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THROUGH YONSEI EYES: The virtue of goodbye
April 11, 2019 by Nichi Bei Web
Late March and early April are times of great change within the Japanese school system. In March, the students have their graduation ceremonies. They are serious affairs filled with tears and stoicism. It’s difficult to move on from a middle school. READ MORE
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THROUGH YONSEI EYES: Welcome home
January 1, 2019 by Nichi Bei Web
I tried to take in the reality of my circumstances. I had just moved from the metropolitan Bay Area to rural Japan to teach English. I didn’t know any Japanese. I didn’t know anyone in Tottori, the least populated prefecture in the country. I had no Internet and no cell service, which meant I couldn’t… READ MORE
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Students act as bridge to Japan on memorial trip
July 22, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
When a major earthquake and tsunami devastated Northern Japan, claiming thousands of lives and wiping out entire towns, the world watched in horror. In Indiana, Alex Kessler, who had earlier […] READ MORE
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JET alums rally to save group’s funding from chopping block
August 26, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
NEW YORK — More than 40 former Japan Exchange and Teaching Program alumni from across the United States recently holed themselves up in a Manhattan hotel to figure out how […] READ MORE
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‘The Harimaya Bridge’ spans generations, cultures and the Pacific
August 19, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Through most of the film “The Harimaya Bridge,” protagonist Daniel Holder wears a sullen, stone-faced stare, communicating profound distaste for his surroundings. He simmers with hostility while tromping around Japan, […] READ MORE
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‘The Harimaya Bridge’ Tells a Universal Story Characters Come From Different Countries, Races, Generations
April 22, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
In a new movie, “The Harimaya Bridge,” premiering in San Francisco on April 23, an American journeys to Japan, a country he has long resented, to collect some items that […] READ MORE
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FANTASTIC VOYAGE: Japan’s 2009 at a Glance
January 1, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
A new political party in power, another World Baseball Classic title, a Japanese movie winning an Oscar, the yen soaring to the highest yen-to-dollar rate in decades, North Korea continuing […] READ MORE
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