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Being supported by DAAD, I went to a German university and finished my study in 2008. My major in undergraduate was Information Engineering and Computational Linguistics in Master course. It’s already been more than 2 years since than. After my study I started working for a Japanese company, and started working in Vienna from December [...]
In the previous articles, I’ve described a trend in Japan to discriminate a person “either inside or outside”. In this article, I’d explain why I feel a sense of crisis from this trend.
When I read articles about contemporary Japan (either written in English or Japanese), I seldom see positive words on the paper. Ossified [...]
I stayed in Sao Paulo for about one week long. During the stay, I could see the shadow of Japan, which is exclusive toward the “outsiders” by talking with the Nikkei (Japanese-origin) people. In Brazil, being a Nikkei is can be a symbol of respect (at least not other way around) and it seems they’re [...]
Although the distance remains the same, it’s easier than ever before to go abroad, when you consider the financial and duration cost. However, it seems to me, what I call “inner barrier”, such as being
too nervous about cultural differences or not being able to speak local languages, has not yet fell.
I sometimes go back to [...]