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Recently I was very surprised to hear a story from a foreign friend. He said that «外人 Gaijin» is a discriminating word. I never used this word to discriminate against foreigners, but I learned that the television channels do not use it anymore because it sounds discriminatory. Today I want to say how he thinks …
Who were the bad dictators in World War II, many foreigners think that the Showa emperor was a dictator and decided to start that terrible war, but in reality he was a puppet of the imperial army, and could not decide anything. Besides, the history of the emperors was the history of the puppets. Today …
Do you know the best university in Japan? Japan University? No, it isn’t. The University of Tokyo is the best university in Japan. However, there are not many websites that explain exactly what this university is about and what benefits it has to offer. Today I’m going to talk to you about the benefits of …
Are you in Tokyo but don’t know where you should go for a drink? Are there only tourists in the bar that you go to frequently? If you are in a foreign country, you can’t have as much fun as when you are in your country because of the lack of information. Today I made …
Tokyo is a very safe city and there are many places to have fun like Karaoke, Game Center and museums, but there is also a problem. You can’t easily make Japanese friends. If you are a university student and you are in Japan as an exchange student, your university will prepare the occasions to have …
High schools are like a miniature society, there are people who are cool and people who nobody wants to be with because they are not cool. they are more severe than the adult world because of their immaturity. In Japan the key to being famous and popular is to join a club that is in …
Samurai is a typical Japanese feudal class, they fought with swords and cut off the heads of enemies, all foreigners imagine that they had an Asian face. But there was an African who became a Samurai, he called him Yasuke. Today we study about his history. 500 years ago was the chaotic time, the samurai …
Japanese people works for long hours and have an image that they are very serious. Unfortunately, this can only be an illusion. In fact, many foreigners who come to Japan are surprised at the amount of infidelity among the Japanese. Today, let’s analyze the taboo world of «Infidelity that the Japanese don’t talk about. If …
Japan is a country that has a strict education system to enter universities because of the difficulty of the entrance exams, that’s why many high school students study for many hours. In fact, according to a worldwide survey, the intelligence of Japanese youth is number one in the world. In Tokyo, the capital of Japan …
In my last post I wrote that Japanese children study from the age of 9 in a special school called juku. Their goal is to pass the middle and high school entrance exams to form an elite. By the way, Japanese university students don’t study at all. That’s why the students’ attitude to study is …