Hi all,

I am 三世(sansei). My Japanese grandmother immigrated to the U.S. but maintains her Japanese citizenship. However, my mom never seemed to have gotten her own Japanese citizenship (though she frequently visited Japan and even lived there for a year or two). Is it at all possible for either of us to acquire Japanese citizenship through my grandma? Or do we have to do the same citizenship process as others (5 years of residence)? Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance. ありがとうございます。

A friend of mine who is Japanese says he lost his middle school (which is junior high if I'm correct) yearbook and can't find it. He wonders how can he get it. Despite searching for things like "find my year ook", he seems to not get any satisfaction from any of his searches online. He says he has been frustrated. Anyone got any answers? Thanks.

Please I need some advice, I am contemplating whether or not to quit my shinsotsu job where they are going to make me work swing shifts (days where I would work for up to 12 hours, days where I work night shifts). I work at an American company, as a data center technician. My managers are all Japanese, my colleagues are nice, but I noticed how most my coworkers have stayed in their position for years without being able to change departments because no job openings within the company. I realized I don’t want to work such a schedule as I already have mental health issues, and I even asked my manager if I can just work a normal nine to six, in which he refused very sternly. I want to study for certifications but I feel it’s impossible with such an irregular schedule, but I heard that if I quit a job so early as a shinsotsu I will basically be committing career suicide. I am completely at a loss as to what to do, I’ve been applying to work from home jobs doing it support, but I since it’s a no name company I don’t know if I’m taking a big risk. My mom is ok with me moving back home but I don’t know if I’m being irrational and stupid. I am completely alone I. This new place, I have been having psychosomatic symptoms caused by my stress and anxiety. I don’t know what to do and I feel like my life is already over. I don’t want to ruin my health.

I bought an electric bicycle from AliExpress last year and have been riding it since then. The cycle has both a paddle assist and throttle on the right handle as well. I have never before got in trouble with the police or even got any fines or anything like that before as well. But today while coming back from work, I was riding my bike as usual (using both the throttle and paddle assist), and suddenly cops stopped me and took me in for questioning. They concluded that my bike was equivalent to a gentsuki (small scooter) and that I needed a valid licence to drive it (which I didn’t have). Also, I had no idea that I had to even get a licence for it in the first place as well.. I registered my cycle with the police when I bought it as well (Jitensha bohan touroku) and also got insurance for it as well.. But today at the end they wrote me a red ticket for riding on the pedestrian side and also riding without a licence..

They assured me again and again that as this was the first time, it wouldn’t get prosecuted and I wouldn’t be fined as well. But still, I’m worried shitless if I would be fined or prosecuted for this..

Can anyone confirm or deny this if they have gone through the same situation? They also wrote in the report as I said to them as, “I regret this incident and if I knew that riding it required a licence, I wouldn’t have bought it in the first place.”

Any help would be appreciated.. Thanks a lot.

Hello.I am Japanese and have two children. I'm thinking of accepting homestays because I want to interact with foreign students and tourists. Which site should I register? Is it possible to accept them for a few days only, not for a long period of time? Do international students want to interact with Japanese people?

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I thought this was an interesting story about his family history

I'm really interested to learn more about the Imperial Family, particularly the modern iteration, but outside of the news it's kind of hard to know.

I want to know about the culture, the court, their personalities, their history, the stories from the modern era. How it all works.

Can anyone recommend which books, magazines or websites I could get good information and updates?

(I don't speak Japanese but I am learning, so English preferred but some Japanese recommendations are okay).

Is it 6 months-1 year or older?

I heard that there's a Japanese Barney Dub. But it was lost ever since 2004 I believe. Does anyone have the surface for this Japanese dub of Barney & Friends? Thanks.

Ingrid Fujiko Hemming, known for her rendition of Liszt's "La Campanella" and respectfully referred to as a "late-blooming pianist" who overcame a temporary loss of hearing, died on April 21, her foundation said Thursday. She was 92. Kodonews

I don't understand how those things are so popular with locals in particular. There is only so much keychains you can put in your bag or bracelet, and the toys clutter a lot once you get a few gachapons over the span of months. Even more so to the fact that many japanese apartments are particularly tiny.

Do locals just have a dedicated junk drawer they dump their gachapons in? Or do they do something I don't know of with them like trade them for goods from a third party or something?

I would assume once people buy a few, they stop buying it altogether, but apparently those shops dedicated to only them are very profitable and I don't understand how it is reliable income.

Like do they always feel cold and can’t walk on their own?

I'm going back to my home country soon and want to bring some gifts to my loved ones, i would love some reccomendations. I'm quite close to my uncle, to whom i tought about getting a good japanese fish knife since he loves fishing and cooking, my budget is something around 10.000yen, if you guys can help me i would be grateful