As some of you know, I'm supposed to be in the middle of a tour working at the US Embassy in Moscow right now. Unfortunately, our two governments can't get along, and due to the forced reduction of embassy staff that Russia imposed last year, I'm not going to be able to do that job. So now I'm headed to a new job at the Seventh Fleet staff home-ported in Yokosuka, Japan.
I'm fairly certain the Russian language and cultural training I got will be somewhat less than useful in Japan. Yokosuka is a bit south of Yokohama (I might try to live in that city), and it looks like I'll be in Japan for a few big events like the change of Emperors late this Spring, and maybe the Summer Olympics in 2020, depending on how long my tour lasts.
Any feedback from the LR collective on life in Japan would be great.
Slowguy
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I'm fairly certain the Russian language and cultural training I got will be somewhat less than useful in Japan. Yokosuka is a bit south of Yokohama (I might try to live in that city), and it looks like I'll be in Japan for a few big events like the change of Emperors late this Spring, and maybe the Summer Olympics in 2020, depending on how long my tour lasts.
Any feedback from the LR collective on life in Japan would be great.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)