

Piotr Dawid
20. Apr. 20213 Min. Lesezeit
Review: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami – More of the Same from Japan's Best-Selling Author
First Person Singular has all the hallmarks of a Murakami book but fails to live up to expectations. ("Murakami Haruki (2009)" by...


stefangaugel
25. März 20214 Min. Lesezeit
6 things which surprised me about studying at a Japanese university
In 2019, my master’s program at TUM gave me the amazing opportunity to spend an exchange semester at Waseda University in Tokyo, one of...


Danae Pantelide
27. Nov. 20208 Min. Lesezeit
A beginner’s brief guide to Japanese Manga and South Korean Webtoons
If you are a millennial, you have likely spent hours of your childhood reading comics alone or with friends. Also, there is a good chance...


stefangaugel
9. Okt. 20206 Min. Lesezeit
Are Japanese working days really as long as we think in Europe?
Despite 40 hours a week being the legal recommendation, many Japanese workers can only dream of having a normal 9-5 workday...


Mathias Horsch
27. Juli 20205 Min. Lesezeit
Why a train journey in China is an experience by itself
This article has first been published on our AES blog in July 2020 and is an extracted chapter from a travel blog post about a train...


Karin Szu
19. Juni 20203 Min. Lesezeit
Is English harder than Japanese?
If you are a native speaker of English, learning Japanese can seem like an ambitious endeavor. In fact, the US Foreign Service Institute...