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Guns
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Guns.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] When I was reading Japan Today this week, I noticed that there were two stories that involved guns. In America, that would not surprise me, but in Japan, I think it’s very unusual.
Read MoreClever Ideas (Feedback)
Thanks for all your comments and ideas. I’m definitely going to add a roll of Saran wrap to my emergency kit. Actually, that would be a really good idea for camping trips as well.
Read MoreHunters & Gatherers
I’m guessing that most of you are familiar with the idea of a “hunter-gatherer” society. According to Wikipedia, this is a society in which “most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals.” One feature of this kind…
Read MoreDon’t sweat the small stuff
I often ask students whether they have any problem understanding “small” English words like “a,” “the,” “it,” “at,” and “in.” They invariably reply that they do. Luckily, I have some great advice for them:
Read MoreClever Ideas
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Clever-Ideas.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] A friend sent me something the other day that was being shared around on Facebook, and I thought it would make an interesting topic for the blog. Some of you may have seen it already.
Read MoreFood Labelling (Feedback)
Thanks for all your comments. Being about food, I guessed this topic would be of interest to quite a few of you!
Read MoreFood Labelling
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Food-Labelling.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] I bet that a lot of you had already guessed what this week’s topic would be. The story about the mislabelling of food started out with a single company, but it’s beginning to look as…
Read MoreThe Police (Feedback)
Thanks for all your comments, and sorry the feedback is so late. I was really busy again this week. Biwa asked why I quit the police, and Fumie asked why I wanted to be a policeman in the first place.
Read MoreThe Police
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/The-Police.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] Recently, there have been a lot of stories in the news that have not shown the Japanese police in a particularly good light. Many of these are connected with stalking.
Read MoreGovernment Secrets (Feedback)
One good thing about doing a difficult topic like this is that there are not so many comments, so it makes giving feedback much easier!
Read MoreJALT 2013 – Thank You
Thanks to everyone who attended one or both of David’s presentations on Saturday. It was great to see so many friends and colleagues there.
Read MoreGovernment Secrets
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Government-Secrets.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] I know this is not going to be popular (I can almost hear you all groaning as you read the title!), but I think there is a very important topic that we need to discuss…
Read MoreAisatsu (Feedback)
Thank you for all your comments on the topic of aisatsu. I have to do the feedback early this week because I will have no time tomorrow.
Read MoreAisatsu
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Aisatsu.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] This week’s topic is based on an article I read on Japan Today about the importance of aisatsu in Japan. When I first came to Japan, I worked for the Sapporo City Board of Education.…
Read MoreJapan in the British Media (Feedback)
Thank you for all your comments. I think we drifted back onto the topic of TV a bit this week, but that’s fine. Looking at the last few comments, though, I don’t think it is right to just distinguish between…
Read MoreJapan in the British Media
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Japan-in-the-British-Media.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] This week’s topic is based on an article that was published on the website of a major British newspaper recently. Actually, it was published just after the announcement that Tokyo had won the 2020 Olympic…
Read MoreGetting Ready for the Games (Feedback)
Thanks for all your comments. Apart from getting rid of some silly signs and menu translations, I would say that Tokyo is already pretty well prepared to deal with the influx of foreign visitors that the Olympic Games will bring.
Read MoreGetting Ready for the Games
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Getting-Ready-for-the-Games.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] This week’s topic ties in nicely with YU’s comment on the last entry about English translations on restaurant menus.
Read MoreAnother Thai Commercial (Feedback)
Thanks for your comments on this topic, and thanks for all the interesting links to other videos. Actually, there is one thing that really puzzles me about smoking in Japan.
Read MoreAnother Thai Commercial
[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Another-Thai-Commercial.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] I’m afraid this entry is going to be quite a short one because I have another busy week coming up.
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