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From The CJGuide: Kanji Flashcards--White Rabbit Press
There was lots of swearing, crumbled cards and endless rants about why a single nation needs four alphabets involved.
Japanese Kanji Flashcards from White Rabbit Press are among the best Japanese study materials available on the market. Learn more about it here. Loose Ends IssueSecond Impressions Are A Bitch
Shinzo Abe’s tenure as Prime Minister began with some surprising successes.
Less than a month later things began to fall apart. Learn more about it here. Ministry of Bungled Affairs
Of all Prime Minister Abe’s embarrassing problems, the Agriculture Ministry has been a particular embarrassment.
Learn more about it here. The Best Education Money Can Got
80,000 students at 461 high schools in 46 of Japan’s 47 prefectures were not eligible to graduate.
Learn more about it here. Show Me It's All About The Money
Workers in the prefectural office of Gunma Prefecture have been systematically embezzling tax money for the last 12 years.
They've managed to steal over 14 million dollars. Learn more about it here. Abe Rising
Shinzo Abe was recently elected as the president of the Liberal Democratic Party and will soon be sworn in as Japan's next Prime Minister.
Learn more about it here. Ends and Odds
Horie's lawyers claim that not only did he not know what was going on, but that what was going on was not illegal.
It seems Murakami and Horie were playing golf one day and Horie let slip he intended to takeover NBS. Rumor has it that 1.3 million doesn't go as far as it used to One can only hear "Amazing Grace" so many times without going insane. Learn more about it here. From The CJGuide:My Mother Is A Tractor
Shunning thousand-mile walks, the martial arts, zen and forays into art and culture in favor of beer, day-trips and karaoke, Nicholas Klar's My Mother is a Tractor offers a disturbingly realistic look at life as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan.The book's message, or warning, is simple: This is life in Japan. Enter at your own risk. Enjoy your stay. Learn more about it here. Also From The CJGuide:Tokyo Stories
A charming little farce that does a good job of cataloguing the various characters and neuroses of the expatriate community in Tokyo.The novel, unfortunately, despite its charm, has some serious flaws. Learn more about it here. Dogs and Demons
In his follow up to Lost Japan, Alex Kerr takes us on a harrowing tour of the Land and Transport Ministry...You quickly begin to wish that Kerr had either written the book more quickly (he started it in 1996 but it wasn't published until 2001) or that his publisher had provided a better editor. Learn more about it here. Tokyo Underworld
Robert Whiting makes a delightful departure from the world of Japanese baseball to analyze the yakuza and its role in Japanese society since World War II.We watch the Japanese become less enamored of everything western, causing changes in everything from fashion to pizza. Learn more about it here. Your Humble EditorHe so buried himself in his books that he spent the nights reading from twilight till daybreak and the days from dawn till dark; and so from little sleep and much reading, his brain dried up and he lost his wits.For more specific information, click here. |
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