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New Year's Day in Japan
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2008 On the first day of this new year, I visited the city's most famous shrine, Meiji Jingu. It is located in the center of Tokyo in a huge forest park. I had to wait for an hour to get to the altar. In the New Year's Week, they set up special big altar for the huge visitors. ... Read more ...
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What is good about living in Tokyo?
I have been living in Tokyo, Japan's capital, world's biggest urban area, for more than 7 years. I feel like I was born and grew up here. Actually I was not born and did not grow up in Tokyo. Where I was born and grew up was a devastated city, where no culture exists. I hate my h... Read more ...
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Japan's crazily advanced gay movement
Can you believe this is happening in our country? Most conservative among advanced nations. The couple is not just lesbians that you can normally see in SOHO in NY or Castro Street in San Francisco. A woman on the left is Ms. Kanako Otsuji, former member of Osaka prefectu... Read more ...
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Suicidal Society, Japan
This week has been suicidal week for Japan. On Monday, minister of Agriculture and Fishery, Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide by hanging himself in the Diet members' residential building. He left several suicide notes including one to the whole nation. He was amid so many scandals. On ... Read more ...
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Waiting to see the cherry blossoms
The above photo was taken this afternoon. Many people are making line to buy a ticket to enter the Shinjuku Garden. One of the famous "Cherry blossoms to see" spots in Tokyo. This is also one of the imperial gardens and well maintained. The admission fee is 200 yen. Around... Read more ...
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Again, Stupid Prime Minister
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is a successor of Junichiro Koizumi, again made an indefensible mistake. Just like Koizumi visited war-criminals graves. He says Japan wouldn't apologize for forcing women into sex slaves for soldiers during World War II. Currently US Congress is... Read more ...
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Blond and blue or green eyes teacher Wanted
According to the Kyodo Press in Japan, English conversation teaching school in Kofu city of Yamanashi Prefecture posted the ad that recruits an English teacher on the bulletin board in public facility managed by Yamanashi International Association . The condition of the applicant was limited to... Read more ...
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Our First Lady's Blog
Does your First Lady, Laura Bush has a blog? Surprisingly our First Lady does have it. Please see this if you can read Japanese. The title of the blog is Akie Abe's Smile Talk. I am neither her fan nor one for her husband, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But I like her blog ver... Read more ...
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Famous Japenese Businessman's scandal
Takafumi Horie, commonly known as Horiemon, enjoyed popularity in the media until last year as a hero of the times. With an unveiling of realities of business operations of Livedoor that he once managed, Horiemon is currently tumbling down the hill thrown in the midst of scandal. While cr... Read more ...
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Japanese media's role in supporting atrocities...
60 years have passed after Japan’s surrender in World War II, the citizens of Japan are able to speak about how much pain and suffering that they experienced as a result of the war, yet we are unable to discuss how much pain and suffering that Japan caused the citizens of other ... Read more ...