As a native Californian, I’d been raised to be a touchy type. Once in Japan, I realized that YOU JUST DON’T TOUCH. And you draw a very strict line between professional and personal communications, as a female teacher from Kumamoto related in this Kumanichi story, The “# Teacher’s Baton,” an initiative from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, aimed at both publicizing the attractiveness of the profession and drawing lines on appropriate behavior. As she succinctly put it, “If you can’t follow these guidelines, choose another profession.” - William