Archive for the ‘Japan’ Category

Japanese Translation – Before Friday

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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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Posted by Bill Belew on November 12th, 2010 in Japan | 2 Comments

vtu results at vtu.ac.in

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…

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Posted by Parasshuram on November 3rd, 2010 in Japan | 19 Comments

Dr. 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…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 31st, 2010 in Asia, China, Japan, Korea | 1 Comment

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…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 28th, 2010 in Japan | 4 Comments

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…

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Posted by Bill Belew on October 18th, 2010 in Japan | 1 Comment

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…

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Posted by Bill Belew on September 29th, 2010 in Japan, Japan | 1 Comment

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…

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Posted by Bill Belew on September 23rd, 2010 in China, Japan | 1 Comment

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 …

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Posted by Bill Belew on September 14th, 2010 in Japan | 1 Comment