Every time I come to Japan, I put on weight. Every time other people come to Japan, they magically lose weight. Why is that? Japan has a...

For Halloween this year, I dressed up as a blue alien. Jumpsuit, funky shoes, LED antenna headband, the works. Even painted my face blue...

For the longest time - THE longest time - I thought that a 'rirekisho' (履歴書) was the Japanese version of a CV/resume. Simple. Obviously,...

The other day, on my way out of a temple, I was stopped by a man in Lycra. For a second, I thought I was about to be coerced into a new...

A quick confession (quick compared to how long some of my other blog posts can get, anyway). I've had a few copywriting jobs in my time...

Most of the time, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) gets associated with the winter months. Cold, dreary days with less sunlight have a...

I've been having trouble making myself understood recently. No, the Japanese language study is going well. Thanks for asking. (I assume...

"Spending all day staring at your computer screen must really hurt your eyes." For some reason, I get this a lot. It's probably because I...

I stopped growing quite early on. I was a premature baby, and the doctors were convinced that I would keep on growing after everybody...

There are lots of different kinds of writers. You've got your copywriters, content writers, social media writers, authors, screenwriters,...

Translating common phrases from Japanese can sometimes be confusing, especially the idioms. Not everything works as well (or directly) in...

You might've seen the articles posted on Twitter or LinkedIn over the last few months (or years...) on how to make it as a freelance...