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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 wr ...
featured in the ''
Yomiuri Shimbun The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are ...
''. 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 ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of r ...
'', 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.McKinstry, John and Nakajima, Asak
Jinsei Annai, "Life's Guide: Glimpses of Japan through a Popular Advice Column"
Retrieved May 19, 2015


Representative mentors

* Junko Umihara * Masami Oh'hinata *
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 ...
* Keiko Ochiai * Youko Saisyoh *
Machiko Satonaka is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1964 during her second year of high school with the one-shot ''Pia no Shōzō'' ("Portrait of Pia"). She has since created nearly 500 manga in a variety of genres. Two of her most n ...
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Kiyoshi Shigematsu is a contemporary Japanese writer. He is one of the best-selling authors in Japan, and the major theme of his novels is about family.
* Jakucho Setouchi * Hidenemi Takahashi *
Wahei Tatematsu was a Japanese novelist. He wrote several novels including ''Enrai'' and ''Dogen-Zenji'', about the devout Buddhist who founded the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism in 1227. He was also known for his environmental work. In 1995 he founded the Ashio Green ...
* Tatsurou Dekune * Sachiyo Toi * Shouichirou Nomura * Megumi Hisada *
Masahiko Fujiwara Masahiko Fujiwara ( Japanese: 藤原 正彦 ''Fujiwara Masahiko''; born July 9, 1943, in Shinkyo, Manchukuo) is a Japanese mathematician and writer who is known for his book '' The Dignity of the Nation''. He is a professor emeritus at Ochanomi ...
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Akemi Masuda Akemi Masuda ( ja, 増田 明美; born January 1, 1964) is a retired Japanese people, Japanese female long-distance runner. She competed for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, although she failed to finish the race. Masu ...
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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

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