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A list of reading material dealing with pretty much anything Japan-related.
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A list of reading material dealing with pretty much anything relevant.
  
==Issues==
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==Japan Issues==
 
Interesting reads regarding issues or topics of debate in Japan.
 
Interesting reads regarding issues or topics of debate in Japan.
 
*[http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jun/japaneseroots1455 Origins of the Japanese People]
 
*[http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jun/japaneseroots1455 Origins of the Japanese People]
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/world/asia/22poverty.html Japan Tries to Face Up to Growing Poverty Problem]
 
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/world/asia/22poverty.html Japan Tries to Face Up to Growing Poverty Problem]
 
*:Very interesting article with stories told by some of rural Japan's working poor.
 
*:Very interesting article with stories told by some of rural Japan's working poor.
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*[http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/12/the-worlds-worst-boss.html The World's Worst Boss]
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*:If you find yourselves in the middle of exam week and are crying "there's nothing to do", this is for you.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:00, 6 December 2010

A list of reading material dealing with pretty much anything relevant.

Japan Issues

Interesting reads regarding issues or topics of debate in Japan.

  • Tokyo's Flag and National Anthem Law
    About a nationalistic law stating that all teachers (in Tokyo) are required to sing the national anthem and make their students do so as well at the graduation ceremony. You can tell a lot about your teachers' political viewpoints by watching them at the graduation ceremony and seeing if they sing (loudly) or refrain from singing.

Work

  • The World's Worst Boss
    If you find yourselves in the middle of exam week and are crying "there's nothing to do", this is for you.
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