What Foreign Language Do North Koreans Learn? English!
North Korea has been in the news in the past few days and weeks. Most of the attention has been negative; tensions have risen between North Korea and the United States. Not that this is new. The two...
View ArticleJapan’s Strange Isolation, and How It Hurts Us and Japan
Japan is one of the world’s most advanced economies. In some ways, however, its economy is quite isolated. This is a result of both geography and history. Japan is both an island alone and a former...
View ArticleDid You Know that the United Kingdom Censored Animal Farm? Here’s Why:
Animal Farm is one of the most famous tracts of the 20th century. It’s a prescient warning against totalitarianism. Its influence is such that phrases such as “All animals are equal, but some animals...
View ArticleDo Tourists Get Sick When They Visit the United States?
It’s a common thing when Americans visit other countries. They get sick. An American visits a friend in a foreign country, consumes everything on the plate her friend has prepared (out of politeness,...
View ArticleHow Japanese and Americans Save Differently
In America a dollar today is worth much less than a dollar in 1980. Americans marvel at how much cheaper things used to be in the past, when Coca-Cola and movies only cost five cents. In Japan the...
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