Looking Back

I cared for my mother at home in Japan for 5 years. Here are the two answers I reached about burnout, care managers, and what I regret most.

A retired Japanese factory worker on being told a permanent employee should handle anything, and why weakness is not a flaw but the wrong place.

I am the second son, but I inherited the family house when my older brother married out. A Japanese inheritance story, and what I now want to tell my own son.

My parent died and I did not know where to begin. Here is what I did: I asked the town office to explain every step, and it worked.