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A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture by Ian Buruma – review
Tōkyō :: Japan | 9 months ago
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Sex is not sinful in Japanese culture, Buruma writes, but female desire is perceived as a destructive force. Japan 's relentlessly sexist culture is epitomised by the artificial beauty of the doll-woman, the geisha. However, Buruma also discovers an
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Victory for a regular salaryman
Tōkyō :: Japan | 11 months ago
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This case exemplifies the snail's pace at which Japan is adopting real change when public posturing and company face remain so important even to the point that the company suffers both commercially and image-wise. Though relatively minor, this case
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Fisher: Order returning to Japan — a country that craves it
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 year ago
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Thirty-five years after my first visit, the uniqueness, orderliness, egalitarianism and the theatre of everyday life in Japan still fascinates me...Even the simplest of gestures, such as the proffering of business cards with two hands and a humble
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Tabaimo Video Show at James Cohan Gallery
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Her first installation, Japanese Kitchen (1999), made at the tail end of her nation's so-called lost decade, shows a housewife cooking while an untuned violin plays and the radio broadcasts news about teenage suicides and job cuts; before long, a
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Japan's salarymen learn to save in tight economy
Tōkyō :: Japan | almost 2 years ago
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Most Popular Bloomberg headlines Japanese women have by tradition run the budgets of their nation's households. Each housewife scrupulously tracks her family's spending in her kakeibo , or budget book. They also traditionally stash away secret
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The Company Men – review
London :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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This is a movie that concludes on a note of naivety, but it deserves credit for being a well written and seriously conceived ensemble drama about white-collar America and the financial crash. Tommy Lee Jones , Chris Cooper and Ben Affleck play
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Investigation of 'Japanese soul'; story behind 'Toire no Kamisama'; CM of the week: Shin Heparize Drink
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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With economic growth a thing of the past, the Japanese are now more interested in Japan. Comedian Beat Takeshi tries to get to the root of this trend by going to Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture to investigate the "DNA of the Japanese soul." In a
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The soft and gentle young men of Japan
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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Story continues below They have been scrutinised and categorised by social commentators, marketing consultants and the government. And they unnerve just about everybody who makes long-term projections about Japan's flagging birthrate and fading
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Japan's young men seek a new path
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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Compared with the generation that came before, they are less optimistic, less ambitious and less willing to take risks. They are less likely to own a car, want a car, or drive fast if they get a car...This Story Japan's young men mystify their
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Commentary › Who wants to work abroad? Almost no-one
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 2 years ago
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Almost no-one The Sanno Institute of Management introduced some great fodder for cocktail party chatter last week, when it released survey results showing that 67% of Japanese businesspeople want to stay in Japan for work and have no desire to be
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