… for I will never eat sharkfin soup again. Yesterday I was in Himeji on a business trip. After our meetings, we went to the top of Himeji castle in…

Today I wasn’t allowed to correct the phrase, “for you apploval,” on an official letter because it was “written by someone on the board of directors.” The guy who told…

Because today did not start off so well (I almost got in TWO accidents on the way to work, where I was promptly chastised for not buttoning down the button-down…

Awash in pink sea, Workers in new uniform, Banzai off a cliff. // Explanation: Today the Nihon Keizai Shimbun leaked that my company is laying off 10,000 employees! Can’t help…

And so it shall be. Tomorrow, July 1st, is the beginning of my end. Yes, tomorrow I will be wearing light bluish-gray trousers with elastic waistband, and a short-sleeve pink…

Gatson came by the house last night to install the English version of MS Project, and he told me about our new work uniforms, which we will be issued around…

In today’s interoffice memo, the official English language nomenclature was revealed: CONCENTRETION TIME. This filled me with great joy for some truly inexplicable reason, and I was immediately tempted to…

Wow. Talk about killing the party vibe, dude – the old man ain’t even here today! He wussed out and went on a trip or something, so our protesting stunts…

Maybe I can appeal tomorrow’s Concentration Time by pleading time proactively served by my relatives at Manzanar… I really did try to get work done today, but I was too…

I’ve put up with the various quirks and idiosyncrasies common to westerners working in corporate Japan for quite some time now and I think I’ve done very well, overall. But…

It would be pretty fun to check this out with my brother and sisters: Goonies 20th Anniversary Celebration Combined, we must have watched that movie at least fifty times. Plus,…

Recently, dealing with changes due to the new fiscal year have taken up my time at work, and today was no exception. Into my Inbox flies a matter of great…