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Stepping Outside Myself in Tokyo

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December 4th 2006
If you recall, one of my junior high school students won the regional (Ehime Prefecture) English speech competition a couple of months ago. This means that she was able to go to the national speech competition in Tokyo last week. Actually, the full name of the competition was, “His Imperial Highness Prince Takamado Trophy 58th All Japan Inter-Middle School English Oratorical Contest.” The titl ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more