Confusing Japanese is Confusing
Words are complex things, and one of the challenges a person learning a language like Japanese faces is parsing everything ...
Words are complex things, and one of the challenges a person learning a language like Japanese faces is parsing everything ...
We're having a bit of a "Korea Boom" in my house right now, courtesy of my wife. Like millions of ...
Besides making the freeways here actually "free" -- a policy that's received surprisingly little support once people realized the horrific ...
Going back to the U.S. is always a treat: I get to load up on foods that I can't get ...
I've written before about how people who are bilingual actually develop separate personalities for each language, and it's interesting to ...
Right now it's juken (test) season in Japan, when hundreds of thousands of high school students take the university entrance ...
The J-List crew had fun at our official company New Year's Party on Friday, consuming lots of good food and ...
I'm rushing to finish this update a little early since tonight we're having the J-List shinnen-kai, or New Year's Party. ...
It's hard to think of a company that's changed our lives over the past decade more than Google. In their ...
I've written before about how Japan isn't a very patriotic place, and lacks some of the basic concepts of national ...
I happened to see a report that put Japan's gross domestic product per capita -- the amount of goods and ...
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the U.S. and Japan, which outlines ...
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Why not celebrate it like the Japanese do? In Japan, women give chocolate ...
How would you feel if the government lost your Social Security records, so that years of work and payments into ...
The other day I was shopping in a supermarket when I suddenly came face to face with two girls around ...
McDonald's Japan has been marketing itself in unique ways recently, such as using a parody of a gaijin called Mr. ...
If English is your native language, make sure you give your parents a big hug next time you see them: ...
J-List loves being a bridge between Japan and the rest of the world and finding wacky items for our customers, ...
There are many skills a foreigner needs if he wants to live in Japan, like how to say biiru o ...
This morning my wife walked into my office with a beautifully ornate wooden name plate, which she placed on top ...
The world is in shock over the destruction from the terrible earthquake in Haiti, and the Japanese media has been ...
The other day I took some time off to hit one of the onsen hot springs located near J-List. My ...
Otaku culture is fast becoming the mainstream culture of Japan, and any company that wants to succeed at selling products ...
The current economic hard times are bringing some changes to Japan, especially in the area of fashion. In the past, ...