The Earthquake and Beyond: A Japan Journal

2012-03-12

One year ago today I left for school with nothing in my mind except the fact that I had no meetings that day, and was finally going to be able to clean...

2012-01-12

Background: I visited my U.S. family in the Detroit area this past Christmas. My daughters and other relatives traveled to see me, and we had a family...

2011-11-17

Our annual school festival was this past Saturday and Sunday, and as always, it was a lot of hard work, and a lot of fun. Most schools in Japan, from...

2011-11-08

It’s the time of year when I start to think about writing my annual newsletter to send out in December. But somehow this year, I am reluctant. I...

2011-10-23

I wrote the following one year ago this month. *************************** It always starts the same way. We are in the car on some outing and we run...

2011-09-27

When Ike picked me up at the airport after my U.S. trip at the end of August, he had bought a new book. “Look what I’ve been reading,&#82...

2011-09-10

The date was August 30th of this year. I had just spent three weeks in the U.S. visiting family and friends, and was on my way back to Japan. The gate...

2011-06-23

This is going to be the summer that I learn to do without air-conditioning, both at home and at school. Without the nuclear reactors in Fukushima, there...

2011-06-08

My classes began at the end of April and since then I have been quite busy. They’ve given me new duties this year in addition to a full class-load...