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What are they keys to success as a freelance?

That was a question asked to me at an online get-together for freelances hosted by the German-Japanese Professional Women's Network (GJ-PWN) the other day. Although somehow flattered by the question, I could not come up with the right answ

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Cultural Connotations in Looking at the Harvest Moon

Tonight, many people will be marvelling at the perfect full moon over the Japanese sky. 🌝 September's full moon has been cherished for centuries as an aesthetic object for public (nowadays family) viewing in Japan. 🍡 I am all ready for

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金平糖状 vs confectionery shape

“Substances shaped like Konpeito” is an expression I came across in #translating a chemical #patent from Japanese into English recently. While searching for this word in PCT applications readily accessible on the Internet, I came across a g

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Hiromi Ito@Cologne

As the young up-and-coming feminist poet that she then was, I got to know her in my student days in the late ‘80s in Japan. After relocating to Germany, I had the opportunity to attend her poetry reading session in Düsseldorf – if I remembe

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