Category Archives: Society

That japanese father ghost

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Kenji

I read a quite disturbing article in a business magazine. It was one of those 豆知識 (MameChiShiki) “pea + knowledge” short pieces : an attention grabber title, a dense explication with lots of numbers but no conclusion let alone a … Continue reading →

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Horsepower of the japanese motorcycles

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Kenji

In response to a comment left on the article about road safety in Japan. A reader asked me if it was true that the オートバイ (O-To BaI) “motorcycles” sold on the japanese market had a limitation on horse power. This … Continue reading →

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Municipal election

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Kenji

Photo: Jackson BoyleLicense: Creative Commons 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 … Continue reading →

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Harassment at work

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Kenji

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 … Continue reading →

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