In Japan, deferring your happiness in order to work hard is a common choice, but seniors show that it can backfire.
Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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One of the biggest stars of the e-sports world once again creates smiles while suffering heartbreaking defeat.
If you want to visit the Nagoya amusement park on a Tuesday or Wednesday, you’d better go soon.
Suntory plans to install non-alcoholic beer vending machines in Japanese offices for workers who could use a drink while on the job.
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If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we have robots deliver our sushi? Oh, wait, apparently we can do that too.
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