The Monday Read
Heat and snow and blossoms, oh my edition Well, the weather remains… interesting. Seems like things are building to a peak in Japan re: our unwelcome guest, and we’ll see more robust government responses going forward. Stay safe everyone, and make sensible plans. We are going to continue our ‘no Covid-19 links’ policy in the […]
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Sunny day edition Well, the weather is wonderful today, and campus is deserted so I am enjoying the little moments. Read an interesting Twitter feed from a submariner about the importance of routine, so I am going to spend the next few days trying to plan my days instead of blindly reacting to things. Hopefully […]
The Monday Read
Overwhelmed edition The stock market is on a ride. Society and work are kind of iffy. The worst thing is the uncertainty: no one has any idea of what is going to happen. Even RetireJapan is not immune: you may have noticed we missed a post last week, as I was just too busy to […]
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So far so good edition Well, into week two of school closures and fingers crossed, it seems things aren’t as bad as they could be. Let’s hope it continues that way! The weather has been pretty miserable though. Quite unusual for Sendai. I feel like I’m back in the UK. This week’s links I am […]
The Monday Read
The stock market is sick edition Well, it’s been an interesting few days on the investing front. This month our family net worth is down about seven million yen from the start of February. As we discussed in last week’s post, this is not a problem. How are you doing? This week’s links We are […]
The Monday Read
Interesting times edition Just cancelled a trip to Europe in April. Mix of work and perhaps an excess of caution. Our venue for the March RetireJapan event is already emailing me with virus fears (participants must wear masks and wash hands, will be turned away if visibly ill, etc.). And today we saw the first […]
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Hayfever or something else edition Well, it’s hayfever season and the Prime Minister just told us to consider not going to school or work if we have cold-like symptoms… great. Personally I was a clever boy this year and went and got my allergy meds in mid-January. Feeling a bit groggy, but otherwise not too […]
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Fukuoka calling Finally (with a little help from our friends) we have the Fukuoka events nailed down. There will be a JALT workshop in Kitakyushu on March 21st, and a RetireJapan Seminar in Fukuoka on March 22nd. After the seminar, we’ll probably hang out a bit and go to lunch. That afternoon we may have […]
The Monday Read
Spring edition Well, it’s a super pleasant 14 degrees today in Sendai… which is insane for February. I hope next year winter goes back to normal, or we won’t be doing any more skiing or snowboarding, at least not locally. This week’s links I approve this message: Advocating a Four Day Work Week for Japan […]
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Bubonic plague edition Well, not only is winter very much not coming, we also have all the fun of a new potential pandemic. I go from thinking it is probably nothing to thinking it might be quite serious to thinking it is probably nothing again. I think we don’t have enough information to know if […]