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1. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Noda's plan to increase sales tax
April 2, 2012
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2. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
Some kanji characters are enough to make you feel sick
March 26, 2012
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3. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Randoseru
March 20, 2012
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4. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Excuse me, but aren't you so-and-so's whatchamacallit?
March 19, 2012
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5. EDUCATION - KAORI SHOJI
Japanese men love their men more than their women
March 12, 2012
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6. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Hashimoto: a young politician to keep an eye on
March 5, 2012
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7. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
The first rule of writing ate-ji: There are no rules
Feb. 27, 2012
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8. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Miso's 'moya moya'
Feb. 21, 2012
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9. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Clean poverty, clean living and love on a shoestring
Feb. 20, 2012
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10. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Hard to give yourself up when you're a wanted man
Feb. 6, 2012
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11. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHILLING
Japanese films offer some memorable one-liners
Jan. 30, 2012
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12. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
It's Murphy's Law if you don't get the joke in Japanese
Jan. 23, 2012
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13. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Platform doors
Jan. 17, 2012
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14. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Men can be sexy when talking about themselves
Jan. 16, 2012
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15. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
The Kanji of the Year for 2011: human ties that bind
Jan. 9, 2012
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16. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
A look back at the buzzwords and street slang of 2011
Dec. 26, 2011
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17. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Yomawari
Dec. 20, 2011
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18. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Drinking the blues away and how to do it properly
Dec. 19, 2011
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19. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Unknown consequences if Japan joins TPP
Dec. 5, 2011
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20. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
Some kanji can take a lifetime to fully appreciate
Nov. 28, 2011
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21. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
You think you're funny, but really you're not
Nov. 21, 2011
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22. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Nipple Fruit
Nov. 15, 2011
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23. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Occupy Tokyo lacks focus but still demands change
Nov. 7, 2011
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24. BILINGUAL - MATT ALT
This Halloween watch out for <I>yūrei</I> of all kinds
Oct. 31, 2011
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25. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHILLING
Foreign films' Japanese titles often read like riddles
Oct. 24, 2011
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26. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Annoying TV pop-ups
Oct. 18, 2011
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27. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Desperately seeking the lost art of nanpa
Oct. 17, 2011
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28. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Harnessing intuition to boost kanji comprehension
Oct. 10, 2011
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29. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
A short history of big gaffes by Japanese politicians
Oct. 3, 2011
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30. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
Some four-kanji idioms are even officially child's play
Sept. 26, 2011
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31. Anzan kigan - ALICE GORDENKER
SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?
Sept. 20, 2011
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32. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
When men were men and smoked like chimneys
Sept. 19, 2011
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33. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
National child allowance threatened by rebuilding cost
Sept. 5, 2011
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34. EDUCATION - DANIEL MORALES
Japanese humor: more universally funny than you think
Aug. 29, 2011
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35. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Whose fault is the rise and fall of the Japanese ojisan?
Aug. 22, 2011
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36. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Goro-awase system spins off numbers you won't forget
Aug. 8, 2011
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37. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Japan finally seems to be shifting from nuclear power
Aug. 1, 2011
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38. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
Majestic bamboo is firmly rooted in ancient kanji
July 25, 2011
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39. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Japan's incompatible power grids
July 19, 2011
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40. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Goodbye summertime blues, hello summer proper
July 18, 2011
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41. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Today's youth have it hard, but is it worse than before?
July 4, 2011
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42. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
This summer the scent of Showa will linger in the heat
June 27, 2011
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43. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Kinpū
June 21, 2011
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44. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Let one character lead to enlightenment and civilization
June 20, 2011
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45. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
What will Japan learn from the Fukushima meltdowns?
June 6, 2011
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46. BILINGUAL - DANIEL MORALES
Procedural phrasing: often a pain, but always polite
May 30, 2011
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47. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
Opposites attract in these kanji compound words
May 23, 2011
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48. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Bridges with names
May 17, 2011
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49. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Rebuilding Japan gives many a new pride and purpose
May 16, 2011
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50. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
A further understanding of how money talks
May 9, 2011
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