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February 21, 2020 Yuki

Haruki Murakami for me, a Japanese man

Haruki Murakami is an internationally popular Japanese novelist, you know. Here, I would like to say what I think of Haruki Murakami as a Japanese. Haruki Murakami is popular in Japan as well, but he is actually unique as a Japanese novelist. His novels are not typical Japanese novels. Haruki Murakami’s work has not received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in Japan. The reason for the low evaluation is that Haruki Murakami’s novels are too heavily influenced by American literature. When reading Haruki Murakami’s novels, people outside Japan may feel Japanese-like something, but Japanese people feel that literature is not like Japan. In fact, Haruki Murakami is known to like novels

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September 4, 2019 Yuki

How to Communicate with Japanese People in English

Most Japanese don’t speak English fluently. But in fact, most Japanese have studied English at school for more than six years. However, English in school education is mainly learned for entrance exams, so most Japanese are not good at listening and speaking. There is a hint to communicate with such Japanese in English. Speak slowly, separating words one by one. If it is still difficult, it may be understood if you show the text. Japanese people are not good at cursive handwriting also, so the text may need to be written in block letters.