How to Learn Japanese: Intuition
If you want to learn a language as different from English as Japanese is, you'll need a few things. First, ...
If you want to learn a language as different from English as Japanese is, you'll need a few things. First, ...
In the movie Tron, there's a great scene where you see this sea of cubicles going on forever, an extremely ...
The Japanese are masters of influencing emotions using voice, and I'm often amazed at the eerie beauty of the voices ...
I wrote last time that one of the challenges of living in Japan is getting accustomed to Japanese-accented English, sometimes ...
Taro Aso is getting down to business as the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan, forming his cabinet quickly after his ...
When foreigners come to live in Japan, there are certain skills they will need to acquire. When I first arrived ...
Japan's next Prime Minister has been decided, and as expected, it's to be Taro Aso, who received more than 95% ...
Would you get your car serviced at a Speed Racer Service Center? I sure would. It's an interesting gimmick by ...
I got a good laugh the other day while watching an episode of Comedy Central's The Daily Show. During the ...
During the Sports Festival, I engaged in a little hobby of mine: hunting for bizarre English T-shirts. For some reason, ...
Autumn is upon us, and in Japan that means one thing: School Sports Festival, a special event held at all ...
I remember my first payday after coming to work as a teacher in Japan, being handed an envelope containing my ...
It's time for Traffic Safety Week in Japan, when awareness of various automotive safety issues is raised throughout the country. ...
Each year the organization that publishes the Standardized Kanji Test announces the "kanji of the year," the character that best ...
If you've paid attention while watching Japanese anime or, ahem, other videos in Japanese, you've might have noticed the word ...
Most Western nations are facing the problem of ageing populations, but Japan is really leading the pack, with its combination ...
I went to Tokyo to meet a friend yesterday. He's working for the prestigious Tokyo University, the top ranked school ...
"Children who are able to greet others properly won't be steered wrong in life." This is one of the many ...
Japan has the best Internet connectivity in the world, according to a newly released study which compared actual data-transfer rates ...
"How many Taco Bell sauce packets do you have in your glove compartment?" I've got a lot, and whenever I ...
I write often about how Japanese consider themselves to be a decade or so "behind" the U.S. and Europe, and ...
Happy Wedding! To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Fist of the North Star, the popular manga and anime set in ...
Every visitor to Japan develops, I think, a special relationship with Kyoto, the beautiful city that was capital of Japan ...
Although anime has become a part of our world culture, watched by fans from all over the globe, the word ...