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Even if you don’t usually follow Japanese news, you’ll have
no doubt read about the Tokyo Medical University scandal by now. In summary,
women were outperforming...
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Sunday, 2 July 2017
Pictures are... Gone.
So Photobucket have suddenly decided they won't allow hotlinking, and have punished me by suspending my account (and locking all my photos) until I pay them a hefty ransom. Which I won't be doing, because I have no money. So... yeah. Screw them. I apologise that most of the pictures on this blog are no longer visible....
Thursday, 25 May 2017
a difference of common sense,
ALT,
elementary school,
junior high
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Over-worked Teachers
A few weeks ago the Asahi Shimbun published an article reporting that public school teachers are now considered at risk of death from over work (karoshi). The article opens with
The minister of education, Hirokazu Matsuno, expressed...
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
adoption,
social issues
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Life After Institutionalisation
Copyrighted by Human Rights Watch
Tiger was telling me last-night about an orphanage trip to USJ. They'd gone on the Jaws ride, but he didn't know what a shark was so he didn't really understand it. His main impression was...
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
a difference of common sense,
reverse culture shock
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Habits
Like a fish out of water
I used to think of cultural habits as located in the mind, but since attempting to reintegrate into life in Australia I have found my body far more often than my mind either betraying my acquired foreignness,...
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
monkeys,
why Japan is awesome
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Monkey Tourists
The past few years have seen some really funny and creative tourism campaigns from Oita, a prefecture mainly known for onsen and monkeys. I never got around to blogging about the international toilet festival, which is a shame...
Saturday, 15 April 2017
emergencies,
vignettes
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Kyushu Quakes, Remembering a Year On
Taken from this album
On Thursday night we had the strongest quake we'd ever felt. Tiger slept right through it, unlike Hayate. We saw on the news the next day that it had originated in Kumamoto and seven or eight...
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