Wednesday’s Article
Thursday’s Article

Something in Thursday’s caught my attention…

In central Tokyo, 68-year-old Mr Yamada works in a car park. “It’s better to work,” he says. “As long as I have my health, I’ll continue to work - it’s more interesting.”

The cynical part of me thinks that Yamada-san actually doesn’t want to stop working because it will mean he’ll have to spend more time with that wife of his, who he hardly knows anymore having spent all of his working life working stupidly long hours and having practically zero family interaction.
Much less stressful, and easy to maintain the ‘wa’ if he’s out of the way doing some work, even if it’s menial stuff like waving a little stick to guide people into a car park.