Two years ago, in 2019, I made 10 round trips from the United States to Japan and back. In January and February of 2020, I went twice. Yet in the 22 months since then, I have not crossed the Pacific even once.For me, there is always Zoom. I have done seminars, and graduations, and even "bonenkai" year-end parties that way. Webinars are not quite the same as meeting face to face, but they do help me to preserve existing friendships.My Japanese colleagues and I remember our associations from before COVID-19 began disrupting our lives. And nine years of having lived in Japan make the sights an…READ FULL ARTICLE
