Archive for February 2010
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Welcome to our February issue!
We are happy to welcome you to the first issue (with articles) in 2010. All the ASP students are now back at school, and most of us started our first day after the holidays today with a nice little assessment test. Time to start studying again! In this issue you can read about environmental issues [...]
Getting sick in Japan
For everyone moving and living in a foreign country can be quite the ordeal. One of the biggest fears is getting sick while you’re overseas. Where do you go? Does it cost money? And what about the language barrier? Here are a few things you might want to know and consider before you go to [...]
Chinese Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s day. The celebration of love, intimacy, and romance, and the most depressing day of the year for a single, bitter gay. It’s not just the message of the day and the assumption that you will spend it with a hot date that’s depressing, it’s the fact that it’s world wide. So in a desperate [...]
Gender Differentiation and Inequality in Managerial Positions in Japan (Part 1)
Gender inequality can easily be spotted within Japanese society. With a Gender Empowerment Rank of 54 out of 93 countries (HDR, 2009) – ranking Japan as one of the most unequal (if not the most unequal) of the rich countries – it is no secret that Japan is far behind on empowering its women and [...]