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The Japan Blog Matsuri is an opportunity for everyone who writes about Japan to share their work with a wider audience. This month's topic is "Christmas", and your entries will be published on the JapanSoc Community Blog on Christmas Eve.
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I just found this tale of Santa being presented nailed to a cross by retailers in Japan after WWII. Somehow I suspect it isn't true - has anyone else heard of this?
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Younger generations, which do not lead lifestyles nearly as healthy as that of their forebears, are actually experiencing a decrease in life expectancy on the island.
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All Your Fingerprints Are Belong To Us!
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Suggests shorter working hours, more time spent at home with family, promotes boost in declining birth rate, seeks remedies for sex "boredom".
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A day in the life of an average salaryman consists of drinking a few cans of coffee, eating gyoza and yakiniku, smoking a few packs of cigarettes and putting down 3 or 4 beers in the evening. Take this guy and multiply him by a couple hundred, and put the whole group in a small box car of a train.
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Why would an English teacher need to take a business trip? That's the first question I would ask upon reading the above title. Has my company gotten so powerful that I'm now flying around the country just to teach?
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Matthew Firestone at Gadling gives us some compelling reasons to visit Kyoto out of season.
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There have been an incredible number of people that claim to be teaching English in Japan, when really they're just here to escape reality. While I don't pretend to take the job with absolute seriousness (it has to be fun, after all), there are some things that people should know before crossing
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Four Waseda students were recently arrested for Marijuana possession. I like a lot of things about Japan, but their drug policy is silly.
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Will the Japanese language disappear under the pressure from globalization and the growth of English as a global lingua franca? A recent book entitled The Fall of the Japanese Language in the Age of English by Japanese author Minae Mizumura has sparked debates on the topic in the Japanese bl
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Survey by a job site: " Can you rely on Japanese subordinates? Please compare Japanese subordinates with those of your nationality..." Read all the questions written by Careercross.com.
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By definition, the Japanese economy, the world's second largest, is now in recession. I often wonder if such things actually hurt the pockets of your average person?
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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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