Both Japanese and Western visitors participate in this morning’s service, although the entire ceremony of prayer, guided meditation, chanting, and even the sermon, are in Japanese. Even without understanding a word, the service is gorgeously moving, with gongs and chants and incense swirls transpo...
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (日本国憲法第9条, Nihonkokukenpō dai kyū-jō) is a clause in the national Constitution of Japanoutlawing war as a means to settle international disputes involving the state. ... The article also states that, to accomplish these aims, armed forces with...
The word "shoujo" is literally the Japanese word for "girl." Shoujo series are directed towards young, teenage girls. Still, that does not mean boys or adult women cannot enjoy a good shoujo series! General Content of Shoujo Kimi ni Todoke Shoujo anime will typically feature romance as part...
Think India’s jaggery, Japan’s Kokuto or panela, piloncillo, chancaca and rapadura—just some of the names used in Mexico and Latin American countries. “It’s many names for the same thing,” explains rum expert Peter Holland—in short, cane juice boiled down to an unrefined sugar (...
Sharpe M (2010) When ethnic returnees are defacto guestworkers: What does the introduc- tion of Japanese Nikkeijin (Japanese descendants) mean for Japan's definition of nation- ality, citizenship, and immigration policy? Policy and Society 29: 357-369....
Think India’s jaggery, Japan’s Kokuto or panela, piloncillo, chancaca and rapadura—just some of the names used in Mexico and Latin American countries. “It’s many names for the same thing,” explains rum expert Peter Holland—in short, cane juice boiled down to an unrefined sugar (...