The Franco-American Flophouse has moved

Sakura, Osaka 2017 As some of you might know last year I did a study on Anglophones in Japan: a survey and over 30 follow-up interviews ...

"[C]ross-border marriage migration is understood as migration that results, at least in part, from a contractual relationship between...

Osaka is flat and I mean FLAT.  It's great for walking or bike riding.  As I mentioned in an earlier post it's hard to get lost if y...

After I published yesterday's post I received an email from a reader who expressed surprise that weightlifting was my preferred sport.  ...

My reading about current events is sporadic.  Some days I do a full pass of the newspapers and websites and some days I'd much rather de...

Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8752705 "He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.  And t...

Oh yes, it's that time again. High school students in France are taking their final exams for their "Bac" ( le baccalauréat ...