How far would you go to pass a test? At all points in our life, tests determine whether we succeed or fail with little remorse for how much grueling effort actually went into studying for it. One test in Japan is extremely taxing and foreigners and Japanese alike shudder at even the thought of taking it. We are talking about the Japanese driver’s license test and one first year high school student from Fukuoka who had failed the written portion 20 times, finally resorted to cheating in order to try and pass it.
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Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
Sanrio and magical girl anime PreCure join forces for new merch line【Photos】
A trip to see the breathtaking mountain beauty of Nagano’s Kamikochi【Part 1】
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Japanese job-quitting service contacted by other job-quitting service because employee wants to quit
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