Yuri Chekalin

Yuri Chekalin22.05.2020

After World War II, Japan imported all kinds of ideas from America. One of them was that “a bread diet is better for health.” At that time, it was widely advertised that eating rice makes people stupid. Here is what the Japanese scholars then claimed, supported even by the Japanese government: “The nature of those […]

Yuri Chekalin19.05.2020

Yuri Bakhurin’s book, The Front and Rear of the Great War, is a true World War I encyclopedia. In it, the reader will find for himself a lot of informative and fascinating. How did the soldiers eat (even with the scheme of the design of a pack kitchen), what did they drink, what did they […]

Yuri Chekalin17.05.2020

There is one anime that you can be sure every single person in Japan knows, young and old alike, and that everyone has seen at least one episode. It’s inescapable but still largely unknown outside Japan. It is called Sazae-san. Although not many Western fans of anime and manga know about Sazae-san, but you should. The series […]

Yuri Chekalin14.05.2020

Sukiyaki is a type of hot pot dish known for its sweet and salty flavor, seasoned with shoyu, sugar, and mirin. In addition to thin slices of beef, common ingredients for sukiyaki include naganegi (Japanese leek), shungiku green, shiitake, tofu, and shirataki noodles. In general, the meat for sukiyaki is sliced slightly thicker than that […]

Yuri Chekalin13.05.2020

On a dusty plateau on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, stands a complex of stone structures that could arguably be called the most famous ancient monuments in the world: the Pyramids of Giza. They were built to honor kings, to demonstrate power, and to last forever. Indeed, of all the Seven Wonders of the Ancient […]

Yuri Chekalin12.05.2020

Noam Chomsky, born December 7, 1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., American theoretical linguist whose work from the 1950s revolutionized the field of linguistics by treating language as a uniquely human, biologically based cognitive capacity. Through his contributions to linguistics and related fields, including cognitive psychology and the philosophies of mind and language, Chomsky helped to initiate […]

Yuri Chekalin07.05.2020

Today we’re talking with a historian Yuri Bahurin, the author of “Front and Rear of the Great War”. 1) Why did you decide to deal with the First World War? Having entered the history department, I really didn’t immediately understand for myself and decided what kind of historical epoch most attracted to me: here you […]

Yuri Chekalin04.05.2020

A peculiar form of society was created in Japan after World War II. The birth of such a secular, materialistic, and atheistic society perhaps cannot be found in any other age and place in history. It is said that most Japanese, when asked for their religious status in filling out an application form for a […]

Yuri Chekalin02.05.2020

Shinto is undeniably a religion unique to the Japanese people. It is a natural religion born and nurtured in the Japanese islands, unlike Buddhism or Christianity, which are world religions that have come to Japan from foreign countries. Certainly we cannot deny the influences on Shinto from Buddhism, Confucianism, or Chinese culture. Their influences on […]

Yuri Chekalin30.04.2020

The women of the world for which Genji was written had households to run or lords and ladies to serve, and they could be busy with many tasks, duties, or pastimes. Still, the pace of life was slow. The tale is for readers who have time. Not only is it long, but it invites a […]

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Yuri Chekalin

Does rice make people stupid?

Review of Yuri Bahurin’s Book “The Front and Rear of the Great War”

Sazae-san and Humor in Japan

Sukiyaki: a Japanese One Pot Meal

The Pyramids of Giza

Interview with Noam Chomsky

Interview with Yuri Bakhurin

Japanese Atheists and Faithless Japanese

Shinto is a Rich World of Faith

Reading The Tale of Genji Today

Winston Churchill Through My Father’s Eyes

World War I Heroes In Memoriam: Part One

Build Where We Can, Not Where We Want

MUFG Bank Fires Worker for Stealing Over ¥1 Bil from Customers