Piotr Dawid
- 20. Apr. 2021
- 3 Min.
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 2021
- 4 Min.
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. 2020
- 8 Min.
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
- 10. Okt. 2020
- 6 Min.
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 2020
- 5 Min.
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 2020
- 3 Min.
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...