I see them every day from my seat in the local Tully’s coffee shop, five minutes before or after 9 a.m. There they go, out of the station and running down the street, dodging pedestrians and cars in their rush to get to work and I’m sure you could see the same thing at any train station in Tokyo. (more…)

GaijinPot.com sponsored Trailwalker 2008, organized by international humanitarian NGO Oxfam Japan, from May 16 to 18 in Kanagawa and Yamanashi Prefectures.

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Japan’s higher education system is undergoing major changes due to oversupply and a falling birthrate, forcing many universities to merge, while others face bankruptcy or are taken over. Universities across the country are making desperate efforts to attract new students as admissions quotas fall. (more…)