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  • St. Valentine’s Day in Japan: Unwrapping the Origins of Chocolate Giving

    St. Valentine’s Day in Japan: Unwrapping the Origins of Chocolate Giving
    Feb 12 2024

    The practice of chocolate giving began around the 1950s or early 1960s when confectionery companies in Japan started promoting the idea of women giving chocolates to men on Valentine’s Day. This marketing strategy boosted chocolate sales during a period that was traditionally not associated with gift-giving.

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    3 min
  • Eiken_2_2016_02_3B

    Eiken_2_2016_02_3B
    Aug 3 2023
    As air travel gets cheaper, more and more people are visiting famous sites aroundthe world. Although this increase in tourism brings economic benefits to the areas around these sites, tourists also cause unexpected problems. In particular, some famous works of art are being affected.
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    2 min
  • Eiken_2_2016_02_2B

    Eiken_2_2016_02_2B
    Aug 3 2023
    The sense of smell is an important tool for animals that live together in groups. Dogs and wolves, for example, use smell to communicate with their families and with other groups. In a similar way, smell is important for humans.
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    2 min
  • Eiken_2_2016_02_2A

    Eiken_2_2016_02_2A
    Aug 3 2023
    Over the past 20 years, more and more individuals have been buying locally produced food because it is better for both people's health and the environment.
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    2 min
  • Eiken_Pre2_2016_02_5B

    Eiken_Pre2_2016_02_5B
    Aug 3 2023
    Thousands of years ago in Australia, people traveled long distances without getting lost. Aboriginal people had a special way to help them travel. They used songs to describe the mountains, rivers, and rocks that people would see while they were traveling.
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    2 min
  • Eiken_Pre2_2016_02_4B

    Eiken_Pre2_2016_02_4B
    Aug 3 2023
    Dog sledding is one of the toughest sports in the world. A driver stands on a sled and guides a team of dogs that pulls the sled through the snow. Both the driver and the dogs must be very strong in order to compete.
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    1 min
  • Eiken_Pre2_2016_02_4A_Teamwork

    Eiken_Pre2_2016_02_4A_Teamwork
    Aug 3 2023

    TeamworkMark is a high school student. Every year, his school holds a festival. For this year's festival, Mark's class wanted to do a dance performance. Mark suggested that they dance to jazz music, which he likes. At first, most of his classmates (did not agree with) him.
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    1 min
  • Eiken_Pre1_2016_02_3

    Eiken_Pre1_2016_02_3
    Aug 2 2023

    Nearly three-quarters of the world's maple syrup is produced in the Canadian province of Quebec, and the industry contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to the province's economy every year. Producers there are legally required to join the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers and to obey its regulations.
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    2 min