Stereotypes of foreigners by Japanese including Girls from Ipanema, Japan’s “other” staple food, and more
Living outside my home country as I do, the subject of stereotypes has always interested me. Everyone has certain preconceived ...
Living outside my home country as I do, the subject of stereotypes has always interested me. Everyone has certain preconceived ...
Saturday was "new keitai day" for our family, and we all went down to the local "au" store to get ...
All countries are affected to a certain extent by the views of foreigners. I've read that the Chinese never really ...
First, the J-List site went down for a couple hours on Tuesday night, U.S. time, due to a server hiccup, ...
One complex subject in Japan is that of gift giving. The Japanese are very much into exchanging gifts, and the ...
My wife and I face various daily challenges because of our kokusai kekkon, or international marriage. As an American I ...
Something odd happened while I was in the States: my wife decided that Johnny Depp was the neatest thing since ...
Well, I've made my little hop across the Pacific, and am once again in hot, humid, kawaii Japan. When people ...
When you start studying Japanese, one of the first things you learn is that sentence structure will not be anything ...
One way to compare Japan's more structured society with the U.S. and Europe is to look at the standardized Japanese ...
Well, Otakon has passed and we're safely back in San Diego, our long, multi-stage vacation across America finally over. After ...
My son and I continue to enjoy our mini-vacation here in Baltimore, and it's been fun to watch his reactions ...
There are several methods of learning a foreign language, including grammar-translation (learning grammar and example sentences), Total Physical Response ("Simon ...