Comme ça du Japon

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I can’t explain why but the municipal elections for Ichihara (population of 180.000) were much more 激しい (HageShiI) “intense” than what I have experienced in Sendai (population over 1 million). For a start, there were at least 4 times more 候補者 (KôHoSha) “candidates”. Also, I have never seen so much 工夫 […]

According to a study done by the 厚生労働省 (KôSeiRôDôSha) “minister of health and labor”, the number of いじめ (IJiMe) “bullying” cases has raised by 24% by comparison to 2006. The 総合労働相談コーナー (SôGôRôDôSôDan Ko-Na-) “labor consultation corner” of the minister has dealt with more than 940000 enquiries. Among these, there were about 181000 litigious cases.

The repartition […]

Japan is known as a country where 証明書 (ShôMeiSho) “diplomas” are particularly important. I won’t say that a freshly graduated student of a famous university will systematically get the job over someone with a rich experience but the chances are probably likewise.　Anyway, you only have to go to a book store to verify that 資格 […]

While I was strolling around 川崎 (Kawasaki) “Kawasaki”, which will be the subject of the next podcast, I found an interesting Kanji that I didn’t know of : 蛤 (Hamaguri). It is made of the combination of Kanji for 虫 (Mushi) “Insect” and 合 (Gô) “joint”. Given that the classification of animal species is […]