Mike: Hey, Mari. So, we're comparing places this week and you've lived in two great cities: Tokyo and New York and you speak both English and Japanese so you must know them very well, so can you tell me about the people in the places? Mari: In New Yo...
Todd: Kawabe, can you explain the difference, or compare, Tokyo and Osaka? Kawabe: Tokyo and Osaka? OK, I think that Tokyo is like New York City and Osaka is, like where? It's like, I guess it's like, OK, let's say, little Irish city. Todd: A little...
Todd: OK, Shane, why don't you talk a little about why you came to Japan? Shane: Well, I suppose the reason why I came to Japan is because, I suppose it's a personal thing. There's many different people in Dublin, different types of people. I do not...
Hi, this is Tara. I'm going to talk about Tokyo. All in all, I've been in Tokyo now for about a year and three months, and I really love it here. Sometimes I find it hard because the culture is so different from where I am from, but I find the people...
South Korea is calling its ambassador to Japan home, in the latest flare-up of a decades-old dispute. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the islands at the heart of the conflict trigger some very painful memories for Koreans. South Korean Forei...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 18 January 2006 For the first time, the Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended all trading early to prevent a system crash after a surge in transactions. Heavy trading followed news that...