VOX POPULI: Foreign students of Japanese show us the beauty of the language
What Japanese expression is your top favorite? That was the theme of an essay contest in Japanese for students of the language around the world. Entries were received from 97 countries, and award winners were announced recently…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1405145/vox-populi-foreign-students-of-japanese-show-us-the-beauty-of-the-language/ VOX POPULI: Foreign students of Japanese show us the beauty of the language #AsahiShimbun #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #opinion #VoxPopuli What Japanese expression is your top favorite? That was the theme of an essay contest in Japanese for students of the language around the world. Entries were received from 97 countries, and award winners were announced recently. Let me introduce just a few examples here. “Tadaima” (I’m h
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VOX POPULI: Okinawa left in stasis 30 years after major U.S. military protest
In 1995, I saw for the first time what a blazing conflagration, feeding on popular outrage, could look like. The scene was televised from the city of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, where 85,000 citizens packed a field to protest the …
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https://www.alojapan.com/1397081/vox-populi-okinawa-left-in-stasis-30-years-after-major-u-s-military-protest/ VOX POPULI: Okinawa left in stasis 30 years after major U.S. military protest #AsahiShimbun #Japan #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #opinion #VoxPopuli #沖縄 In 1995, I saw for the first time what a blazing conflagration, feeding on popular outrage, could look like. The scene was televised from the city of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, where 85,000 citizens packed a field to protest the gang rape of a local schoolgirl by U.S. servicemen. Until then
VOX POPULI: The author who sparked a Nobel Prize winner’s love of science
“There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long.”
With that tantalizing preface, the legendary American master of science fiction miniatures Fredric Brown (1906–1972) introduces “Knock,” one of his most celebrated wor…
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The voice of the people is the voice of God.
[Vox populi, vox Dei.]
Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/
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VOX POPULI: Despite politics, stateless folks can build happy lives in Japan
When she was in junior high school in Gunma Prefecture, a single remark from the back of the classroom cut Rurika Hasegawa like a blade. A classmate’s voice—offhand yet cruel—carried across the room: “Her skin is dark because she eats nothing but cur…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1348915/vox-populi-despite-politics-stateless-folks-can-build-happy-lives-in-japan/ VOX POPULI: Despite politics, stateless folks can build happy lives in Japan #AsahiShimbun #Japan #JapanNews #news #opinion #VoxPopuli When she was in junior high school in Gunma Prefecture, a single remark from the back of the classroom cut Rurika Hasegawa like a blade. A classmate’s voice—offhand yet cruel—carried across the room: “Her skin is dark because she eats nothing but curry.” She couldn’t understand why anyone would say such a thin
Chi erano le streghe? Risulta molto interessante comprendere chi erano le streghe per gli uomini che vissero al tempo in cui si svolse la caccia.
Dobbiamo mettere in evidenza che a quel tempo i giudici civili ed ecclesiastici i quali si sentivano impegnati a combattere ciò che ritenevano fosse la forza del male, erano convinti che il loro dovere e la loro vocazione li ...
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https://scienzamagia.eu/magia-esoterismo/chi-erano-le-streghe/
VOX POPULI: Remembering what happened to Japan in August 1945
Japanese forces in the Battle of Okinawa put down their weapons on June 23, 1945, but that did not bring immediate peace to all. On Iejima island, west of Okinawa’s main island, two Japanese soldiers holed up in a banyan tree, unaware that the war was effectively …
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https://www.alojapan.com/1336654/vox-populi-remembering-what-happened-to-japan-in-august-1945/ VOX POPULI: Remembering what happened to Japan in August 1945 #AsahiShimbun #Japan #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #opinion #VoxPopuli #沖縄 Japanese forces in the Battle of Okinawa put down their weapons on June 23, 1945, but that did not bring immediate peace to all. On Iejima island, west of Okinawa’s main island, two Japanese soldiers holed up in a banyan tree, unaware that the war was effectively over. Shujun Sashida, an Okinawan, and Shizuo Y
VOX POPULI: Tips from the 19th century on how to enjoy climbing Fuji
John Rutherford Alcock (1809–1897), a British diplomat and writer, served as the first British minister in Japan during the turbulent final years of the Edo Period (1603–1867), as the Tokugawa Shogunate neared its end. He is also remembered as t…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1319013/vox-populi-tips-from-the-19th-century-on-how-to-enjoy-climbing-fuji/ VOX POPULI: Tips from the 19th century on how to enjoy climbing Fuji #AsahiShimbun #Japan #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountFuji #news #opinion #VoxPopuli #富士山 John Rutherford Alcock (1809–1897), a British diplomat and writer, served as the first British minister in Japan during the turbulent final years of the Edo Period (1603–1867), as the Tokugawa Shogunate neared its end. He is also remembered as the first foreign national to climb Mount Fu
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VOX POPULI: Okinawa fights invasive insects by zapping them with radiation
“Goya,” or bitter gourd, is the first Okinawan vegetable that comes to mind when I think of summer. I’m in bliss when its distinctive bitterness is enhanced by “awamori,” a distilled alcoholic beverage indigenous to Okinawa. Until about…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1301883/vox-populi-okinawa-fights-invasive-insects-by-zapping-them-with-radiation/ VOX POPULI: Okinawa fights invasive insects by zapping them with radiation #AsahiShimbun #Japan #news #Okinawa #OkinawaTopics #opinion #VoxPopuli #沖縄 “Goya,” or bitter gourd, is the first Okinawan vegetable that comes to mind when I think of summer. I’m in bliss when its distinctive bitterness is enhanced by “awamori,” a distilled alcoholic beverage indigenous to Okinawa. Until about 30 years ago, shipments of goya out of Okinawa were restric…
https://www.alojapan.com/1293849/vox-populi-lake-biwa-canal-enlivened-kyoto-while-mixing-in-western-motifs/ VOX POPULI: Lake Biwa Canal enlivened Kyoto while mixing in Western motifs #AsahiShimbun #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #opinion #VoxPopuli #京都 #京都府 The gentle murmur of flowing water accompanied me throughout the journey. From the lakeside city of Otsu to Kyoto, I walked a roughly 12-kilometer stretch of the Biwako Sosui—a historic manmade waterway that links Lake Biwako in Shiga Prefecture to the ancient capital and an engineering marvel so…
