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Ichimon Japan: A Podcast About Japan and the Japanese Language by JapanKyo.com

Aug 21, 2020

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Why are school rules in Japan so strict?

Topics Discussed

  • Experiences working at and attending Japanese schools
  • A selection of "weird" school rules (kōsoku) from across Japan
  • The history behind why school rules became strict in Japan
  • The case of a female high school student who...


Aug 7, 2020

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: How do you create fake kanji?

Topics Discussed

  • Kanji radicals
  • The composition of kanji
  • Kanji reading strategies
  • The "Original Kanji Contest" (Sōsaku Kanji Kontesuto)
  • What yūrei-moji (ghost kanji/characters) are
  • Why the kanji character for rice (米) is used to mean "meter"...