Tag Archives: Life

Wasabi Stories vol.237: “Do not Get Stuck to the Definite Shape”

Today’s story-teller is writer Tetsuo Ebato. The story is about ‘how-to’. His story begins with Ebato’s aquaintance who is a business manager saying, “How come there are so many how-tos…

Wasabi Stories vol.235: There Are Various Ways of Looking at Things

Today’s story-teller is adventurer Tatsu Sakamoto who is taking a paid holiday for 4 years and 3 months. He is called ‘a corporate employee adventurer’. It sounds strange, but he…

Wasabi Stories vol.234: There is Someone Who Cares About You

Today’s story-teller is Hanshin Expressway Company president Osamu Tanaka. Tanaka tells a story about his memory he will never forget. Meeting Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electronics (current Panasonic),…

Wasabi Stories vol.232: Many Cases of Problems Come From Feelings

Today’s story-teller is natural life specialist Noriko Sakoh. “Is there anything I can do to eliminate my husband’s ‘kareishu’?”(The old men’s body odor is called ‘kareishu’ in Japanese.) Lately, Sakoh…

Wasabi Stories vol.231: “Humans Can Live Strong”

Today’s story-teller is Hiroshi Sakagami, 74 years old. About 4 years ago, S, who lived upstairs of Sakagami’s office building, wanted to study information science. S was an exchange student…

Wasabi Stories vol.229: “The Proof of a Real Performer is to Give Your Whole Mind”

Today’s story-teller is ukulele player and comic chat artist Shinji Maki, 76 years old. Maki likes painting. Especially he likes painting Mt. Fuji. He was past sixty when he started…

Wasabi Stories vol.227: “Work on Immediate Issue After Completing Other Things”

Today’s story-teller is Tokyo TV’s female announcer Miho Ohashi. She read a book written by a social entrepreneur. Her story is about the book. The book is: “Leaving Microsoft to…

Wasabi Stories vol.223: “Staying Positive is the Best Weapon”

Today’s story-teller is actor Ichiro Zaitsu, 76 years old. Zaitsu was born in a family of a landlord in Kumamoto. The family owned a lot of land but the condition…

Wasabi Stories vol.222: “Make Action to Live”

Today’s story-teller is anonymous person, talking about Chinese writer Yang Yi. In Japan, it is a hay fever season in March and April and there must be a lot of…

Wasabi Stories vol.221: “Find Someone You Can Rely on Other Than Your Parents”

Today’s story-teller is comedian Katsuhiro Higo. Higo is a popular comedian in Japan. His mentioned about child-raising in his story. He is a father of 3 children. His youngest son…

Wasabi Stories vol.220: “Obviative Person Can Encourage You”

Today’s story-teller is writer Reiko Morota again. The episode is from when she was working for a cosmetic company before she became a writer. It was in 1985. Morota was…

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