Shari has been disrupting the placid waters of Japanese life with her western ideas for the last 17 years. She's written textbooks and been a teacher and remains ever vigilant for her own tendency to view the world through the eyes of ethnocentrism.
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Japanese reluctance lets their government closet history, excise it from history books, and run out the clock until the last of the victims have died.
24 forces us to think about many moral questions, in addition to providing nonstop, addictive action and entertainment.
In Japan, a Type A personality isn’t what you'd expect.
Japan finds humor at the expense of westerners.
We should think about the problems unrequited love causes for the beloved, as well as for the lover.
I still can’t completely forgive my parents, despite having sympathy for what led them to being bad parents.
Content creators need to offer the customers something more enticing than getting music for free.
How our phonetics and native language limit our expression.
Can you separate the art from the artist and live up to your ethical ideals?
How to stop arguing over the toilet seat and the housework.