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*[http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jun/japaneseroots1455 Origins of the Japanese People] | *[http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jun/japaneseroots1455 Origins of the Japanese People] | ||
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/world/asia/22poverty.html Japan Tries to Face Up to Growing Poverty Problem] | *[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/world/asia/22poverty.html Japan Tries to Face Up to Growing Poverty Problem] | ||
*:Very interesting article with stories told by some of rural Japan's working poor. | *:Very interesting article with stories told by some of rural Japan's working poor. | ||
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| + | *[http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/12/the-worlds-worst-boss.html The World's Worst Boss] | ||
| + | *:If you find yourselves in the middle of exam week and are crying "there's nothing to do", this is for you. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:00, 6 December 2010
A list of reading material dealing with pretty much anything relevant.
Japan Issues
Interesting reads regarding issues or topics of debate in Japan.
- Origins of the Japanese People
- Very detailed and in-depth article on a subject that is fairly controversial in Japan.
- Tokyo's Flag and National Anthem Law
- About a nationalistic law stating that all teachers (in Tokyo) are required to sing the national anthem and make their students do so as well at the graduation ceremony. You can tell a lot about your teachers' political viewpoints by watching them at the graduation ceremony and seeing if they sing (loudly) or refrain from singing.
- Japan Tries to Face Up to Growing Poverty Problem
- Very interesting article with stories told by some of rural Japan's working poor.
Work
- The World's Worst Boss
- If you find yourselves in the middle of exam week and are crying "there's nothing to do", this is for you.
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