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Need more Japanese reading practice? Trying to understand newspaper-level Japanese? For the most part, it requires a lot of immersive reading. But there are some tools you can use to help give you a leg up.
https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-reading-practice-newspapers/
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"It's no secret that sexual assault cases in Japan are a nightmare to prosecute. The reason Itō’s Shiori’s Black Box Diaries matters is because it rips the lid off this system, exposing its failures and demanding accountability."
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Rising prices are making it harder to live in Japan. Rice, a staple food, has nearly doubled, with a 5kg bag now selling for an average of 3,829 yen (USD $25) - 1,811 yen ($12) more than last year. Will a release of strategic reserves be enough to bring the cost down?
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Kyoto schools have decided that a "please" can go a long way. The prefecture's changing exam announcements from using imperative-form verbs (-しなさい, shinasai) to polite requests (-してください, shite kudasai) so as not to add additional stress to already stressed-out students.
https://unseen-japan.com/kyoto-schools-announcements-politeness/
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@gilester45 best band name since ONE OK ROCK
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Japanese rock band LUNA SEA is receiving near-universal praise for announcing it'll sponsor a daycare for its fans at its upcoming Tokyo Dome concerts - a welcome move in a country that wants more kids but, some say, often doesn't accommodate them.
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"My old bosses made me clean the dirty bathroom every day, and when I said we should take turns, they bullied me for pushing ‘women’s work’ on them and drove me to resign. When I was having trouble finding a new job, a male relative said..." 1/2
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ICYMI: Ito Shiori’s Black Box Diaries, a documentary she directed about her pursuit for justice in her sexual assault case, is now officially up for a US Academy Award . She’s the first Japanese director to earn a nomination in the category.
https://unseen-japan.com/black-box-diaries-oscar-nomination/
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"In Japan, as I watched the events unfold after the assassination of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, I had a very strange sense of déjà vu. It was like reliving the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022."
https://unseen-japan.com/luigi-mangione-the-parallels-to-abe-shinzos-assassin/
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ICYMI: Think Japan had a lot of tourists in 2024? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, according to a new report on what to expect in the new year. JTB is predicting that the country will see 40.2 million visitors in 2025.
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ICYMI: A man in Shiga Prefecture wasn’t too happy when a police officer told him off – so he tried to have the public servant arrested under a defamation law strengthened to deal primarily with online hate.
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ICYMI: With more tourists coming to Japan than ever, many websites offer advice about what to expect when you get here. Most of them read as if they’re written by people (or, ahem, software) who've never set foot in the country. Here's what they get wrong.
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"Whaddo I do...I've been carted off to Thirteenuary 2025"
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ICYMI: A chemical products company in Japan recently continued its decades-long tradition this week of holding a service in which it prayed for the souls of the bugs it killed in the name of science.
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Combini chain Family Mart discovered it can reduce food loss with the most Japan thing ever: a mascot. An experiment with a seal featuring an onigiri crying, "Save me!" boosted sales of soon-to-expire items by five points. It'll roll the seal out nationwide next year.
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ICYMI: Women in Japanese business are notably absent in leadership positions. A new report has good news and bad news: there are more female company presidents in Japan than ever – but the number still remains well below 10% of the total.
https://unseen-japan.com/japan-company-presidents-record-high/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon
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Kuromi appears to have moved on from her beef with My Melody and now has a new enemy: Russia! Here's why (we think) the mischievous little devil from Sanrio has made an appearance on a wall of badges belonging to various Ukrainian military detachments.
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Recently unearthed records show a Japanese soldier telling a student he couldn’t return to Korea because he’d “spread the story” of the Kanto Massacre. Authorities in Korea, then colonized by Japan, moved to squelch any mention of the murders.
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While some consider saying it “embarrassing,” most argue that the phrase, which became a standard farewell at restaurants during the Edo era, is a perfectly fine way to communicate your gratitude for a good meal.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/85bc2ba45a66a519ecae3e28a5d28211969b404e
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Is it ill-mannered to say “gochisou-sama” (thanks for the meal) at a restaurant?! That’s the debate on JP social media. Some say it’s inappropriate bc you paid for the meal (“gochosou” means to treat someone). Others say shouting it loudly to the kitchen staff is doubly rude.
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