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ビジネス日本語講座
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- ビジネス日本語講座
タコツボを転々とする生き方
This episode explores the concept of the “octopus trap” as a metaphor for modern careers. In traditional systems, people were encouraged to specialize deeply…
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軽さはなぜ気持ち悪くなったのか ── 三段階で見る現代の違和感
This episode examines why modern content often feels shallow or uncomfortable. It introduces a three-stage model: an earlier era where meaning was serious and…
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なぜ人は「自分で選んでいる」と思い込むのか
This episode explores a fundamental question: do we really choose freely, or are our choices shaped by society? From music and careers to life decisions, we…
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過剰品質が日本人の働き方を悪くする
This episode explores why many Japanese workers appear overworked, focusing on the concept of “overquality.” Using everyday examples like convenience stores…
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SNSのつながりはクソの役にも立たないというのは本当か
This episode explores whether social media connections are truly useless. While likes, follows, and comments create the illusion of connection, they often…
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なぜ現代社会では階級闘争が起きないのか
This episode explores why class struggle appears absent in modern society. While conflicts between groups with opposing interests still exist, they are no…
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なぜ「語りがうまい人」ほど中身を問われなくなるのか
This episode explores a harsh reality: the better someone speaks, the less their content is questioned. In today’s information-saturated society, fluent speech…
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理解が早い人は生き残るが、世界は変えない
In today’s episode, I explore a simple but uncomfortable idea: people who can understand instructions quickly tend to survive easily in modern society. In…
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体育会系ホワイトカラーはなぜ資本主義に弱いのか
In this episode, Shigeki examines why “athletic-minded” white-collar workers often struggle in capitalism. While they excel in labor markets through…
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なぜ日本企業は「社会主義的身体観」を残しているのか
In this episode, Shigeki explores why many Japanese companies still retain what he calls a “socialist view of the body.” While Japan is often seen as…
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「カラダが資本」は本当なのか ― サラリーマンが無意識に信じている構造
This episode questions the common workplace phrase “Your body is your capital.” While health is essential, the episode explains that, from an economic…
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SCMが呪文化しやすい理由
This episode explores why the business term “Supply Chain Management (SCM)” often turns into a buzzword or “magic spell” in corporate environments. While SCM…
- ビジネス日本語講座
日系企業では「用事がなくても顔を出せ」
This episode explores an unspoken survival strategy inside many traditional Japanese companies: showing your presence, even when you have no specific task. In…
- ビジネス日本語講座
「同じことを二度言わせるな」という言葉の正体
In this episode, I explore the common workplace phrase “Don’t make me say the same thing twice” and what it reveals about work culture. I discuss how this…
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なぜ、日本人サラリーマンは脱サラして蕎麦屋になろうとするのか
In this episode, I explore why many Japanese salary workers who leave corporate life often choose to open soba restaurants. This is not simply about food or…
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日系企業ではAI失業は起こらない
In this episode, I discuss why large-scale AI-driven job loss may be less likely in traditional Japanese corporations. While global discussions often focus on…
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日系企業で雇われ続けるための正しいマインドセット
This episode explains the practical mindset needed to survive and stay employed in traditional Japanese corporations. Instead of focusing on personal…
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なぜ職業訓練校は『ひとりビジネス』を教えないのか
In this episode, I explore why public job training programs rarely teach how to succeed in solo business or entrepreneurship. Using Japan as a main example, I…
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『好きなことを仕事に』は本当に正しいのか
In this episode, I examine the popular advice, “Find a job you love” or “Turn what you love into work.” While this message is often meant to encourage people…
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日本は努力不足なのか ── 問題は“頑張り方”ではなく“勝ち方”だった
In this episode, I discuss what Japan should do next in a world where the rules of economic competition have changed. I argue that Japan does not need to…
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日本はなぜ勝てたのか、そしてなぜ勝てなくなったのか
In this episode, I explore why Japan was able to dominate parts of the global economy in the late 20th century and why those same strengths became limitations…
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「会社に必要とされる」と「会社に縛られる」の境界
In this episode, I explore the subtle boundary between being needed by a company and being controlled by it. In the AI era, simply being “useful” is no longer…
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偉そう職人と体育会系管理職、どちらが組織を壊すのか
In this episode, I explore how two common workplace archetypes—the arrogant craftsman and the sports-style managerial leader—can damage organizations in…
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孤独のグルメが好まれる理由
In this episode, I examine why the Japanese drama *Kodoku no Gourmet* (Solitary Gourmet) has gained fans not only in Japan but also overseas. While many…
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本は全部読まなくて良い
In this episode, I reflect on the meaning of reading in the modern age. Today, we have countless ways to learn through videos, audio, and digital content, yet…
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ニヒルと挑戦 ― 虚無主義をめぐって
In this episode, I explore the relationship between nihilism and challenge from a philosophical and personal perspective. Nihilism often appears as a defensive…
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教養本ブームという病
Today’s episode explores the idea that the modern “cultured book boom” may reflect insecurity rather than genuine intellectual growth. I discuss how many…
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安心できる人間だけが生き残る社会 ― 日本型評価システムの正体
This episode explores why certain content creators quickly gain widespread support in Japan despite not making strong claims or controversial statements. The…
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サンクコスト社会の終焉 ― 昔は正解、今は罠
This episode explores how Japanese society was once designed around sunk costs—and why that logic no longer works. In the past, lifetime employment…
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サンクコストの呪いから自由になろう ― 職人の生き方に潜む罠
This episode examines the “sunk cost trap” hidden within the admired image of the Japanese craftsman. While dedication, endurance, and unwavering commitment…
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ブームになるもの、ならないもの
This episode explores why some things suddenly become massive trends while others never spread, regardless of their quality. Using examples like matcha drinks…
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日系企業で働くなら、「いかがなものか」をマスターしよう
This episode explains why the Japanese phrase *“ikaga na mono ka”* (“I’m not sure about that”) is one of the most important expressions to understand when…
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今も呼吸する買弁資本 ― 文明を前に進めない経済構造の正体
This episode explores the idea of “comprador capital,” not as a moral failure, but as an economic structure that survives by connecting powerful external…
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観光立国と外国人規制の矛盾 ― 経済と安全保障をどう両立させるか
Japan welcomes foreign tourists while remaining cautious about foreign land ownership and long-term settlement. This episode explores the apparent…
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“希少”ではないレアメタル──レアメタルとレアアースの本当の違い
Many people think “rare metals” are rare because they hardly exist. This episode explains why that idea is wrong. “Rare” actually means difficult to separate…
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外側だけ老人で、中身が未成熟な人たちが増えていく日本
This episode explores the danger of aging without inner maturity in Japan. Inspired by a travel YouTuber who records movement without reflection, it argues…
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水清ければ魚棲まず ― 清潔すぎる社会が人間を終わらせる
This episode explores the danger of a society that worships cleanliness, harmony, and harmlessness. Inspired by a perfectly curated travel video, the talk…
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序列という麻薬：日本型組織の精神構造と脱却
This episode compares hierarchy in Japanese white-collar culture to a drug. Promotions once symbolized honor and recognition, but the structure has collapsed…
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日経を読めと言われた時代の嘘
This episode questions the old belief that reading the Nikkei automatically means thinking. The Nikkei once gave Japanese salary workers a shared language…
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経営者のコスプレをするための主要キーワード解説
This episode explores the phenomenon of “cosplay executives” in online business culture, where language replaces substance. It shows how polished endings…
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なぜ人は“サラリーマンの苦労”を神話にしたがるのか ― 自己正当化としての人生ストーリー
This episode explores a deep human instinct: the need to believe our lives were not wasted. When reality feels like placement rather than choice, we create…
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継続教という宗教──なぜ「続けているだけの人」が崇拝されるのか
This episode questions the modern belief that persistence is always virtuous. Continuation began as a practical means to reach goals, yet it has quietly become…
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日系企業で定年まで勤め上げたいなら、狡さを徹底的に磨きなさい
In this episode, I explain why “cunning” is the most important skill for surviving long term in Japanese companies. It does not mean cheating or breaking…
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『今からでも間に合う』という語り口が、なぜ危険なのか
In this episode, I explain why the phrase “it’s not too late” is often dangerous. Although it sounds hopeful and encouraging, it is usually a psychological…
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なぜ日本では理念のために死が語られにくいのか
In this episode, I explore why modern Japan rarely creates stories of people who die for abstract ideals such as nations, religions, or grand principles…
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欲望を持ってはいけない、ではなく、欲望を“見せてはいけない”社会
In this episode, I explore how desire is treated in Japanese society. Desire itself is not forbidden, but showing it openly is. People are expected to hide…
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仕事ができるとは何か──評価されない時間に耐えられなくなった社会
In this episode, I examine what “being good at work” really means in a world where most labor cannot be measured by numbers. Office work is judged through…
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セレブが憎まれない時代の構造
In this episode, I examine why modern “celebrity business owners” and flow-based entrepreneurs no longer provoke class anger, but are instead consumed as…
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人生に意味があることが前提になっている自己啓発屋の語りは、信用すべきではない
In this episode, I question the way self-help culture assumes that life must always have meaning. Many motivational messages begin with the promise that your…
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自己責任で生き残れる人が増えるほど、自己責任では生き残れない人が声を持てなくなる社会
In this episode, I examine a paradox of modern society: as more people succeed through personal responsibility, those who cannot survive by that logic…
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カピバラはなぜ現代の人気者になったのか
In this episode, I explore why capybaras have become unexpected icons of comfort in modern society. Their popularity is not simply about cuteness, but about…
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観光立国という逃げ道
In this episode, I reflect on Japan’s growing emphasis on tourism as a national strategy and ask what it reveals about the country’s current direction. Tourism…
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なぜ現代は、自由に生きることがこんなにも難しいのか
In this episode, I explore why living freely has become increasingly difficult in modern society. Although we often hear that values are more diverse and…
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かつて、そして現代日本に最適化された三無主義者
In this episode, I examine the concept of “Three-Nothingism” and how it has evolved in modern Japanese society. Originally used in the 1970s to describe apathy…
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ストーリーは欲望を隠すための道具になる
In this episode, I explore how “storytelling” has shifted from a tool for communication into a mechanism for hiding desire. In contemporary society…
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21世紀に金持ちになりたかったら、御用〇〇になりなさい
In this episode, I examine why so-called “establishment-friendly experts” — government advisors, media commentators, consultants, and influencers — tend to…
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AI動画に慣れることで、人の倫理観はどう変わるのか
In this episode, I reflect on how repeated exposure to AI-generated animal videos may quietly reshape our sense of ethics. These videos are cute, harmless, and…
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テレビが語らない日本企業のリアル ──「仲の良さ」の裏にある沈黙と選別
This episode examines Japanese TV programs that introduce local companies and factories, especially those aired during the New Year holidays. While these shows…
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昔の日本の年末年始のテレビと、いまのそれの比較
In Japan, year-end and New Year television used to be loud, emotional, and full of forced meaning. Viewers were told to reflect, feel inspired, and set new…
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言葉ではなく、波長で人はつながる
In this year-end episode, I reflect on a simple but often overlooked truth: real connection is not created by language alone. You can study a foreign language…