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Who is the Ugly Duckling?
This year marks 400 years since Hans Christian Andersen's birth. The other day I had an opportunity to talk with a portly expatriate Japanese child who recently returned to Japan. The country she was raised in was poor and she said the expatriate Japanese children called themselves "Ugly ducklings." ...
She went to Britain to learn English, but…
When I went to Britain last month I had an opportunity to speak with a young Japanese girl who came to Britain to study English. I asked her in English, "You are staying here one year? You must be able to speak quite well now then, right?" ...
Japanese are Great Experts in Terminology
The capture and decapitation of a young Japanese man in Iraq was a great shock to many Japanese. In the days before his death, the militant group responsible issued a notice informing that the hostage would be killed unless the Japanese Self Defense Force left Iraq within 48 hours. ...
What is the most important talent an American President should possess?
The other day an American journalist friend invited me to his home. He has a son in the 6th grade of elementary school. I asked him "What do you want to be when you grow up?" He replied, "I want to be the American president and knock down terrorists." ...
Are you a "Losing Dog"?
The term "The Howl of the Losing Dogs" is popular in Japan at the moment. Originally, the term came from the name of a book which describes childless, unmarried women over thirty as "losing dogs." ...
