100 most influential…

I wrote about Ms Marie Kondo last year; she is the guru of tidying. Ms Kondo has just been chosen by Time magazine for one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The other Japanese who was chosen for this is Haruki Murakami – one of the most internationally famous novelists!! I read […]

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ぼっち席 Seats for loners

最近[さいきん]、朝日[あさひ]新聞[しんぶん]を読[よ]みました。日本人[にほんじん]の気質[きしつ] (=mentality)を表[あらわ]す(と私[わたし]は思[おも]います!)おもしろい記事[きじ] (= article)を見[み]つけました。 I read an interesting report which somehow presents (I think!) Japanese mentality on Asahi Shimbun Newspaper the other day.  

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