Tag Archives: Life

Wasabi Stories vol.259: Importance of Seeing the Truth

It has been almost a year since the last story of wasabi stories. Wasabi stories in the past can be found by clicking “category”at the right side bar of the…

A Japanese TV Research Outcome

    When asking friends of mine how they spend their time at home after work, many of their replies among others are “watching TV”. I also have a TV…

How to Hide Hesokuri: Secret Saving from Wife

Hesokuri (sugar pot saving) used to be a secret saving of wives…  Yes, this is our typical image of the term.  But a recent survey revealed that more and more…

Night Person Climbs to the Top Level Faster than Day Person?

The 30s is the time you’ll start to see a clear division between those who can go on the career ladder and those who struggle to have a promotion.  But…

Money, Freedom or Time? The Most Important Element when Changing Job

When you choose a job for life, you have to prioritise something over other; money, time or whether work itself  being challenging /satisfying or not… Me?  Well, I would like to add…

Right-Handed in Japan is about 88%?

Nowadays, you can see quite wide variety of left-handed products in the market such as stationaries and kitchen tools. You can even find office layout specifically designed for the left-handed….

Wasabi Stories vol.257: “One Picture Could Change Someone’s Life”

I would like to introduce a column written by a Tokyo University professor, Kang Sang-jung. In this column, he writes mostly about his two-year experience being an anchorman on a…

Wasabi Stories vol.256: “Anyone Can be Good or Evil Depending on the Situation”

Regardless of nationality, there are many bibliophiles who always keep some books in their bag. Shunei Tagawa, the chief abbot of Koufuku-ji Temple, is one of those book lovers. He…

Where is the Safest Area to Live in 23 Wards of Tokyo?

New fiscal year has just started in Japan!  So, the topic I chose for today is about livable town in Tokyo (^u^). As many of you may know, academic year…

Interesting Way to Release Stress

Today, I would like to introduce an article which wrote about how Japanese people release there stress. An website had a survey on stress releasing method of Japanese businessmen, targeting…

Aimless 28 year-olds in Japan?

  The job search website “Rikunabi Next” run by RECRUIT Co., Ltd. conducted a survey about “the vision of the future”, targeting 28 year-old business people. This internet survey was held…

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