Business Shaping Your Days: The “Reason for Being” in Action
Introduction When I first moved to Okinawa with my family, I didn’t really understand why people often talked aboutikiga...
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Business Business Deconstructing the “Shoulds”
Introduction When I first moved to Japan as a homemaker, I was struck by how often the word“should”seemed to guide daily...
Business “Beyond the Savings Account: Discovering Unexpected Joys in Japan’s Daily Life Amidst Economic Shifts”
When the Numbers Don’t Add Up, but Life Still Does I still remember the first time I sat in front of my online banking a...
Business “My Career’s Detour: The Unexpected Crossroads of Love, Work & Japanese Society”
When My Career Map Got Redrawn If you had asked me at 22 what my life would look like at 35, I would have given you a ve...
Business The Unspoken Choice: Why ‘Just Married’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Just Home’ in Japan
Introduction When I got married, my relatives congratulated me with warm smiles and a phrase I heard more times than I c...
Business From Homefront to Trailblazer: Redefining Careers for Japanese Women
From Bento Boxes to Bold Moves: Why I Started This Conversation If you asked me a few years ago what my “career” was, I ...
Business The Kitchen Economist: Reading Japan’s Economy Through Everyday Life
Where Economics Meets the Grocery Aisle Every Friday morning, I grab my eco-bag, slip on my sneakers, and head to the lo...
Business Tradition vs. Transition: Living Inside Japan’s Social Tug-of-War
Introduction I didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a culture commentator. I was just a regular Japanese girl, raised in...
Business “Designing Work That Works for Moms: How I Rebuilt My Career After Kids — One Nap at a Time”
The Quiet Revolution on My Kitchen Table If you looked at my resume, you might think I took a long break from “real” wor...
Business 🌿 Designing Work That Works for Moms:Flexibility, Freelancing, and Reclaiming Control
Why the Old Model Doesn’t Work Anymore It happened sometime between the second round of dishes and the fourth load of la...