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The Japanese National High School Baseball Championship
The Japanese National High School Baseball Championship is organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. It is one of the most-watched and loved sporting events in the Japanese sporting calendar. It usually takes place in August during the summer school vacation period.
Teams from all over Japan com...
Houses in Japan
The Japanese are very house-proud people. There are often two distinct patterns of residences in Japan: the single-family detached house and the multiple-unit building.
Old Japanese houses can be very quaint and it is enjoyable to drive out of the cities into rural Japan to see some beautiful examples of well-designed architecture and meticulously kept gardens.
The constant thre...
Japanese cars
The Japanese car industry is one of the top three car manufacturing industries in the world. Toyota holds the position for the leading manufacturer in the world and Japanese car makers are among the most trusted makers internationally.
The Toyota Prius made headlines as one of the first hybrid cars and is leading the field in more eco-friendly car brands.
In this Japanese learners...
Aging of Japan's population
Japan is experiencing a “super-aging” society with one of the highest proportion of elderly citizens in the world.
All over the country, you can find services and health advice for the elderly. There are also many old people's homes and day-care centers for the retired citizens.
The employment of aging people has been on the increase and one of the topics that is oft...
Golden Week
Golden Week is a period of the year around the end of April and beginning of May when many Japanese workers roughly 6 to 8 days off around in the year. It comes about because of a group of holidays that coincidentally fell close to each other.
There are 4 National holidays at this time, Green or Greenery Day, the Emperor Showa's birthday, Constitution Day and Children's day. This yea...
