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Hate Bad Spelling?
Are you fed up of bad spelling and grammar? Nick Adams is. Here, he gives us an orthographic history lesson, shares some [...]
May 04, 2012
Reading the Sands of Time
by Ian de Stains OBE History, as the British author Alan Bennett famously wrote, “is just one damn thing after another”. No [...]
November 07, 2011
Gaddafi killed: What’s next in Libya?
Tokyo Weekender opinion piece by Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann* In only a few months the world’s longest-serving dictator was ousted from absolute power [...]
October 26, 2011
Mud and Cabbages
by Ian de Stains OBE It was T.S. Eliot who said that, “April is the cruelest month,” but in Japan at any [...]
February 05, 2010
Disney Bedazzled
Disney is by far the king of licensing the world over. And the Japanese reign supreme when it comes to taking an [...]
January 27, 2010
Scratch That!
Japanese women have literally added a whole new dimension to the term ‘nail art.’ I first came across this fantastic phenomenon about [...]
January 13, 2010
Barbie Girl
“I’m a Barbie girl in the Barbie world Life in plastic, it’s fantastic You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, [...]
January 06, 2010
Apocalypse—When?
by Ian de Stains OBE On January 1 we will celebrate the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. I [...]
December 18, 2009
Girls About Town
Welcome to Tokyo in Heels! We are so excited to be starting this blog that we can hardly contain ourselves. But first…introductions. [...]
December 02, 2009
Richie’s Riches
I have been a great admirer of Donald Richie’s work for over 30 years. Anyone who aspires to write about Japan and [...]
November 20, 2009
Big Beach Festival 2012
Hello! Please, I've a big problem! I've payed my E-ticket on E-flye
Hate Bad Spelling?
Dear Mickey, Thank you for your fascinating insight on the history of
Japan Introduces New Immigration Rules
Hi! I would like to ask what should we do we change jobs frequently? I
Nappies for Nannies
omoshirio desu ne!!!!!!!
Hate Bad Spelling?
Nick, spelling is essentially a choice as there are so many regional v