Losing your language
On April 20, 2006, a long-lost former Japanese army soldier who was stationed on Russia’s Sakhalin island when World War II ended, finally visited his native Iwate Prefecture and was…
Japan’s Gold at Torino
We in Japan finally got something to get excited about at the Torino Winter Olympics. After a long medal drought, Japan finally won a gold medal. Needless to say, it…
Torino Winter Olympics
Japan is having a dry spell at Turin. No medals as of this writing. So far, the most media attention in Japan seems to be focusing on someone who is…