Here is a simplified recount of what happened in my class when I asked the students what surprised them when they first came to Japan regarding the habits of Japanese people who ride trains. The habits of Japanese people on the train Japanese who sleep on trains When I posed my question, ...
We wanted to get fromShibuya to Ebisu. Look on the map and you’ll see that there’s no direct way to do that with Tokyo Metro. While it would’ve been one stop with JR’s Yamanote Line, we were committed to Tokyo Metro with their 48 hour pass. We looked at the transfers we’d...
In 1946, Soichiro Honda used war surplus engines to build motorized bicycles; in 1948, he established the Honda Motor Co. The postwar reconstruction of Tokyo concentrated on the growth of Yamanote Line “satellite” districts, such as Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro. In 1964, Tokyo hosted the ...
The claps for the accomplishment evoked me someone special whom I was not patient to tell what has happened just now. I am calling my mother. “hello, mother it is me. I have failed in the exam.” “Really?” she chimed in. I could feel nuance of her, however, I just wanted to ...
Sadly, this happened a number of times on my trip. Another largely Japan phenomenon is the Hikikomori, sometimes known as NEETs (an acronym coined in the UK to mean Not in Employment, Education or Training). These are a portion of Japanese youth that have withdrawn from society to such ...
MHLW isable to updatewhat drugs are classified as harmful through ministerial ordinances. The change of the latter can happen quickly and affect laws that may prohibit the use of a drug. This happened with the newly discovered cannabinoid THC-O, which was deemed hazardous andbanned in March ...
inside the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, things were going from bad to worse. The plant had lost power and it was losing the ability to cool its reactors. At that time, it was not clear what was happening—but it was later confirmed that nuclear meltdowns happened in three reacto...
Historians say this happened in 1902, and both men and women used "moshi moshi" after that.One cute story from this era (which may or may not be true): There is a song "usagi to kame" (rabbit and turtle) in Japan. The song starts with the lyrics "moshi moshi kame yo kame san ...
Don’t get me wrong I certainly agree with you rather than Cowen on technology-the idea that all the important tech had happened by 1959 is just a surreal claim. I would tend to agree with you about the post Interenet era as the time ‘After Christ.’ ...