Three years ago when we were here, we had only a vague notion of current events from watching Japanese news broadcasts and guessing what the news footage was about.
That has all changed.
Now we watch the U.S. network evening news or listen to NPR each day via the internet. It's a very different experience. In 2007 we felt rather disconnected from the rest of the world while we were here. This time we are really here and also connected to the larger world.
