is the name of a Japanese
advice column
An advice column is a column in a question and answer format. Typically, a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response.
The responses are w ...
featured in the ''
Yomiuri Shimbun
The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are ''The Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Chunichi Shimbun'', the ''Ma ...
''. The title roughly translates as "A guide for life". It is also translated and run in ''The Japan News'', the English language edition of the Yomiuri, as Troubleshooter.
Origins
It was originally inspired by a similar column in the French newspaper ''
Le Figaro
() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...
'', and featured in the "Fujin Furoku" (Women's supplement) page of the paper. The column was called "Mi No Ue Sodan", or "Personal Discussions." In 1942 amid war shortages the column was discontinued. It was restarted in 1949.
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Jinsei Annai, "Life's Guide: Glimpses of Japan through a Popular Advice Column"
Retrieved May 19, 2015
Representative mentors
* Junko Umihara
* Masami Oh'hinata
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Kazuki Ōmori
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Osaka, Ōmori studied at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and held a license to practice medicine. While in school, he began making films independently, with ''Kuraku naru m ...
* Keiko Ochiai
* Youko Saisyoh
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Machiko Satonaka
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Kiyoshi Shigematsu
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Jakucho Setouchi
* Hidenemi Takahashi
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Wahei Tatematsu
* Tatsurou Dekune
* Sachiyo Toi
* Shouichirou Nomura
* Megumi Hisada
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Masahiko Fujiwara
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Akemi Masuda
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Taku Mayumura
Taku Mayumura ( ''Mayumura Taku'', 20 October 1934 – 3 November 2019) was a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer(ja) Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten, pp.648-649. and haiku poet. He won the Seiun Award for Novel twice. His novel ''Shiseikan'' (, '' ...
References
Advice columns
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