Communicating with the Japanese · 23. January 2011

I came to Japan out of Taiwan for a six month stay, twenty years ago now, and rode the last waves of the economic bubble into the “lost decade” of economic depression. It was a simple and joyful time. Everyone who wanted a job could get one and the “Izakaya” drinking and eating business was booming. I arrived on a Saturday, found a cheap “Gaijin House”, a guest house for foreigners, and got up early on Monday morning to get a copy of the Japan times and the jobs section. I was...