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1. BILINGUAL - MINORU MATSUTANI
Shinto's kami and jinja seeking world acceptance
June 3, 2013
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2. BILINGUAL - PETER and MIO BACKHAUS
Oyaji gyagu, more than just cheesy puns
May 27, 2013
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3. SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Postal symbol
May 21, 2013
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4. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Product names show language creativity at work
May 20, 2013
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5. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
It ain't easy being a bilingual girl
May 13, 2013
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6. BILINGUAL - MINORU MATSUTANI
Plan to introduce TOEFL to universities has its merits
May 6, 2013
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7. BILINGUAL - PETER BACKHAUS and YUKO KUNIMATSU
Bilingual beauty, straight and permed
April 29, 2013
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8. SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Bosai musen
April 16, 2013
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9. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
The life and times of the destitute girl
April 8, 2013
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10. BILINGUAL - PETER BACKHAUS
Yoisho! A word to move mountains (and smaller things)
March 25, 2013
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11. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
White gloves
March 19, 2013
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12. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Best to consult an expert before getting a cryptic kanji tattoo
March 18, 2013
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13. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
A personal invitation to the I-hate-cherry-blossoms club
March 11, 2013
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14. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Tense times in Japan's relationships with its neighbors
March 4, 2013
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15. BILINGUAL - PETER BACKHAUS
The Japanese traffic light blues: Stop on red, go on what?
Feb. 25, 2013
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16. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Nori
Feb. 19, 2013
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17. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Can-can dancers, tea-time snacks and katakana confusion
Feb. 18, 2013
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18. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Providing for old age somehow connects to V-day blues
Feb. 11, 2013
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19. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
'Abenomics' will either make or break Japan's economy
Feb. 4, 2013
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20. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
What's in a Japanese name? More than you might expect
Jan. 28, 2013
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21. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Men shouldn't fear seductive snake women this year
Jan. 21, 2013
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22. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Warōsoku
Jan. 15, 2013
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23. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Hit product lists laud the year's marketing successes
Jan. 14, 2013
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24. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
No loss for words when expressing scale of DPJ's defeat
Jan. 7, 2013
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25. BILINGUAL - PETER BACKHAUS
Even language has winners and losers
Dec. 31, 2012
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26. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Switching to mama mode is not easy for today's gals
Dec. 24, 2012
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27. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Senkyo postā keijiba
Dec. 18, 2012
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28. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Buzzwords show the changing face of Japanese in 2012
Dec. 17, 2012
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29. EDUCATION - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
A third force enters the election race
Dec. 3, 2012
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30. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Notable negatives, funny titles and other linguistic oddities
Nov. 26, 2012
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31. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Emergency announcements
Nov. 20, 2012
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32. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Plan A: Live long and inconspicuously
Nov. 19, 2012
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33. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Cooperation is needed to solve global economic crisis
Nov. 5, 2012
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34. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Halloween in Japan: no trick or treat, but scary spots galore
Oct. 29, 2012
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35. BILINGUAL - PETER BACKHAUS
Politicians may ru the day their names became verbs
Oct. 22, 2012
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36. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Straw belts
Oct. 16, 2012
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37. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Our daily motivational pep session
Oct. 8, 2012
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38. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
The unneighborly side of nationalism
Oct. 1, 2012
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39. BILINGUAL - PETER BACKHAUS
Indecent proposals: the language of Japanese dating spam
Sept. 24, 2012
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40. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Kaohame
Sept. 18, 2012
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41. EDUCATION - KAORI SHOJI
Going with the flow, in water we trust
Sept. 17, 2012
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42. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Imagine a better Olympics for Japan
Sept. 3, 2012
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43. BILINGUAL - MAKIKO ITOH
The bittersweet taste of Japanese words
Aug. 27, 2012
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44. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
A how-to guide to becoming a translator of how-to guides
Aug. 20, 2012
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45. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
This ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Aug. 13, 2012
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46. BILINGUAL - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
School bullies need to take responsibility for their actions
Aug. 6, 2012
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47. BILINGUAL - MINORU MATSUTANI
Mikitani and his 'Englishnization' of Japanese business
July 30, 2012
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48. BILINGUAL - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
This summer, signs of setsuden will again be all around us
July 23, 2012
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49. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Chindonya
July 17, 2012
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50. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Japan's sticky, hot, windy summer gives women the blues
July 16, 2012
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