All posts tagged "In Focus"

  • Tokyo’s Coolest Buggies

    Air Buggy Coco Brake (three-wheel model) This latest  air buggy is designed for 3–5 months old babies up to 3 years old. It’s a 3-wheel model, very light at 9.5 kg  and measures W96cm X D53.5cm X...

    • Posted September 11, 2013
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  • How to travel in Japan with a baby

    The first time we traveled with my daughter, I was nervous. Would she be ok on the train? Would I be able to find places to nurse her discreetly? As it turned out, we traveled around Japan...

    • Posted August 1, 2013
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  • Time

    “Mom, when is dinner?” “Dad, Iʼm tired. When do we arrive?” “Mom, how long does it take to charge my gameʼs battery?” These are questions every parent is familiar with. My son has always shown a keen...

    • Posted July 5, 2013
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  • Tokyo roads: How good a driver are you?

    You know the situation: you’re in the outer lane of the Expressway, going about 110 Km per hour, moving along with a fair bit of traffic.  A foreign car with blacked out windows comes charging up behind...

    • Posted June 18, 2013
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  • Jeremiah D. Welsh Talks Art

    The natural world is an ostensibly simple one. Its beauty, however, is deeply rooted in its complexity. This is the concept that fascinates artist Jeremiah Welsh. A new Tokyo resident, the Connecticut native encapsulates his unique outlook...

    • Posted May 4, 2013
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  • An eye to the future: Will your child find a job when he graduates from college?

    Parents told us that to succeed in life, we must go to school, finish college, and get a good job. Period. That’s the basic idea parents taught children generation after generation.It worked for years until decades later...

    • Posted December 30, 2012
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  • A bamboo bicycle ride: from Lusaka to London

    My clock alarmed at 4:59 in the morning. It was the best time of the day to start rolling from the part of the world where I was in – Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, a city...

    • Posted December 3, 2012
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  • A killing separation

    A Frenchman took his own life because he could not see his children after the divorce with Japanese spouse. The life and career of Arnaud Simon once could have exemplified the excellent relationship between Japan and France....

    • Posted September 30, 2011
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  • Salvatore Cuomo

    When Salvatore Cuomo rolled up his sleeves and came back to Japan to help out his ailing father manage the family business at the age of 18, little did he know that that was to be the...

    • Posted February 28, 2011
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  • Learning special

    The American School in Japan “An ASIJ education. What does it mean?”   An ASIJ education means excellence and meeting our mission of deve-loping compassionate, inquisitive learners, prepared for global responsibility.  We achieve this by offering an...

    • Posted December 27, 2010
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  • The man who launched a thousand chips

      Wally Amos’ recipe to success is simply that of chocolate chip cookies. For over thirty years, the celebrity cookie-maker’s name adorned households across the United States and later in Southeast Asia due to his beloved baked...

    • Posted July 27, 2010
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  • How can I get my kid to be a tarento?

    What is a tarento?  A tarento is similar to the English word "talent",  although the meaning slightly differs here in Japan in terms of what it takes to be one.  Get the picture?       If...

    • Posted May 28, 2010
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  • The time of revelation

    Benjamin Creme has been telling the world that the great teacher known as Christ, Maitreya, Buddha, Khrishna, Imam, Mahdi, Messiah, World Teacher is coming. Only a totally new approach to the economy and the Earth will...

    • Posted April 29, 2010
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  • The pursuit of hap-pie-ness

    I have wondered if it is possible to do an A to Z of restaurant visits in Tokyo, starting with Austria and ending with Zaire.  My family and I have done quite a lot of the alphabet...

    • Posted March 29, 2010
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  • The art of Feng Shui

    The 20th century brought about the explosion of material richness, convenience, and comfort. Excessive materialism created a need for spirituality and culture. In the new millennium, people crave for spiritual “medicine”. This has already manifested itself in...

    • Posted January 31, 2010
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  • The new stone age

    Look around the streets of Tokyo and you will see an abundance of gemstone stores offering semiprecious and precious stones. These beautiful colored stones offer the promise of enhancing our lives simply by wearing them close to...

    • Posted June 29, 2009
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  • Getting to know Zac

    World-renowned celebrity Zac Efron, widely known from his performances in 2006’s High School Musical and 2007’s Hairspray, is loved by millions of children, teens and young adults alike. Though he has many fans and co-workers, Efron keeps...

    • Posted May 30, 2009
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  • Meeting with Benjamin Creme

    Benjamin Creme is an artist, author and chief editor of Share International, a monthly magazine which has subscribers in over 75 countries and translated into many languages including Japanese. He has been preparing the world for over...

    • Posted April 29, 2009
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  • Pachinko, millionaires, and more

    Min Jin Lee is an acclaimed author from New York City.  Her debut novel, FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES, won numerous critical appraisals, from the New York Times book review to USA Today.  She moved to Tokyo last...

    • Posted November 4, 2008
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  • Fun with topless beauties!

    Occasionally, I meet ex-pat parents in Tokyo and Yokohama who tell me that this column is not relevant to them because they haven’t got a parking space. Accordingly, I think it only fair to devote this month’s...

    • Posted October 1, 2008
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  • The Hot Hatch: VW Polo GTI

    A WHOLE LOT OF VROOM!Powerful and dynamic, the GTI legend lives on in the Polo due to its  sprinting capabilities, dynamic torque supply, impressive top speed and exciting driving experience. The Polo GTI has a top speed...

    • Posted August 27, 2008
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  • Mom Mobile: Peugeot 1007

    In the decade or so since women began taking over automotive design studios in Detroit and Turin, new cars have sprouted hooks for shopping bags, pockets for sunglasses and make up, and vanity mirrors incorporated into the...

    • Posted August 3, 2008
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  • Big in Japan

    Delica D:5

    • Posted June 30, 2008
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  • Elliott talks health

    Diabetes is on the rise. Did you know that as of 2006, there are over 18.7 million diabetic people in Japan? That's about a 15% increase in four years, and the numbers are even higher in other...

    • Posted June 30, 2008
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  • Rally rivals

    Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X vs Subaru Impreza STI

    • Posted June 1, 2008
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  • An idol mind

    Sanjaya visited Osaka this March. TF were there to pick his brain.

    • Posted April 30, 2008
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  • 500 + One

    The rematch of 2 legends

    • Posted April 30, 2008
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  • Wheeling out an epic

    In May 2005, Leigh Norrie left his house and went on a bike ride… to the rest of Japan.  After a lonely and grueling six months, he’d pedaled 10,000 kilometers through every prefecture, all 41, north to...

    • Posted April 4, 2008
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  • Be a true pen-pal

    Before the advent of the Playstation and Wii, Santa had children overjoyed with just a bike, a book, and a Christmas stocking. Somewhere between a tangerine and a walnut, you might have been lucky enough to pull...

    • Posted April 4, 2008
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  • Sibling Rivalry

    We put two Honda SUVs to the test, pitting the funky Element against the versatile Crossroad.

    • Posted March 6, 2008
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