Japan’s antiquated penal system is certainly a bone of contention of Amnesty International, who have previously expressed worry not only in the continued use of the d ...
Sal-a-ry-man (サラリーマン) 1) a person whose income is salary-based; a white-collar businessman 2) that un-genki dude on the train, dressed in black, reeking of Chu-hi and low ...
My husband and I was lucky to find this interesting restaurant around our area. We were actually trying to find a cool place to eat, something new, so we ended up going a ...
Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like Jimmy Lee
By Jimmy "The Thunder From Down Under" Lee
I grew up a fan to big boxing names like Ali, Sugay Ray Leonard, Tyson an ...
Japan’s antiquated penal system is certainly a bone of contention of Amnesty International, who have previously expressed worry not only in the continued use of the death penalty but also the treatment of prisoners on death row and prisoners in general population.
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My husband and I was lucky to find this interesting restaurant around our area. We were actually trying to find a cool place to eat, something new, so we ended up going a little further.
We ended up in a really nice area full of restaurants and bars, almost all of th ...
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When confronted with the prospect of moving half-way around the world, it is sometimes hard to know where to begin. Like Cynthia mentioned in her recent article, I had reached that stage where I had furniture I genuinely liked and which wasn't as easy to replace a ...
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In October 2009, during the 121st Session of the International Olympic Committee, a vote was held to determine the Olympic host city for 2016. Tokyo was knocked out in the second round of voting, behind Madrid and, the eventual winners, Rio de Janeiro. The current T ...
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Come join us at CRAWFISH in Akasaka, Saturday June 8th 7:30~
Terry Christian has teamed up with O.G.A for Aid to bring a wonderful night of amazing music for a good cause!
Terry will be bringing along with him other amazing artists like...
Michael & Keiko Fog ...
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MOS Burger (モスバーガ) is a popular Japanese fast food chain that originated in Japan. MOS stands for Mountain Ocean Sun. MOS Burger is famous for their original burger, which is called the MOS Burger.
They are also famous for their unique burgers such as the MOS Rice Bu ...
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Bikes, bicycles, ‘pedal-powered chariots of emancipation’ or however you choose to describe them are, for folks living in Japan, a stable fixture on roads, paths and pretty much anywhere you can imagine.
On a trip to Osaka, I once saw a man cycling through Namba ...
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【Hai Tenshon ハイテンション】
In Japan they often say “high tension” or “the tension is high” to mean elation or excitement. This is a Japanese-made phrase made up of English words.
“Tension” in English means tenseness, anxiety, stress, or voltage, so if you translat ...
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Sal-a-ry-man (サラリーマン) 1) a person whose income is salary-based; a white-collar businessman 2) that un-genki dude on the train, dressed in black, reeking of Chu-hi and low-level distain.
I didn’t know what a salaryman was when I came to Japan, but it didn’t take long ...
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Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1968, mostly as a result of his novel, Snow Country. Called Yukiguni in Japanese, it is the subtly portrayed account of a businessman who visits a hot spring town in winter and his relationships with a popular ge ...
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Never --my cultural guidebook told me-- ask a direct question to a Japanese person. Saying 'no' in such an instance is akin to losing face and they may return a positive answer without actually meaning they agree.
It was undoubtedly supposed to be helpful advice ...
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Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like Jimmy Lee
By Jimmy "The Thunder From Down Under" Lee
I grew up a fan to big boxing names like Ali, Sugay Ray Leonard, Tyson and the rest so when Executive Fight Night 2 come around I was quite excited to actually give it a try ...
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Carrying our vision of Building International Japan, GPlusMedia provides internet platforms for people and businesses to communicate and share across languages and cultures in Japan.
Finding a job or a place to stay, making friends and accessing key services are the universal challenges met by anybody coming to Japan and GaijinPot is here to provide solutions.
Each month over 300,000 people living in Japan visit GaijinPot to shop, read features, find jobs or arrange a place to live.
Attracting 800,000+ monthly readers, JapanToday is the leading English news site about Japan, featuring all the latest news on Japan and the world in entertainment, business, technology, sports and politics. JapanToday publishes original content such as interviews with celebrities and business executives and provides translations of articles from popular Japanese magazines and newspapers.
Ecentral is an online career and networking site in partnership with 12 major foreign Chambers of Commerce in Japan representing more than 2,000 companies. Multinational and domestic companies use Ecentral’s online recruitment technology to find the perfect candidate across a range of industries and professions.
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