In most countries sleeping at work is not only embarrassing, it might even cost one’s job. But in Japan, sleeping in the office is common and is socially accepted. In fact, it is often seen as a sign of diligence, as in—”the person is so dedicated to their job that they worked ...
In Japan, where successful business men and women have insane work ethics, working late is not only common, but in many places, expected. What is a person to do when he or she doesn’t have time to drive home at night since it’s so late? What if there isn’t enough time to go ...
From Japan's first Nobel laureate for literature, three superb stories exploring the interplay between erotic fantasy and reality in a loner's mind.He was not to do anything in bad taste, the woman of the house warned old Eguchi. He was not to put his finger into the mouth of the ...
Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan — Sleeping devicesays: October 22, 2008 at 11:59 pm […] A Japanese guy has invented a new super-gadget that helps him to announce to the people sitting around him in which station he is planning to get off the train. Thanks to this gadget we wi...
Privacy isn’t usually such a high priority in Japan as it is in the West, so when travelling as a group, whether with friends, family, or work colleagues, everyone sleeps together in one room – even if that means covering the whole floor area with futons. After the sleeping ...
Japan's declining fertility and policy responses At the end of 2006, world population was approximately 6.6 billion persons (US Census Bureau, 2006). Currently the annual rate of growth of world population is about 1.3 percent, considerably lower than the peak value of 2.1 percent in t... N...
This animated feature based on sixHaruki Murakamishort stories comes not, as you might expect, from Japan, but rather from one of the few other countries that can reasonably be said to have an animation industry: France. Writer-director Pierre Földes, whose father Peter is an award-winning...
The age at which infants are weaned from the breast differs across cultures. For example, in one study mothers of multiple countries reported the ideal age for infant weaning. In Japan mothers were ready to terminate exclusive breastfeeding by ten months, whereas in France it was by six ...
Based on cycloplegic auto-refraction (KR-8900, Topcon, Tokyo, Japan) results, spherical equivalent (SE) was computed as sphere plus half cylinder. Myopia was defined SE ≤ − 0.5 dioptres (D); hyperopia was defined as SE ≥ + 0.75D; emmetropia was defined as SE...
This takes up 47 percent of free time in Japan. Turks, on the other hand, spend more than a third of their free time staying with their friends. The survey showed that the difference between work and free time within certain countries is clear. As for Italians, men have nearly 80 ...