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Halloween party- Alumen So ASP has thrown party after party after party since we started the semester in September, and 30 October was no different. Except this time the boys wore make-up too. Having warmed up with a few beers at my place on Vesterbro with Yuuji and Michael, I arrived at around 10 p.m. [...]

Dictionaries – on computers, electronic ones, in paper? What should I choose? And what can I use for the exams? Presenting to you the ultimate guide to looking up kanji/hanzi – which one is the best for you? Starting out in the Japanese end: On the computer The most efficient Japanese dictionary on the Internet [...]

This is a short guide to getting more out of Wenlin. To those who don’t know Wenlin yet is it an electronic dictionary that can be installed on your computer. Its a truly great study aid when it comes to learning characters. If you don’t have Wenlin and want it, there is some ”information” on [...]

The lecture held on Thursday, 27 November 2008, the vice president of the China Central Television (CCTV), Mr Sun Yusheng talked about the media development in China. His career started in 1984 as a journalist at CCTV where he worked his way up until he in 2004 he took another job as the President of [...]

In this second article about the decentralisation of Japanese power, I will take a look at the Japanese political life, the decision processes, and the internal organisation of the leading party. The rise of power for the LPD After 2nd World War the American occupiers sat out to remold the militaristic and autocratic Japanese empire [...]

A Movie review My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro) Directed and written by    Hayao Miyazaki Produced by                     Toru Hara Distributed by                   Toho (Japan) Troma Films (USA) Disney (USA) Released in                      1988 (Japan) Fox Dub: 1993 (USA) Disney Dub: 2006 (USA) Running time                    86 min. Language                         Japanese My Neighbor Totoro is considered as one of [...]

This month, on the same road as Tea restaurant, I found this amazing authentic Japanese restaurant. Bento is owned by a Japanese family and the staff are all family members. A good friend of mine told me about it when discussing where to go to get authentic Japanese food in Copenhagen. During the last 2 [...]

“You Harajuku girls Damn, you’ve got some wicked style” – Gwen Stefani The term “Harajuku” was made world-known because of Gwen Stefani, but not many of us know what Harajuku actually means. This article is going to give you an insight as to where Harajuku comes from, and the do’s and the don’ts when dressing [...]

Dear all, ASP is never stable, static or dormant. Changes are taking place all the time, some times on the micro details level, other times on the macro, big picture, level. The present Y3 student will probably agree with me when I say that a lot of elements at ASP have changed over the last [...]

Welcome to the world of Visual Kei, Japanese rock! This time D’espairsRay will be the topic. The band was formed in 1999 by Hizumi, Karyu, Zero, and Tsukasa. They have toured in Europe and USA, and have actually been in Denmark too, where they played in Pumpehuset Copenhagen in 2006. Their latest appearance was during [...]