What’s Japan’s Nommunication? Understanding Japanese drinking culture at work.
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Japan
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Work Culture
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12 février 2019
Strongly critized in the last few years, the culture of nommunication still rules Japanese salarymen’s daily life, especially in traditional-style corporations. This made-up word is built with the verb ‘to drink’ (飲む, nomu) and communication. Groups of noisy salarymen heavily drinking at popular izakayas are a common sight on weekday evenings. Although those parties called nomikai (飲み会, meeting to drink) may happen outside of their working hours, they …
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Mission Impossible: Search for a New Apartment in Tokyo?!
I moved to Tokyo about 4 years ago and experienced moving from one apartment to the other only once. At the time, however, I had no time to search for the perfect home and couldn’t be picky. I had only 1-week to pack and move, so I chose the first property whose owner said « yes ». 2 years later, I’m ready …
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Challenged Accepted: Finding a Flat in Tokyo And Moving Out Within a Week
How I ended up with 1-week to find a flat in Tokyo and to move out. I was struggling to find a job and had given up keeping my current flat to move in with my in-laws. At least for a while, I thought. I had notified the building manager that I was renouncing the lease, coming to an end …
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A little more about the story behind Japan’s Kamikaze
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Japan
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history
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15 juin 2015
History has certainly not forgotten the kamikaze (神 風, god and wind, « divine wind »), these Japanese soldiers that did suicide missions during the World War II. They voluntarily crashed their planes and submarines against their enemies. Yes, suicide attacks weren’t only coming from the sky. The horrifying glorification of kamikaze Nowadays, kamikaze are somehow glorified, romanticized and idealized. This is forgetting that, …
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