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Living Together

Westerners may be surprised to know that many Japanese young people beyond age of 18 still live together with parents, especially in mega cities like Tokyo. …



Demonstration march

Strike by workers has been hardly seen for more than 4 decades in Japan. It shows vivid contrast against many European countries, …



Strike

Strike by workers has been hardly seen for more than 4 decades in Japan. It shows vivid contrast against many European countries, …



Hardness of Water in West Europe

What makes most of Japanese moving and/traveling to Europe nervous is high rate of epidemic of theft compared with that in Japan. …



Theft

One of my first surprise upon starting life in West European country (i.g. Germany) was obvious difference of odor and taste of tap water. …



English proficiency for Japanese Business person

What will be necessary proficiency level of English language for Japanese Businessperson? To date, TOEIC …



Customer

Here in Japan people’s mindset that “seller (of goods and services) should always subordinate “buyer/customer (buyer)” …



Choice of restaurant

If you are traveling to Brussels and looking for nice local restaurants for dinner, those in Rue des Bouchers appears attractive, …



Vacances in Europe Part 3

Please let me continue a series of short essay on vacation...since last summer. What the normal Europeans do at the destination of the vacation? …



Meal and alcohol

Alcoholic beverages are indivisible part of culinary culture in Europe and Americas. It is hard to imagine a dinner table without wine (or beer) in these countries, though …



About daily Meal

When I had the first opportunity to join normal supper at home with a family in Germany, I could not stop feeling a surprise. …



Social Manner at shops and restaurants

Japanese regard themselves, sometimes quite boastfully, “land of courtesy”. However such bragging (?) is not necessarily applicable to those …



Spontaneous cleaning and tidying-up of Japanese

I have seen a media coverage that "proudly" reports that the rocker room of national sports team of Japan, football and baseball for instance, …



Business Negotiation

More than 30 year of experience in global business has given me numerous opportunities of business negotiation, especially those with European and US businessperson. …



Paulistas

Once upon a time when I was stationed in Sao Paulo, Brazil…A massive big project that I was engaged as leader had been bogged up with troubles after troubles. …



Eating-out in West Europe

Japanese people traveling around West European countries will often be surprised by price of meal at restaurants. While in our homeland, …



Fortification in suburb of Antwerp

Surly since 16th century, City of Antwerp, Antwerpen in Dutch and Anvers in French, has long been bestowed the fame of “Metropole of Trading in Europe“ ...



The Wall of East and West Germany (Part II)

In 1989, when I was getting used to life in Munich as a German trainee at the company, I napped at night with a white beer ...



The Wall between East and West Germany (Part 1)

In 1989, I had the opportunity to study West German culture and language for a year as part of ...



Tale of an Expatriate #3
“Easy Bus Commute”

The population of Slovenia is about only 2 million. Its capital Ljubljana is a small city with ...


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