Posts

Welcome

Hello, and welcome to my portfolio blog. This is to showcase some of the writing for publications I've done. I don't have digital copies readily available, so I've used photos.

Compilations

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The following are compilations I've written for the AFWJ Journal. It's a private publication so personal information has been obscured. Under the theme 'You', a collection of members' blogs, plus their comments about blogging: In the 'Jobs' issue, I gathered members' reports of their husbands' jobs: For a short while, I collected the links and information shared on our Yahoo group with the wider membership in the Journal: This fun article was accompanied by a blog post with YouTube links! I asked members for 'Six Words' stories here:

Angela Aki Interview

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As part of an issue about talent (edited by me) I interviewed pop star and member's daughter Angela Aki  

Finally, An Official Home in Japan

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A news piece about the legislation change that put foreigners off the separate register and into the Juminhyou with their families.

Nature

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For another issue I edited, with a nature theme. Here's my take on attitudes towards nature in my home country and adopted country.

Religion in Japan and Japanese Religions

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In an issue I edited about religion, an overview of world religions in Japan, and a brief explanation of the two main Japanese religions:

Kamikaze

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A partly imagined, partly historical story of the Mongolian invasion: