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Should anyone be fooled
Should anyone be fooled into thinking that I am an IT expert (as described in a recent article about DigitalEve Japan in the Daily Yomiuri, Bringing Women into IT), think again. I can’t program my way out of a paper bag. Even simple tasks confound me. I just tried to change a font in a…
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Today is Health Sports
Today is Health Sports Day, a national holiday to commemorate the opening of the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Those Olympic games put Japan back on the world stage after WWII and the government made a big splash to show off. A huge amount of city planning and construction took place beforehand: the city highway system,…
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I never thought I’d
I never thought I’d see the day when all of the computers in my house were in active use. But yesterday, a team of four volunteer translators (Reiko, Kaori, Shino, & Nagusa) came over to work on the DigitalEve Japan website and every computer that could be used was. I pressed two of my old…
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Yesterday, my art was
Yesterday, my art was not neglected. Erin, who designed the graphics and layout for DigitalEve Japan’s new website, came over to visit after an extended holiday in Greece. She and I fell into our designing habits and played together for six hours reworking the front page of the DEJ site so that it better matches…
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“If you neglect your
“If you neglect your art for one day, it will neglect you for two” is a Chinese proverb that’s been dogging me. A shopping trip with a friend turned into an exploration of galleries in Yanaka an old-fashioned neighborhood in Taito-ku. By accident and good fortune we met Jim Hathaway who paints sumi-e, traditional Japanese…
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Whump. pause. Whump. pause.
Whump. pause. Whump. pause. Whump. Godzilla is romping through our neighborhood this morning. When I was making coffee at 8:10 this morning, a woman outside the house signaled an unseen companion “5-5-5-5” with a flash of her hands. The thumping began 20 minutes later. Emergency vehicle sirens started screaming down the main thoroughfare about 15…
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Tokyo Transportation Series Well-marked
Tokyo Transportation Series Well-marked intersection in Bunkyo-ku4:12 pm
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In the days immediately
In the days immediately after September 11th, the local news reported that quantities (varying from 6 to 29) of people with links to bin Laden slipped through Immigration and entered Japan. Since then, there’s been no news of them. In Germany and the UK there are reports of detentions, questionings, and arrests of suspects or…
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What’s your poison? Today
What’s your poison? Today could be your day. October 1st is Coffee Day, and it’s Sake Day, too. The national associations of these two beverages claim this day to celebrate their products. On Coffee Day I’m enjoying a steaming mug of coffee made with Doutor espresso beans. These beans make bad espresso, but good strong…
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If you are ever
If you are ever in the business of setting up a non-profit organization in Japan, here are four ways to do it: Apply to become an NPO. This is the legal, formal way of going about it. You petition the appropriate government ministry and after about a year, they give you a retiring executive who…
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