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Japan

Articles on both the light and dark sides of Japan. Discover the language and culture and read interesting stories about life in Japan.
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Driving in Japan: Passing the Japanese Driver’s Test

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Top 60 Japanese Buzzwords of 2011

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Post-Apocalyptic Images of Japan

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Nikkei Trendy’s Top Trends of 2011 and Predictions for 2012

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Radiation Scare in Setagaya

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Iori Tomita’s New World Transparent Specimens

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The Best Resources for How to Learn Japanese

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Touring Lake Biwa on a Mama Chari Bicycle

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Thoughts on Discussing Other Cultures

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Great Tohoku Earthquake (Latest)

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Great Tohoku Earthquake 5

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Ruminations on Citizen Journalism and Media Bias

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Great Tohoku Earthquake 4

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Great Tohoku Earthquake 3

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Great Tohoku Earthquake 2

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Great Tohoku Earthquake 1

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Love Land – A Quirky Korean Sex Park

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Page Rank in the Japan Blogosphere

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Classic Nintendo Mahjong Set and Hanafuda Cards

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The 7 Stages of Gaijinhood Revisited

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Are You Just Recollecting Japanese?

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The Gruesome ‘Art’ of Daikichi Amano

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Grape Picking on a Hot Summer’s Day

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Japanese One Point Lesson: 青姦

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Useful Expressions for Arguing in Japanese

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Interview with the Gakuranman

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Sexy Japanese Zen Buddhism: Nude Forms

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How to Argue in Japanese

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Secret Japan Blog Matsuri

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Becoming a Samurai – The Ieyasu Parade

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Japanese Penis Festival

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On Becoming Japanese

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The Red Demon Samurai – Ii Naomasa

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How blogging is changing Public Relations in Japan

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Top 5 free online Japanese English dictionaries

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CGM Night 6 – Otaku Version

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