Japan Archive

No jail

Student commits suicide after being beaten by school basketball coach Osaka board of Education officials told a news conference on Tuesday that a 17-year-old high school student committed
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Namako

It is really gross and I actually did not know about sea cucumber until I was in my 4th grade. One day, my aunt was cooking and started
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Read the sky

I have been listening to Dreams Come True’s song titled “Sora o Yomu”, which means “read the skye” and I wanted to share this song with you guys
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Jobs to live

This woman is sleeping on the train. I don’t know if she is an actress for the youtube video, but she certainly looks exhausted from working hard in
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No excuse

Japanese schools have lots rules, which sometimes don’t make any sense, but they have improved over the years. The middle I attended was extremely strict. I had to
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Excuse

When I was studying in Los Angeles, my Japanese friends used to make fun of other American classmates because they are good at making excuses. They always had
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Abenomics defends

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday launched a spirited defence of his “Abenomics” reforms aimed at kickstarting the world third-largest economy, saying the policy blitz had yielded
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Shame culture

I grew up in a shame culture-Japan. Everything was about trying hard not to embarrass your family, your classmates, your coworkers, your employer..it is basically that each citizen
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