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Thursday, July 10th, 2008Take a look at these really cool rice field crops turned to art in Japan. They even include a picture of Mona Lisa in rice field form.
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The Best Books and Study Materials to Learn Japanese
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008While attending Ohio State University as a Japanese major, I spent four years discovering what books work and what are a waste of time. This is a no-nonsense guide to provide you with the best books and study materials to learn Japanese by yourself.
Japanese Core Language / Must Have:
The Japanese Spoken Language (JSL) [...]
Internal Billboard Translation Error
Friday, July 4th, 2008Now this is pretty funny. It looks like the guys printing out the billboards in China didn’t know any English to verify the translation. You would think that a red flag would be raised once the same translation started to show up for every single word.
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Japanese Jeans Sell Around $300 Retail
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Don’t let the looks fool you. These beat-up and paint splattered jeans go for a cool $285 dollars. Why so much for a pair of jeans you ask? Because they were woven on 100-year-old Japanese mills. Duh
BTW, here is the place where you can get real Japanese Jeans.
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Maybe You Should Learn Japanese Before Going to Japan
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008It seems these days a lot of people want to go to Japan, especially young people. When I say young I mean anywhere around the ages of 12 to 25. I figure it must be because of all that anime they’re feeding kids with over here.
Nevertheless, there are some certain things to consider [...]
A List of the 10 Most Useful Japanese Verbs
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Some Japanese verbs are more useful than others. You are likely to use and hear these verbs frequently, so it is important that you learn and understand these before extending your studies.
tabemasu - eat
nomimasu - drink
ikimasu - go
kimasu - come
dekimasu - to complete; to be able to do; be possible
wakarimasu - understand
tukurimasu - make; [...]
South Korean Beef Protests Turn Violent
Sunday, June 29th, 2008I think that the South Korean beef protests are a little bit silly. From what I’ve read from numerous articles on BBC and what I’ve heard by Korean officials, US beef is not the real reason why the people are protesting. The protesting is happening because people want to come together, to [...]
Fear of China: Is There a Future for Manufacturing in Latin America? Review
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Mesquita Moreira, M. (2007). Fear of China: Is There a Future for Manufacturing in Latin America? World Development, 35(3), 355-376.
Summary
The Mesquita Moreira article presents the challenges Latin America faces with the emergence of a rapidly-growing Chinese economy, in particular the question whether or not Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) should continue the path of [...]
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Sunday, April 6th, 2008The D.C. Cherry blossoms, given so long to us ago by Japan, are in bloom. I could not think of a better gift to receive from our Eastern friends than one of the most sacred and beautiful trees in all of their land.
Given to the United States in 1912, the 3,000 cherry trees are a [...]
Learn Japanese with Rosetta Stone
Thursday, January 17th, 2008If you want to learn Japanese, the quickest and easiest way to do it is by Rosetta Stone software. Without a doubt, I would not be receiving A’s in my Japanese classes and be as fluent as I am today in Japanese were it not for Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone is different from other language [...]