BY ERIN SAKAKIBARA (leader of HOPE International Development Agency, Japan’s 2010 Charity Fuji Climb) I am happy to report on the successful completion of the 2010 HOPE International Development Agency Charity Fuji Climb, sponsored by H&R Group. An enthusiastic group of 24 participants and 5 support staff from HOPE and H&R set off from Nagoya [...]
Online BAB members will have seen our new newsletter and email announcement systems, and we’d love your feedback! If you haven’t seen the new systems yet then bear with us as we import our thousands of members … our Twitter feed is up now so you can look out for us at BABBeingABroad, and also [...]
BY GABBI BRADSHAW “You said that at the rate you were going, you would be dead by the time you were 40.” “I said that?” My friend Catherine nods her head over a glass of pinot noir while overlooking the lights of Shibuya and a view of Tokyo Tower. “Well, cheers to that,” I reply. [...]
BY SHANA GRAVES “Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.” —Author Unknown Never has a quote rung so true as this one does today. In a world that’s in the midst of catastrophic oil spills, global warming, and continuing concerns of world hunger and poverty, it’s easy to say “I want to help,” [...]
Name: Leika Hancock Nationality: British Qualifications: BA Hons (2:1) International Business Studies with Japanese Job title: Manager Direct Mail Support Employer: Pieroth Japan KK Salary: ¥450,000 plus bonuses Time in this job: Over four years Job description: Japan was Pieroth’s first overseas venture. During the first years only four different kinds of German wine were [...]
BY KELSEY AGUIRRE When Kate Scott came to Japan, the last thing she was looking for was love. In fact, she wasn’t looking for love at all. “Literally, I came to Japan as an English teacher because honestly it was the fastest, easiest, only visa to get,” Kristen explains, but adds “personally, I came because [...]
I love The Buried Life, a new show on MTV Japan. The show follows four 20-something guys from Canada as they work their way through a list of 100 things to do before they die, including ‘help deliver a baby’ and ‘play basketball with Obama.’ As they attempt to complete each item, they help a [...]
BY TINA BURRETT The legacy of campaigning journalist and human rights activist Matsui Yayori is an inspiration to women both within and beyond her native Japan. Throughout her three decade-long career at the Asahi Shimbun—where in 1987 she became the first woman to serve as bureau chief—Matsui used her sharp and astute writing style to [...]
BY KATIE EARP WITH LUISA HAWKINS Tokyo Fit Mums is a unique concept to Japan—it’s an exercise class that allows you, in fact encourages you, to bring your child! Until very late into my pregnancy I continued to exercise—much to the bemusement and astonishment of my fellow gym goers—quite often I wondered how I would [...]
COMPILED BY DANIELLE TATE-STRATTON Researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK have shown that wearing heels five days a week for two years or more causes the Achilles tendon to thicken and stiffen permanently. Subsequently switching to flat shoes may cause calf muscles, which can be shortened by nearly 15 percent by regularly wearing [...]
