Tokyo Metro - Manner Ads

Tokyo Metro post a manner poster every month on what to do and what not to do.
The poster are often amusing but are also a reality.
Depicted here is a drunken "salary man" past out in the metro.

Japanese Salary man have a tendencies to drink too much.

http://www.tokyometro.jp/anshin/kaiteki/poster/index.html

Tokyo,Japan Most expensive city in the world

Forbes Magazine (http://www.forbes.com/)

1. Tokyo, Japan
A strong yen was the reason Forbes gave for Tokyo being back in the top spot. Expats living in the metropolis spent more money than those living in any other city, while average 2 bedroom apartment rents are now listed at $5,000 per month.

Price for a movie ticket - US$22

Price for a single medium pizza - US$31

Ijime - A social Ilness in Japanese School

Ijime stands for Bullying in Japanese, this is a real problem in Japanese school. In some cases some students have committed suicide to avoid being "Ijime".

This is a real problem that often goes unaddressed. Most teacher do not see the bullying or will simply close their eyes in this case. Parents tends to avoid any issues regarding school, all the parents really care abouts are the grades and the rest is left to the teachers, whom most often don't see the big picture.

So the child is left alone and the bullying continues.

Japan is still pretty closed to foreigners, the number of "half-kids" is growing but still remains very low. The fact that they look different often brings them to get bullied in Japanese school.

More and more "talento" of "half" decent have started to speak up about the problem on TV.

Its already not easy growing up, its even harder when suffering from Ijime.

This is One more reason I wish to send my Child to an International school.

To be Continued

Very good article on Ijime from Danny Choo

http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/1294/Bullying+in+Japan.html