Japan wants to be global. But schoolchildren who have gone abroad and returned — known as “kikokushijo” — face stereotypes, scorn or even rejection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/02/02/voices/kikokushijo-returnee-social-stereotypes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #kikokushijo #schools #education
Mind the culture gap — America’s Amtrak trains may be slow, but they have something the shinkansen does not. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/01/19/voices/shinkansen-versus-amtrak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #rail #bullettrains #shinkansen #expats
Following her first encounter with “Christmas cake” in 1975, an American writer began to establish her own holiday traditions and menus by blending cultures and communities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/22/voices/christmas-new-years-meals-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #expats #christmas #oshogatsu #newyear #rurallife
Thousands of miles from home, Indonesians in Japan are finding solidarity through art and activism to call for social and political reforms in their homeland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/11/01/voices/indonesia-protest-diaspora/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #expats #indonesia #jakarta #hiroshima #protests
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Tawny Platis on 65 years of female robotic voices in movies and TV
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Twelve years after reading about an ancient weapon in “The Tale of the Heike,” an American in Tokyo learns the ins and outs of the Japanese polearm at a community dojo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/10/27/voices/naginata-dojo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #naginata #weapons #kitaward #expats
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese craftwork became a lifeline for a New Yorker as she contemplated a major move with her husband. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/10/13/voices/sashiko-embroidery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #sashiko #craft #japanesecrafts #expats #kyoto
The early bird gets the worm: how a student in Sendai found connection and renewal thanks to Japan’s famed calisthenics routine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/09/15/voices/rajio-taiso-sendai-calisthenics-intergenerational/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #sendai#miyagiprefecture #expats #rajiotaiso #elderly #aging