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When I lived in Japan, I often got asked to do translation work….usually on a Friday.
The usual scenario was somebody in a Japanese company was given the jo…
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Japanese Translation – Before Friday
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Visvesvaraya Technological University, (VTU), is one of the top universities in Karnataka, India. having 144 colleges affiliated to it with under graduate course in 27 disciplines and PG Programme i…
READ MOREDr. Bojiang Yang – Brookings Institution
Dr. Bojiang Yang recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations in North East Asia.
Of the five speakers, Dr. Yang was the most difficult to follow. It had much to do with not…
Hole in One Insurance
How unlucky can you be?
You take a long bent ‘bar’ my wife calls it, otherwise known as a golf club and whack a perfectly innocent little ball filled with dimples. Of course, that smack in…
Micro-mini skirt school uniforms draw perverts
Japanese girls in Shiga prefecture have a reputation for having the shortest skirts..super short…mini…micro mini.
And they love that reputation despite the problems it brings.
Boys make a…
When America Catches a Cold
It is said in Japan that when America catches a cold, Japan sneezes.
What is meant by that, is whenever something is popular in America, it won’t take long before it catches on in Japa or before…
Four Most Popluar Languages Studied in Japanese High Schools Other than English
English is offered in every high school and jr high school in Japan. But some high schools offer other languages as well.
The four most popular languages studied in Japanese high schools other than En…
Japanese Sake
Sake – the SA is pronounced like the so in sod. And the KE is pronounced like the ke in Ken. Not like ‘key’. If you say it right you will already sound cool.
Last year, exports …
