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Debito reports on Kouno Taro's proposal to allow children with parents of different nationalities to hold dual citizenship. This is definitely a positive step forward for Japan and international couples!
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I used to think it was my imagination, but after living here for almost 10 years I'm convinced it's true. Tokyo has no spring or fall. This year was a good example. It was still summery only about 2 weeks ago and I could walk around outside in a t-shirt. Now suddenly, the temperature has fallen,
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Photos from a recent trip to the Ushiku Daibutsu.
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Sorry for my lateness! The Kyushu basho is alive and kicking and I've got the low down over at Chirmotsumoreba!
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Kind of a follow up to kame's post on Rikki Kasso's work. This photo essay by Kasso is taken from Magnifisense Magazine and features the young boys who take up sumo as their lifestyle early on.
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People everywhere will tell you that moving to another country for any length of time is one of the most difficult things that someone can do in their life. While this may be true for some people, many others can find the experience to be incredibly enjoyable. That said, regardless of whether someo
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A basic run-down of useful tools for quickly translating and understanding Japanese. The first in a series of how I use technology to hack through learning the Japanese language. Less of a detailed tool review than a map of the landscape, and anecdotes about which tools, after going through a bunch
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Man looses two fingers on the job. Man sues for more compensation. Man is told his complaint is invalid because he signed documents he could not read. Has the law failed him? I'm of the opinion that yes, it has.
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An eye opening article about the journalists interviews with a couple of gold diggers at heartland bar in Roppongi. I phrase it like that because, though it does seem the reporter would suggest it is representative of the whole community there I'd hope that it wasn't and I'm not sure that that g
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I thought this was interesting because I see it all the time. I have also picked up this skill since I have moved to Japan.
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Although the technology's still not exactly cost-effective, this is still a step in the right direction.
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This is a follow up to billywest's submission from 4 days ago, Cardboard box cat.(http://www.japansoc.com/Strange/cardboard-box-cat-japan-probe/) Maru is now bilingual and there's something about him that makes me smile.
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A Youtube clip that is getting a lot of views from Japanese surfers. Link from Reuters. The clip's description: "Japan, where you can be arrested just by walking."
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Ampontan has recovered around a thousand postings from a Tokyo-based English-language site called TWICS. The comments are from 1993-94, a time when most people didn't even know what the internet was! The topic "You know you've been in Japan too long when..." was started by a German member named
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Good point. I used to love living on Yen and watching the dollar drop in value....So, um, how does one find his/her rooms.
And do they come gaijin-size?...That's not very surprising to me. Almost comparable with American society.
This is one of the best...That's precisely what I thought myself, but given that the powers-that-be have zero...This isn't your typical boarding school, though. It's where they send the worst...I'm guessing he only passed the million dollar barrier because the dollar is so...Labor Day. Nov. 24 was Labor Day....What's this? Eating Yakinikku, drinking Asahi Super Dry, and living day to day on...
And do they come gaijin-size?...That's not very surprising to me. Almost comparable with American society.
This is one of the best...That's precisely what I thought myself, but given that the powers-that-be have zero...This isn't your typical boarding school, though. It's where they send the worst...I'm guessing he only passed the million dollar barrier because the dollar is so...Labor Day. Nov. 24 was Labor Day....What's this? Eating Yakinikku, drinking Asahi Super Dry, and living day to day on...