All posts tagged "News"

  • What to do when chiropractic treatment goes wrong

    Last week in Australia, a baby’s neck has been broken after a chiropractic manipulation.  In Japan, the increasing number of  chiro treatments gone wrong has sparked public debates.  In an attempt to address public safety, the National...

    • Posted October 8, 2013
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  • New affordable international daycare opens in Aoyama

    Aoyama International Daycare and Learning Center,  a new children’s daycare with a special focus on English education, opens November 1st in the posh Aoyama neighborhood.   Jerry Hanus , who operates Jerry’s Home English, Joy to the World...

    • Posted October 8, 2013
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  • Too much of a good thing

    Just in case you fancy eating someone else’s pancakes rather than your own, yet another pancake store has jumped on the bandwagon, to make the choice all the more harder. This one is  a little different admittedly ...

    • Posted October 6, 2013
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  • Tiger Tiger Burning Bright

    The beginning of the month sees Tiger Copenhagen (Flying Tiger Copenhagen  for  Tokyo purposes), the Danish super cheap and super cheerful discount store with a sense of design, coming to town. We no longer have to travel to...

    • Posted October 6, 2013
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  • Japan not in the top 10 Human Capital Index ranking

    The World Economic Forum, an annual c-level meeting that takes place in Switzerland,  has released the 2013 Human Capital Report with Japan not in the top ten.   The top 10 countries are dominated by the European countries...

    • Posted October 3, 2013
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  • Meet Japan’s 2020 Olympics Venue

    The 49-year old National Stadium of Japan built for the 1964 Olympic Games is scheduled to undergo a total makeover under the skillful hands of London based firm, Zaha Hadid Architects.   The architectural firm beat out 10...

    • Posted September 21, 2013
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  • Community News

    Skype Classrooms Becoming the Norm Japanese language teachers are now reaching out to students who want to take a course but lack the time to commute to school via SKYPE classrooms. One Japanese teacher says, “It’s pretty...

    • Posted August 5, 2013
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  • Angelina Jolie arrives in Tokyo Monday to give a speech on preventing sexual violence

    “Rape is not a woman’s issue, or a humanitarian issue, it is a global issue”. Angelina Jolie, UNHCR special envoy Hollywood mega star and director Angelina Jolie arrives in Tokyo Monday for a special screening of her debut...

    • Posted July 26, 2013
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  • Tommy Lee Jones visits Japan

    Academy award winner Tommy Lee Jones will be visiting Japan next week to promote his latest flick “Emperor”,  scheduled for Japan release on July 27.   Tommy Lee Jones, age 66,  plays Douglas MacArthur in “Emperor”, a ...

    • Posted July 9, 2013
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  • Climbing season starts as Mount Fuji receives UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status

    Every year in July,  Mt Fuji’s climbing season starts with a ceremony.  This year is special as Japan’s symbolic volcano receives the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status. Attending the opening ceremonies at the Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha...

    • Posted July 9, 2013
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  • Ritsumeikaikan Keisho joins Sapporo Colibri Network

    French Ambassador  Christian Masset, accompanied by his wife and the director of the French Alliance Sapporo, signed  the membership of   Ritsumeikan Keisho to the Sapporo Colibri network on June 28, 2013. Under the Cultural Department of...

    • Posted July 9, 2013
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  • Tokyo International Kindercare opens

    A welcome addition to international schools in the Azabu area is the newly opened Tokyo International Kindercare,  a full time pre school and kindergarten located in Higashi Azabu .  Billed as a school offering world-class education yet...

    • Posted May 8, 2013
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  • Bruce Gherbetti story

    The human memory is more fallible than most of us want to believe, yet some things – like the love of a father – can never be forgotten.It had been two years and two weeks to the...

    • Posted November 2, 2011
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  • Bust a move at Halloween Night Fever!

    More fun than fright awaits families at Tokyo's biggest, most fun-filled family event this Halloween, presented by Tokyo Families Magazine and Baby Loves Disco, in cooperation with Kids No Mori.

    • Posted September 28, 2010
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  • Boogie Wonderland

    Get on down with the kids!

    • Posted August 3, 2008
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