Japan is a conformist society, and life, it is said, is bleak for those who do not fit in.

日本的社会讲究循规蹈矩，据说对于那些与此格格不入的人而言，生活希望渺茫。

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For years, studies in China and Japan have shown that the folklore about tea does contain some truth — it does promote longer life.

多年来，我国和日本的研究已表明，民间茶叶艺术确实有一定的道理-它能延长人的寿命。

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Mitsubishi, for instance, started life in 1870 running the ships of the Tosa clan from an island in southern Japan.

以三菱（Mitsubishi）为例，它创立于1870年，最初的业务是在日本南部的一个小岛上管理土佐（Tosa）家族的船只。

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Instead of making life difficult for anybody in Japan wanting to offer Internet access to the public, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has lately been issuing licences to all and sundry.

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But for those of us fortunate enough to sample life in Japan, it has been an experience never to be forgotten with a thousand memories to be stored away forever.

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With its rapidly aging population and low birthrate, Japan is the world's largest market for life insurance.

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