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Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids

May. 19, 2013 - 06:00AM JST ( 30 )

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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Veteran strap-hanger gives upbeat advice for surviving daily commute

Kuchikomi Apr. 12, 2013 - 07:27AM JST ( 23 Comments )

The first week of April heralded the start of the new fiscal year, which means many salarymen began commuting to new assignments. This obliges their having to relearn the tricks getting to work via public… Read

Spring cleanup - it can be hard to part with some things

Kuchikomi Apr. 07, 2013 - 06:40AM JST ( 8 Comments )

With the arrival of spring, thoughts turn to spring cleanup. As we ponder the prospects of a much-needed spring cleanup, it might be reassuring to know that we are not alone in our efforts to… Read

How to scold employees in this age of power harassment

Kuchikomi Apr. 04, 2013 - 06:05AM JST ( 27 Comments )

You’re a manager, you’ve got a business to run, or you’re a department head with results to produce. You’ve got a subordinate whose mistakes and lack of initiative are a spanner in the works. How… Read

Shibuya's new underground station garners negative reviews

Kuchikomi Mar. 30, 2013 - 06:30AM JST ( 17 Comments )

Buried deep in the bowels of Shibuya is Tokyo's newest rail station, which began service on Saturday, March 16. A weekend was intentionally picked for first two days of operation, so that any bugs could… Read

Never underestimate mountains - but many climbers do

Kuchikomi Mar. 27, 2013 - 06:18AM JST ( 10 Comments )

Mountains are beautiful. Mountain-climbing is fun. That helps explain the current mountain-climbing boom. Professional rescuers see it from a different angle. They’re called in when things go horribly wrong. That happens more often than people… Read

Remember AIDS? It's still a threat

Kuchikomi Mar. 23, 2013 - 06:34AM JST ( 42 Comments )

While people in Japan have been gasping and coughing due to so-called PM 2.5 air pollutants mingled with the yellow dust from mainland Asia, Nikkan Gendai (March 20) serves up a reminder that AIDS, despite… Read

Japanese travelers abroad lack street smarts

Kuchikomi Mar. 18, 2013 - 06:25AM JST ( 61 Comments )

Low-cost air travel has made the exotic familiar, the distant near, the unusual commonplace. To modern Japanese, the overseas world is their oyster. Most know it as well as they know their own domestic back… Read

Raw horsemeat the secret to Nagano's No. 1 longevity?

Kuchikomi Mar. 15, 2013 - 07:00AM JST ( 34 Comments )

Last month, the most recent demographic statistics (for 2010), were released by the government. For both males and females, the longest-lived people in Japan hailed from Nagano Prefecture. For males, Nagano (with average life expectancy… Read

Life after death? Yes, says one doctor

Kuchikomi Mar. 11, 2013 - 06:11AM JST ( 144 Comments )

“Human beings die – that’s certain. But death is not the end of life.” Roll your eyes, skeptics. We’ve heard it before. Spiritualism is as old as humanity, as old as human gullibility. Furthermore, life… Read

Okinawa's off-base housing may suffer infestation of Chinese bugs

Kuchikomi Mar. 08, 2013 - 06:37AM JST ( 35 Comments )

Western media recently identified a nondescript 12-story building in the Pudong district of Shanghai as being the headquarters of a secret unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army engaged in cyberwarfare. The unit, which goes… Read

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Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids

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