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Lack of Maternity?　母性の欠落？

Bodies of two-year-old boy and three-year-old girl were found in a small condo, which is only fifteen square meters but called one-room-m...
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Jul 31st 2010 00:02 死体遺棄 育児放棄 児童虐待 母性
mikkom

Japanese longevity is suspicious 日本人が長生きというのは怪しいかも

In Tokyo, a 111-year-old elderly man, who was slated to be celebrated for his longevity, turned out to had died thirty years ago. His gr...
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Jul 30th 2010 00:46 長寿 年金 生き仏 ミイラ
mikkom

Japan is the country where the sun is going down.

Japan is located in the easternmost part of Asia in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore it was called "the base of the rising sun&qu...
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Jul 29th 2010 00:35 日本の将来 海外勤務 中国
mikkom

Is Japan generous or only naive?

Our national debt is increasing to almost 200% of GDP. As most creditors are Japanese, it is different story from Greece's financial...
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Jul 28th 2010 11:03 生活保護 子供手当て 増税 国家債務
mikkom

Do you want to live long? 長生きしたい？

The record of average longevity was renewed last year. Japanese women's average life expectancy is now 86.44 years old. The number ...
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Jul 27th 2010 11:24 長寿 健康
mikkom

Hikikomori ひきこもり

The Japanese word, hikikomori, can be translated into English. However, as this phenomenon is unique, the word can be used without modif...
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Jul 26th 2010 12:15 ひきこもり人口 日本の将来
mikkom

Heat wave 熱波

We experience a record heat wave killing around 10 people everyday this year. In Japanese the heat wave is called 熱波 and the extreme hea...
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Jul 25th 2010 10:57 熱波 熱帯夜 猛暑 睡眠
mikkom

English words originates from Japanese 英語になった日本語

If you google 「英語になった日本語」, you can find many words. Well-known ones are sushi, wasabi, ninja, samurai, karaoke, futon and so on. Tycoon...
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Jul 24th 2010 13:06 日本語 英語 単語 語源
mikkom

Have you ever heard a Japanese word, Jigyoshiwake(事業仕分け)?

The word, Jigyoshiwake, has attracted attention recently. Do you know the meaning of the word? The word consists of two words, jikyo(事業...
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Jul 23rd 2010 00:40 日本 政治 言葉 日本語
mikkom

Rakugo落語　sit-down comedy

I went to see Rakugo, Japanese sit-down comedy performed by one person. An airhead is a key part of Rakugo stories. There is a conversa...
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Jul 22nd 2010 22:29
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Why is Hangman so bad? from Japanese news

I read a news about an ELT who used Hangman as an item of teaching. Is it so bad to use Hangman as a teaching item? He is blamed for us...
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Jul 22nd 2010 11:59
mikkom

What would you do if you find big money?

According to Yahoo Japan news, in Fukuoka city a manager of a parking lot found a bag stuffed with money and reported it to police. Amou...
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Jul 09th 2010 22:27
mikkom

Chinese poisoned baby formula 中国の毒入りミルク

Milk powder poisoned with melamine is sold again in China. I can't believe the news. What's the motivation of those compani...
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Jul 09th 2010 16:25 毒入り粉ミルク 企業のモラル
mikkom

USA in Chinese and Japanese

We Japanese have used Chinese characters since they were introduced into Japan in the sixth century. However, as Chinese character is id...
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Jul 04th 2010 12:25 日本語 中国語 国名 漢字
mikkom

The wonder country, China　不思議な国、中国

I'm interesting in China. It is often said that China has a more than 4000 years' history. However, actually it is only 87 year...
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Jul 03rd 2010 16:21 中国 土地所有権 接収 観光ビザ