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Japanese American blogger Lisa Shoreland tells us just how far off the mark perceptions about Japanese can be.
LISA SHORELAND
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Mooncakes, coyotes and Wendi Deng - we bring you asia!’s Top Ten stories from 2010
asia! team
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Amid white plum blossoms night turns to dawn the time has come
YOSA BUSON
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弁当/べんとう(bento) is a take-away or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine.
HARARIE
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We bring you some Christmas cheer - Jingle Bells and other seasonal tunes sung in various Asian languages, or with an Asian slant. Enjoy!
The asia! team
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From outside my house, only the faint distant sound
OTOMO NO YAKAMOCHI
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You do not come On this moonless night. I wake wanting you.
ONO NO KOMACHI
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Singapore’s famous poet and playwright tells us why he admires the tanka, an ancient form of Japanese poetry.
ROBERT YEO
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No doubt about it, the inside of a train cooks things to a turn.
KIJI KUTANI
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The Nanjing Massacre is a sore point in Sino-Japanese relations and something has to be done about it soon.
LEE HAN SHIH
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I watch people in the world Throw away their lives lusting after things, Never able to satisfy their desires, Falling into deeper despair And torturing themselves.
RYOKAN
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As anti-Japanese demonstrations erupt across mainland China, Hong Kong netizens prefer a cooler approach.
SIMON SHEN. Translated by ROLAND SOONG
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If you don’t recognise those words, it’s time to update your English vocabulary. It's not just the Japanese who borrow words from other languages.
KOICHI
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Why is the country number one in the world in logging in an extraordinary number of hours at work?
SCILLA ALECCI
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As Japan’s economy continues to head south, more and more of its homeless are turning to Internet cafes for a roof over their heads.
RIE HARA
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