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Using Sex and Humour As Tools for Learning

How do you remember the vast amounts of Japanese? Sex and humour can help! MORE

What kind of girls are they!?

Mashuu is sucking on the bum of a barbie doll. Its legs and arms are sticking out of her mouth. Mashuu and her friend, Akira, are wearing red and black punk clothes and have makeup blackened around their eyes. Why do they and hundreds of other teenage girls flock to Tokyo's post-modern Harajuku district? MORE

Why is it so hard to find an apartment in Tokyo?

Looking for an apartment is never straightforward, but try doing it in Tokyo! My friend, Paul, and I have tried. Oh, god we have tried. The money is bad enough, but the racism we've found along the way speaks for itself. MORE

A refelection of life in suburban Tokyo

Tokyo has got to be the world's most misunderstood city. I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I landed here, with a Japanese-English dictionary tightly gripped in one hand. Seven months later, nothing surprises me. MORE