Japan Archive
Japan
I have received overwhelmingly critical responses for my article titled “Gaijin Complex”. Apparently many people felt that I was ignorant and didn’t really understand what it was like
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Japan
married 31-year-old marketing executive living in Tokyo told CNBC she would like to have a baby, but the decision is difficult. Like most Japanese women she says it
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Japan is one of the most industrialized countries but has ranked high among the developed countries with the largest gender inequality ratio. Japanese salarymen work very long hours
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Fashion and Trend
Japanese women are obsessed with flawless white skin. You rarely see Japanese women with heavy wrinkles, more than a few heavy pigmentations and all other aging signs. My
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Fashion and Trend
Japanese convenience store When my American friend visited me in Japan, she was really impressed with convenient stores in Japan. Yes! There is nothing special about these stores that
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Fashion and Trend
These are the Japanese words that foreigners consider beautiful. Native Japanese speakers may not necessarily believe that these words are special because they hear that all the time..
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Japan
そこに置いといて Leave it there. もう寝ないと I’d better sleep already. 明日は早く出かけるから、もう寝ないと。 I’d better sleep because I will go out early tomorrow. 試験まであと１ヶ月だ。頑張って勉強しないと。 We have one month until the exam.
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Fashion and Trend
Tokyo, Japan (CNN)-He may be diminutive in stature as he appears under the shadow of the Tokyo Skytree, Japan’s tallest structure at 634 meters. But as he twists
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Japan
もう寝ないと 明日は早く出かけるから、もう寝ないと。 I must go bed now since I will leave early tomorrow. 試験まであと１ヶ月だ。がんばって勉強しないと。 （勉強しなければならない） There is only one month to go before the exam. I must concentrate
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Japan
I traveled Central and Eastern Europe last year and found something interesting during my trip. Of course I was the only person from Japan in the group and
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