Paper cowboy rides out quarantine in hotel Posted June 21, 2021 By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He’d watched a few seasons of The S…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 2 Posted June 13, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Yokoyama chose to conduct this interview entirely in English, saying that he always likes to strike a good balance “inside my head” between Engl…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 1 Posted June 12, 2021 Kaz Yokoyama is one of the shining lights of Japan’s English education world — a self-taught simultaneous interpreter, author and English teacher who has never st…
Views and Visions: Can’t touch this Part 2 Posted June 6, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Of course, the pandemic has shown that handshakes — touching anything with your hands — might be on their way out
Views and Visions: Can’t touch this Part 1 Posted June 5, 2021 Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” Remember handshakes? Before all my classes moved to being online, I taught my Japanese st…
Bundled-up Bernie goes viral in a meme Posted May 31, 2021 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, wrapped up in a winter coat and mittens at the presidential inauguration, is now a fashion icon for looking like he was running …
Police take second bite at 9-year-old crime Posted May 26, 2021 German police say they have solved a 9-year-old burglary after DNA found on a half-eaten piece of sausage matched that of a man who had been detained in France ov…
Fishermen rescue naked fugitive from tree Posted May 4, 2021 Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive whom they found sitting on a tree branch in an Australian crocodile habitat. Cam Faust said Jan. 6 he and fellow recreational fisher…
Interview: Mason becomes binding agent between Japan, UK Part 2 Posted May 2, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Now, as a professional member of the DSWA holding all but the highest qualification in dry stone walling, Kamiya has pe…
Interview: Mason becomes binding agent between Japan, UK Part 1 Posted May 1, 2021 Teruki Kamiya uses his English language skills as a bridge, connecting ishizumi (Japanese stonework) masons and other artisans in his native Japan with t…