In Japanese, we use so many onomatopoeia. It almost works as adverb in our language and in my opinion, onomatopoeia is the key to make your Japanese more lively. For example, when you knock the door, we knock the door ton ton (とんとん). But this case, you knock the door gently. Now imagine, a police Read more »
Asakusa (浅草) is one of the most popular spot for foreigners in Tokyo. This is like a counterpart of Akihabara (秋葉原) which is the heaven for technology nerd, while Asakusa preserve traditional part of Japan. It´s always packed with people, not only foreign tourists but also many Japanese as there are many wholesale stores in Read more »
This is the fourth series of Don´t Make Japanese Salaryman Work From Home. Japanese salarymen are so used to work in this way, so it´s normal they feel strange not going to the office. An employee of Panasonic who has worked from home once said “I was paranoid that people might think that I Read more »
This is the third part of Why can´t Japanese salarymen work from home? from JB Press. It´s obvious that Japanese salarymen are using small houses as an excuse. Nowadays as almost all houses have an internet connection and there is no reason not to introduce zaitaku (在宅/work from home) system. The companies encourage their Read more »
This is the second feature of Don´t make Japanese salaryman work from home. The target of this survey done by tele-work association was major Japanese enterprises, about 5,000 of them. In theory, bigger enterprises have more facility in terms of maintaining the condition for tele-work including security matter. However, in the reality, nearly 70% Read more »
Japan is still suffering from the catastrophe, the government still promotes to save the electricity as much as possible. As one of the solution, the government now encourages Japanese salarymen to work from home. For many of you, this might be a smashing news, even some already grab his bag and a half way out Read more »
That day, I was watching BBC Live News on line just to check what was going on around the world. While people were so happy and excited about this young price´s wedding, what caught me was something different. It was William´s head. Wow, you poor thing, William… ¨Poor thing¨ I thought. But why? He´s just Read more »
