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I often feel like Tokyo is abnormal !?

When I was working in Osaka, I'd find businesses there difficult. I'd realize that compared with Tokyo, Osaka was just local desp...
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Dec 28th 2011 03:00 japan situation
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Christmas is when people make greeting cards for the new year !?

In Japan, there are no national holidays for Christmas. However, the 23rd of December is a national holiday because of the emperor's ...
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Dec 22nd 2011 02:23 japan situation
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I enjoy Christmas lighting in town, but it reminds me of our serious problem.

As I talked last year here, in Japan, Christmas is highly commercialized. A lot of people see Christmas as an event just for Children and...
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Dec 21st 2011 01:58 japan situation
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New big issues related to radioactive contamination have emerged in the Tokyo area.

A few days ago, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan declared an end to the most critical phase of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi nu...
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Dec 19th 2011 01:19 japan situation
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Bacon-wrapped asparagus men ! Stuffed cabbage men ! Herbivorous men! Carnivorous men!

Have you heard of the Japanese phrase "草食系男子/soushoku-kei-danshi (herbivorous men) " ? The coined phrase became very popular a ...
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Dec 15th 2011 01:48 japan situation
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It's been nine months since that day. Are people becoming desensitized to the serious situation?

I'm determined to remember what I thought about in March on the eleventh of every month, although I know that human beings have an ab...
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Dec 12th 2011 03:15 japan situation
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The top 10 words describing the Japan of 2011--Final

Today, I can finally finish talking about the top 10 winners of the buzzwords and new words of the 2011 contest. If you are interested in...
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Dec 10th 2011 02:31 japan situation
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The top 10 words describing the Japan of 2011--Part 3: Everybody knows that phrase.  

Today, I'll continue to talk about the top 10 winners of the buzzwords and new words of the 2011 contest. I'll explain about one ...
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Dec 07th 2011 02:46 japan situation
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The top 10 words describing the Japan of 2011--Part 2: We cannot describe the Japan of 2011 without that event.

The day before yesterday, the top 10 winners of the buzzwords and new words of the 2011 contest was announced. In the last entry, I talke...
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Dec 03rd 2011 02:05 japan situation
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The top 10 words describing the Japan of 2011, Part 1 --Can Japanese women make a breakthrough?

Every year around this time, the top 10 winners of the buzzwords and new words of the year contest are announced. When the result is anno...
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Dec 02nd 2011 03:41 japan situation