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The couple were featured in BBC, [3] The Japan Times, [4] Japan Today [11] and in the TV show Asachan from TBS, in a section dedicated to foreign YouTube personalities based in Japan. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Rachel and Jun have collaborations with other notable YouTubers such as Simon and Martina , [ 14 ] Sebastiano Serafini , The Anime Man , einshine ...
Tsuru no Ongaeshi (鶴の恩返し, lit."Crane's Return of a Favor") is a story from Japanese folklore about a crane who returns a favor to a man. A variant of the story where a man marries the crane that returns the favor is known as Tsuru Nyōbō (鶴女房, "Crane Wife").
In some versions of the story, Kuchisake-Onna was the adulterous wife or a mistress of a samurai during her life. [5] [6] She grew lonely because the samurai was always away from home fighting, and began having affairs with men around the town. When the samurai heard of this, he was outraged.
Kasa Jizō (笠地蔵) is a Japanese folk tale about an old couple whose generosity is rewarded by Jizō, the Japanese name for the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha.The story is commonly handed down by parents to their children in order to instill moral values, as it is grounded in Buddhist thought.
Shita-kiri Suzume (舌切り雀, shita-kiri suzume), translated literally into "Tongue-Cut Sparrow", is a traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. The story explores the effects of greed, friendship and jealousy on the characters.
The production of the film started in April 2007. This is the first time Aparna Sen has made a film based on someone else's story. This movie is based on the title story of The Japanese Wife and Other Stories by Bengali Indian author Kunal Basu, who writes from Oxford and is an engineer by training.
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In particular, since the postwar period, Japan has adopted the "male breadwinner" model, which favors a nuclear-family household in which the husband is the breadwinner for the family while the wife is a dependant. [20] When the wife is not employed, the family is eligible for social insurance services and tax deductions.