Tuesday February 14, 2012

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If you explain 'keigo' as a form of respect, you might be countered with: 'Well, I don't respect that person.'

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Hiroko Yamamoto, the principal of KAI International School in Shinjuku. She says teachers sometimes find it difficult to explain to Japanese students the situations in which they are expected to use polite language. (Japan Times)

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It’s fine to go around with a Geiger counter and see if your child’s playground is radioactive, but how do you go from that to getting the laws to change so that this kind of thing can’t happen again?

The reason people aren't spending is because they are worried about the pension system and fear for their future. If we fix that, then they will be more confident to spend and that will boost the economy.

U.S. cars do not fit Japan's market or Japanese consumers' requirements because of size, high fuel consumption and higher prices. They need to have a line-up that suits Japanese consumers' preferences.

The Noda government has come to the conclusion that the U.S.-Japan security alliance is too important to be deadlocked by a single base.

The only standard is whether we can gain a certain level of understanding from the locals and the public.

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