After three years of Covid-era masking, some Japanese people feel their facial expressions are a bit rusty. Enter Keiko Kawano, smile instructor.
Tag: Customs, Etiquette and Manners
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I Am Not 80 Yet, but Among These 80-Year-Olds Is Where I Like to Be
In this locker room, the arc of fitness is long.
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Residents’ Right to Be Rude Upheld by Massachusetts Supreme Court
In an age of division, the court ruled that towns could not mandate polite discourse at public meetings. One official called the decision “very dispiriting.”
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Our Granddaughter Is Rude and Ungrateful. What Can We Do?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on failures to acknowledge financial generosity.
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I Send My Brother Cash for Emergencies, but He Spends It on Vacations. Help!
A reader wants to shore up her brother against financial hardships, but she’s unsure how to stipulate what the money is to be used for without coming off as controlling.