All posts by Mary Beth Horiai

  • Educating today’s kids: what’s on offer?

    There are many factors as well as diverse choices to consider where best to send children to school in Japan. Japanese schools and International schools both offer advantages.

    • Posted December 30, 2011
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  • Monkey see, monkey do

      Since the advent of text messaging, I have had many conversations with my daughters while they were only half listening, half present. They could send and receive a text, check their e-mails, and scroll through Facebook,...

    • Posted December 1, 2011
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  • “No marriage is perfect and anyone who tells you so is lying.” Mary Beth

    Interracial marriages between Japanese and outsiders have existed for hundreds of years. The numbers are admittedly less and harder to quantify. It is known however, that many of these marriages do not last.

    • Posted November 2, 2011
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