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'Japan's Anatolia' becomes a home away from home for Kurds and Turks
Rather than deal with the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, Turkish and Kurdish communities are moving farther afield to come together.
'Japan's Anatolia' becomes a home away from home for Kurds and Turks
Rather than deal with the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, Turkish and Kurdish communities are moving farther afield to come together.
Figuring out the rules at a Japanese community pool can be an ongoing education
If you’re headed for the community pool, be prepared: Japanese pool rules are an ongoing education.
Peacemaking of a different sort in Okinawa
Through therapy and community outreach, counseling service TELL draws on the personal experiences of its clinicians and support workers to help various communities in Okinawa.
Amnesty International Japan wants your help in supporting human rights
Looking to test your knowledge, get out the house and do good for charity? Amnesty's pub quiz nights are back and a fun way to raise funds.
'In Nojiri, I have never felt like a foreigner'
What does it take to make a long-term relationship great in Japan?
Your Ramadan experience may take on new forms when living in Japan
Round 2 at your teaching job: New confidence, new opportunities
Not so easy to fall in love: The app effect on Japan’s international dating scene
A note to people of color interested in living in Japan
When asked about what life is like here for people of color, columnist Baye McNeil summed it up with a story about sitting on a crowded train.
Filling in the cracks: Japan’s shifting perspective on disability employment
Anger, joy and feelings of pride: Tokyo's biggest LGBTQ event returns in full form
Black people of Japan, we need to talk.
'Dear, the war has started': My journey from Ukraine to Japan
Through good times and bad, the community you create will be your lifeline
Should I stay or should I go, now?
The farewell tour: Amid rising costs, a Canadian doctor ends his Japanese music festival
Once dubbed the "patron saint of Japanese indie," Canadian Steven Tanaka is ready to settle down for some "me" time.
Angela Jeffs: The Japan Times columnist who taught us to ‘write the mind alive’
A father pens a message to his son on the climate crisis: ‘I tried my best’
Ojizo Coffee is brewing up a plan to give back to the community
As borders slowly reopen, a familiar question returns: Why did you come to Japan?
Tapping into the wisdom of Japan's small communities
TELL’s Bahasa Indonesia services provide vital support
The My Number card has some real benefits. Is it time you got yours?
Hit with a few scattered glitches recently, the My Number card still proved helpful to our writer when he filed his taxes.
Help wanted: The (sleeper) agent of change
Listen up! Podcasts can help with that perennial resolution to learn Japanese
Things to do before saying 'sayonara' to your life in Japan
Booked, cooked and shook: My experience getting LASIK in Japan
Run for your life — and a sense of community — with these international clubs
Weak yen woes? A strong stomach helps