A Christmas market in Manchester, outside the town hall This text is broken up into smaller parts for ease of reading. このテキストは読みやすくするために小さな部分に分割されています。 I would like to tell you about some of the common traditions we have in the UK. Christmas in the UK is a wonderful time. It is very different to Christmas in Japan. Although the weather gets worse in December (cold), the mood gets better! November Chrismas advertisements start. People start to talk about plans for Christma

3 a.m and your fax is broken? Who you gonna call?? Sakae Takaichi, the new prime minister of Japan, called staff to a meeting at 3 a.m. This has shocked the West. The reason is also shocking. She said that her fax machine at home was jammed. Most people outside of Japan stopped using fax machines 30 years ago. This is when internet usage became common. Japan is infamous for extremely long working hours (and perhaps also inefficiency at work). The word for "death from overw

Last summer, Ken came to study at one of my schools for 2 weeks. He has done this every year for a few years now. His parents do this so...

My friend Ste came to Japan this year to make videos for YouTube with the company he works for. I have been friends with Steven since we...