I know my journal has been pretty dead since the end of last month, and this is probably not what anyone is expecting, but...

Below is a short 1200 word essay I wrote for a class last semester about the Japanese borrowing of the Chinese lauguage system and its subsequent influence on the Japanese scripts. I don't know how many people here would like ( Read more... )

I have a paper worth 30% of my grade due next Thursday which I haven't started on. I can't ask anyone for help (except the professor but yeah) because all the people I know in the module have their papers due in like, November. He releases all the 8 essay topics at the start of the semester but sets the deadlines one week apart for each one, and I ( Read more... )

Those who understand Japanese, could you help me take a look at my essay thingy? I think it's a little difficult to understand towards the end, but I don't know how to change it T__T私は日本の老人が詐欺師に貯金を騙された事件は増えていることについて、お話ししたいと思います。新聞によると、今年の前半は去年の同じ時期より、老人が騙された事件数も金額も四倍増えました。詐欺師は電話で、自分が投資会社の社員と言って、老人にお金を渡せます。シンガポールも数年前から、老人がお金を騙された事件が増えました。