According to articles in periodicals such as The Japan Times and Tokyo Weekender, both of these books grew out of McNeil’s blog, “locoinyokohama.com,” which focuses on his life in Japan and issues such as racism.
During his review for This Is the One, Daniel Robson of The Japan Times stated that the song is almost x-rated, particularly on the line "During my 9 to 5 / I'm thinking six and nine".
In an interview with The Japan Times, Misia revealed that the inspiration behind "Ginga" was her late grandfather.
Ed Odeven of The Japan Times said that Hamaguchi works for success but does not seek attention despite being in a social media era.
In addition The Japan Times, the Japan Travel Bureau, and many other private organizations used Hepburn instead of Kunrei-shiki.
In 1977, he relocated to Japan and was a journalist for The Japan Times.
His essays and commentaries have appeared in multiple newspapers around the world, including The Denver Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Japan Times.
He remained in Japan for 4 years and worked as a copy editor at The Japan Times, a freelance magazine writer and an expat stand up comic.
Over the last 18 years his continuing column on Asia regularly has appeared in leading newspapers across the globe, including the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, The Straits Times" in Singapore, The Khaleej Times out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, The Japan Times in Tokyo, The Korea Times in South Korea, The Jakarta Post, The Providence Journal and many others.
According to an article in The Japan Times, she has completed two films: Sand and Mini Hawaii and Sun.
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Mark Schilling of The Japan Times described her as "the best comic actress working in Japan today".
Tozen has a number of local unions at different workplaces, including: The Japan Times, Linguaphone, Philippine National Bank, Syndicat des Employés de l’Institut franco-japonais, Lyceé franco-japonais, Sophia University, Gaba, Japan College of Foreign Languages, Shibaura Institute of Technology, and Simul Academy.