pairs of elderly men wearing distinctive yellow jumpers. The lettering on their backs reads, "Hochi-fun… Read

Parents creating stressed-out children

Kuchikomi May. 03, 2013 - 06:50AM JST ( 20 Comments )

“I’m no good, I’m no good.” We all feel that way at times. Bad day at work, bad day at home. Usually we get over it; sometimes we don’t. It’s a stressed life society imposes… Read

National obsession with cleanliness bodes ill for health

Kuchikomi Apr. 30, 2013 - 10:40PM JST ( 47 Comments )

Shincho 45 (May) assembles a special issue of eight articles under the combined title, "Allergic Japan." Tokyo Medical and Dental University professor emeritus Koichiro Fujita leads off with a warning against people's growing propensity toward… Read

Smartphone users who text while they walk becoming a hazard

Kuchikomi Apr. 27, 2013 - 07:00AM JST ( 48 Comments )

On a busy commercial street in Tokyo, Mr A, while about to climb the steps to a train station, staggered as he was struck from behind. He turns and sees a youth, who appears to… Read

Are Tokyo University students cleverer than other people?

Kuchikomi Apr. 24, 2013 - 07:00AM JST ( 102 Comments )

Are Tokyo University (Todai) students cleverer than other people? They ought to be – it is Asia’s top-ranking university – and yet criticism abounds. It churns out good rote learners who do well on tests,… Read

Required or not, English knowledge no guarantee of success

Kuchikomi Apr. 19, 2013 - 06:55AM JST ( 86 Comments )

"Once, I asked a newly hired employee to make a telephone call to an overseas vendor," an unnamed Rakuten executive relates to Shukan Gendai (April 27). "At first their conversation seemed to be going smoothly,… Read

Mama-friendships can be deceptive

Kuchikomi Apr. 15, 2013 - 06:03AM JST ( 108 Comments )

It’s astonishing what goes on beneath the surface. Any surface. If the apparent innocence of “mama-friendships” is deceptive – and it is, claims Josei Seven (April 18) – then probably all innocence is deceptive. What… Read

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Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids

Hashimoto's party 'faces extinction,' some media say

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Parents creating stressed-out children

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