The big list of my Japanese faux pas

April 9, 2008 at 1:15 pm (Eikaiwa (Japanese English conversation schools), Japanese body language and gestures, Japanese business and economics, Japanese children, Japanese education, Japanese etiquette and manners, Japanese families, Japanese gift giving, Japanese homes, Japanese insults, Japanese meetings, Japanese schools and school teachers, Japanese slang, Japanese snobbery, Japanese social classes, Japanese stereotypes, Japanese swearing)

Giving the impression I thought the UK was safer than Japan
I think I mentioned no earthquakes, tsunami or bears, and therefore squashed the great national myth about Safe Japan Read the rest of this entry »

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Why are school teacher and bureaucrat traditionally such sought after jobs?

March 7, 2008 at 10:50 pm (Japanese bureaucrats, Japanese history, Japanese pensions, Japanese schools and school teachers)

Two generations ago, they were the only jobs with pensions

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