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Thunderbolt Fantasy: An amazing collaboration project between Japan and Taiwan

Dec 27, 2016 | Japanese Culture & Entertainment

Adapted from a manga in Kodansha’s Weekly Morning Magazine, Thunderbolt Fantasy is a glove puppetry television series produced as a collaboration between Japanese and Taiwanese companies. When you are tired of the current state of Japanese drama or other...

I hope I can make it through and graduate!

Dec 27, 2016 | Society

I am currently working on my thesis. I am trying to evaluate the relationship among three factors which are public arts, public open space and local people. I would like to know whether local people would appraise public art. Scholars have underlined the importance of...

Challenge as Malaysian muslim parents in Japan

Dec 27, 2016 | Society

I would love to see less language barrier at the hospital or clinic between foreigners who don’t know Japanese and the staffs in the hospital. The hospital might want to have translator or the staffs there can be trained to speak english too. I have another...

Enjoying my life as a working mom in Japan; A story from a Vietnamese office worker

Dec 27, 2016 | Society

Currently I am doing a job to support the technical interns program for foreigners. I am so happy to find a job where I can balance work and parenthood. When I first came to Japan, I felt very stressful because I did not have any families living nearby. I had to do...

How to order at udon chain restaurant in Japan

Dec 27, 2016 | Everyday Living Advice, Products and Services in Japan

Some udon chain restaurants in the suburbs area and even in some theme park like Yomiuri Land don’t provide any English or romaji menu for foreign customers who can’t read kanji. If you are new to Japan and want to experience eating udon at the chain...