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It's fun to observe how the social trends of each era are reflected in the anime being produced at the ...
It's fun to observe how the social trends of each era are reflected in the anime being produced at the ...
World War II was a tumultuous time, and it's interesting looking at the various ways our current image of Japan ...
Raising kids in Japan inevitably means guiding them through juken, or "taking an important test." Both my kids had to ...
Although large cities like Tokyo have extensive public transportation systems, out here in Gunma having a car is really a ...
The Japanese have developed a reputation for being among the most polite people in the world. Perhaps this is related ...
I've written before about how Japan seems to be a very harmonious place, where people are more or less on ...
When you drive in the city of Takasaki, located next to J-List's home of Isesaki and the Gunma prefectural capital ...
J-List is stocked to the brim with awesome products from Japan, which you can order and receive in plenty of ...
It's not every day a Macross movie comes out, so my son and I headed down to our local theatre ...
When I came to Japan in 1991, I brought with me a large body of knowledge of Japan's popular culture, ...
An American friend came to visit me over the weekend, and I drove to the train station to pick him ...
The other day my wife asked me, "Is it 2008? Or 2009? I forget." This would probably be difficult to ...
The three most important names in Japanese history are the "three unifiers" who brought the country out of its chaotic ...
Although I've been in Japan for 18 years, there are some things I've never really mastered, like eating nattou, the ...
You've been in Japan too long when you air-drum in your car while listening to the U.S. Military radio news ...
Because the Japanese generally study six years of English during junior high and high school, there's a tendency for English ...
The other day TV viewers in Japan got a treat: Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt appearing on the popular variety ...
When I look back on my 8-year career teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in Japan, I can't think ...
The Japanese love to take standardized tests, and many people use them as a tool to better themselves over the ...
It's fun to watch anime and pay attention to the various character archetypes that show up. Like the ojosama (rich ...
Transliteration is the act of moving a word from one writing system to another, and by its very nature it's ...
Japan is often viewed as an "over-industrialized" country that doesn't value its natural environment enough, an image that Prime Minister ...
There certainly are some rare and interesting foods to discover in Japan, once you dig beneath the surface a little. ...
Today we made our final 2010 calendar order, which is always a challenge for us. Would we have enough of ...