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The Japanese “pet boom” can be traced back to 2003 where it was estimated that the combined number of cats and dogs in Japan have outnumbered the number of children. [19] The estimated number of pets and children under 16 in Japan was 19.2 and 17.9 million respectively in 2003, and 23.2 million to 17 million in 2009.
The term shippei (竹篦) denotes a "bamboo staff" in Zen Buddhism, [8] and is connected with the expression shippegaeshi meaning "repercussion" or "backlash". [9]However, it has been asserted that the name Shippeitarō―was originally unconnected with religious implement―and was a corruption of Shippūtarō (疾風太郎), [10] meaning "swift wind Tarō", which as a matter of commonplace ...
Haruki Murakami is one of the most popular and controversial of today's Japanese authors. [22] His genre-defying, humorous and surreal works have sparked fierce debates in Japan over whether they are true "literature" or simple pop-fiction: Kenzaburō Ōe has been one of his harshest critics.
Hakkenden is a long, dense work told from multiple perspectives - described by translator Glynne Walley as "huge and unwieldy, almost comically so". [5] However, it can be divided into three main arcs - a prologue leading up to the Dog Warriors' birth, the stories of the individual Dogs as they encounter one another, and a final war between the Satomi and their assembled foes.
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Japanese pet insurance company iPet Insurance recently conducted a client survey to determine the top 10 most popular dog names for 2024 - at least, the most popular ones among their canine ...
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