Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a male university student in my late teens. I’d like to ask your advice about my father, who is in his late 50s.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"松澤","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_matsuzawa\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325e0323c8a4390e1d081fbf73259343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250302-240873\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250302-240873\/","headline":"My Daughter in 6th Grade Steals Money from Her Older Sister, Lies about It","datePublished":"2025-03-02T11:15:41+09:00","dateModified":"2025-03-02T11:15:41+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female public servant in my 40s, and I’ve discovered that my younger daughter, who is in the sixth grade of elementary school, has stolen money from my eldest daughter, who is in high school.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"松澤","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_matsuzawa\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325e0323c8a4390e1d081fbf73259343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250225-239730\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250225-239730\/","headline":"I Don’t Have the Courage to See My Unconscious Mother-in-Law; Am I Being Heartless?","datePublished":"2025-02-25T13:03:38+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T13:03:38+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ts_friend.jpg","width":800,"height":481},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I’m a civil servant in my late 40’s. Three months ago, my mother-in-law, who is in her 70s, collapsed from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. She underwent emergency surgery but has not yet regained consciousness.<\/p>\r\n

My in-laws’ house is a two-hour drive from our home. It’s a distance that is difficult to travel frequently. My husband makes the trip once a week and, along with his father, has organized his mother’s surgery and hospitalization.<\/p>\r\n

It has been decided that she will be admitted to a facility. But my mother-in-law is still unconscious and has received gastric bypass surgery in the meantime.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250222-239722\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250222-239722\/","headline":"My Husband Doesn’t Talk to Me or Anyone in Our Family","datePublished":"2025-02-22T17:34:08+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-22T17:34:08+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I’m a homemaker in my 50s. I need your advice about my husband, who is a company employee and is around the same age as me. He’s a serious person, but he always has a mobile phone in one hand and an earphone in one ear. He doesn’t talk at all to me or our two children, who are working adults but still live with us.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250216-238513\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250216-238513\/","headline":"I Feel Incomplete After Failing to Conceive a Baby; I Have a Sense of Incompleteness","datePublished":"2025-02-16T17:25:36+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-16T17:25:36+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I’m a company executive in my early 40s. When I was 36, I remarried. My husband was 40 at the time, and it was his first marriage. We underwent advanced fertility treatment, but I was unable to conceive.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250216-238508\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250216-238508\/","headline":"I’m Struggling Because I Feel Hatred Toward My Brother’s Wife","datePublished":"2025-02-16T13:16:55+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-16T13:16:55+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ts_friend.jpg","width":800,"height":481},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I’m a single woman in my 40s and a school employee. I’m struggling because I feel hatred toward my brother’s wife.<\/p>\r\n

My brother got engaged to an older woman after four months of dating, despite objections from the entire family, and married her after living with her for a month. They started dating each other while she was still attached to another man and could not forget about him.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250209-237318\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250209-237318\/","headline":"My Son is Crazy about His Girlfriend, Who is Very Presumptuous","datePublished":"2025-02-09T12:17:52+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-10T11:41:17+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a teacher in my 50s. My son, a graduate student who lives alone, began dating a working woman about a year ago. I liked her when he introduced her to me and my husband.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"松澤","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_matsuzawa\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325e0323c8a4390e1d081fbf73259343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250209-237322\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250209-237322\/","headline":"My Husband's Excessive Attempts to Fight Body Odor are Backfiring","datePublished":"2025-02-09T10:53:31+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-09T17:29:08+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ts_love.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a homemaker in my late 40s. My husband, who is about the same age as me and is a company employee, has always sweat a lot, even when he was young.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"松澤","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_matsuzawa\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325e0323c8a4390e1d081fbf73259343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250202-236125\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250202-236125\/","headline":"I'm Single in My 30s and I Feel Hopeless about the Future","datePublished":"2025-02-02T13:30:04+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-02T13:32:14+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ts_love.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a pharmacist in my late 30s, and I’ve been fully devoted to work since I graduated college.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"松澤","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_matsuzawa\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325e0323c8a4390e1d081fbf73259343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250202-236122\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250202-236122\/","headline":"My Physically Disabled Son's Prospective In-Laws Oppose the Marriage","datePublished":"2025-02-02T13:00:01+09:00","dateModified":"2025-02-02T13:19:11+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my 50s, and I need advice about my second son’s marriage. My son has a physical disability.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"松澤","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_matsuzawa\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325e0323c8a4390e1d081fbf73259343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250126-234739\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250126-234739\/","headline":" I Struggle to Look after My Parents, Take Care of My Husband’s Home-Grown Vegetables; Family Indifferent, Do...","datePublished":"2025-01-26T12:30:59+09:00","dateModified":"2025-01-26T12:30:59+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I’m a woman in my early 60s. I quit my job to look after my parents. My father is almost fully bedridden, and my mother has severe dementia.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250126-234737\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250126-234737\/","headline":"I’m Worried My Children Aren’t Interested in Marriage Because of Me","datePublished":"2025-01-26T12:07:34+09:00","dateModified":"2025-01-26T12:07:34+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I’m a female public servant in my late 50s. My husband and I both worked and have three children, but I did most of the childcare.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250119-233487\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250119-233487\/","headline":"I Worry About My Son Who Dropped Out of School and Has No Job","datePublished":"2025-01-19T12:45:10+09:00","dateModified":"2025-01-19T12:45:10+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I'm a female part-time worker in my mid-50s suffering from an intractable disease. I would like advice about my son, who is in his late 20s and left home 2½ years ago and has not returned since.<\/p>\r\n

My son, who was a cheerful person, suddenly quit his part-time job in the summer of his third year at university and became absorbed in playing games on his smartphone, leading him to stay awake at night and sleep during the day. He also became unable to earn credits at the university.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250119-233483\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250119-233483\/","headline":"My Mother Gets Upset and Holds a Knife Saying She Will Die","datePublished":"2025-01-19T12:01:40+09:00","dateModified":"2025-01-19T12:01:40+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ts_other.jpg","width":800,"height":479},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

I’m a female pharmacist in my early 30s. I would like to ask for advice about my mother, who is in her late 60s and lives with me.<\/p>\r\n

She is usually cheerful and we get along very well. However, she instantly becomes agitated and out of control when she doesn’t like something or has a different opinion from me or my father.<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"桜井","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_sakurai\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b128cd6676a8b2c401fe99f9e23b2b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250112-232279\/"},"url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/features\/troubleshooter\/20250112-232279\/","headline":"I Want My Parents to Pay for My Large Birthmark to be Removed","datePublished":"2025-01-12T11:00:25+09:00","dateModified":"2025-01-12T11:00:25+09:00","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/#organization","name":"The Japan News","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ts_family.jpg","width":800,"height":480},"articleSection":"Troubleshooter","keywords":"(1) 無料記事","description":"

Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female office worker in my 20s and have a large birthmark on my face. As an adult, is it wrong if I want my parents to pay for it to be removed?<\/p>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"松澤","url":"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/author\/eiji_matsuzawa\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/325e0323c8a4390e1d081fbf73259343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}}}]}

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