An explanatory meeting was held at Doshisha University for the e-learning service "Chinese Proficiency Test Past Question Web (a.k.a. Chuken Web)," which allows students to prepare for the Chinese Language Proficiency Test via PC, smartphone, or tablet. At the briefing, we focused on explaining the operation method of Chuken WEB. One feature that was particularly popular with the students this time was the "study contents" provided as training. The content includes vocabulary...

Following the previous article, "Subway Conditions in Seoul, Korea," we would like to introduce "Manhattan Bus and Subway Conditions in New York City," which is related to transportation. The Yellow Cabs and the subways are very famous when it comes to transportation in New York City. It has been a long time since the New York City subways were considered dangerous (of course, there are still some dangerous places depending on the time of day and location). By the way, the doors of the New York City subways are faster than those in Japan....

We previously reported that the number of foreign visitors to Japan in July 2018 (estimated value) recorded 2,832,000, up 5.6% from the same month last year, making it the highest July on record. <Reference> From the Trends in the Number of Foreign Visitors to Japan - Latest Inbound Market Statistics (as of July 2018) In this issue, we provide inbound information on travelers from Thailand, where the number of visitors to Japan has been increasing year after year. In 2017, the number of visitors to Japan from Thailand reached a record high of 987,000...

Hello everyone who reads the Kodensha blog, this is the first blog by Ikeda, a sales clerk in the Sales Department ＼(^o^)／ The other day, a customer gave me a Chinese tea as a souvenir. It is a high-class "Tieguanyin" tea (#^. It is said that Tieguanyin is a precious tea leaf from which only about 10% of all Oolong teas are harvested. It is very rare to buy and drink it in Japan, unless you have an opportunity to receive it as a souvenir....

In early June, I had a business trip to China and flew from Haneda to Beijing. Since it was a 4-hour flight, I decided to enjoy the in-flight entertainment and watched "택시운전사 Taxi Driver: A Promise Across the Sea". The introduction in the in-flight magazine said, "Based on the Gwangju Incident in 1980 during martial law, in which citizens who rose up for democracy were suppressed, this film was the No. 1 box-office hit in South Korea in 2017." It is stated. Even though I had seen and heard a little about Korea under martial law at the time, I had never seen a book based on that...