Why Do Japanese Songs Contain English?
One subject that's always fascinated me has been the tendency of Japanese singers to mix English lyrics in with Japanese ...
One subject that's always fascinated me has been the tendency of Japanese singers to mix English lyrics in with Japanese ...
My son is in juken jigoku or "test hell" this year, as he prepares for his high school entrance exam ...
Have you noticed more Japanese people around you over the past couple of days? If so, it may be due ...
There's a special category of snacks made to be consumed with alcohol called otsumami (oh-tsoo-MAH-mee), which encompasses everything from those ...
Currently the status of pro-North Korean schools in Japan is being debated. There are of course many "Koreans" living in ...
It's funny the way culture reflects language and vice-versa. One phrase you'll hear sometimes in Japanese is tenka no~, which ...
I've got an American friend who once asked me an odd question. "I forget, do Americans stand in a line, ...
I've lived in Japan nearly two decades and have seen some things that really confused me over the years. Like ...
Once while my family was watching My Neighbor Totoro, the awesome animated film about a magical forest spirit that only ...
I was recently asked to write about the news media in Japan, and I'm happy to oblige. Like other countries, ...
Manga are the famous comics that have come to define Japan around the world, although Japanese above a certain age ...
Coming to live in Japan means remapping some of the English words in your brain to fit the way the ...
Iceland's erupting volcano Mt. Eyjafjallajokull has certainly been in the news a lot this week, and the media here was ...
I recently watched an anime called She, The Ultimate Weapon (aka Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet), ...
One thing I've learned about Japan is how differently the idea of brands works here. We generally expect companies to ...
I often write about the latest wacky social trends to take root in Japan, since I know I'll never run ...
I saw the news that Robotech creator Carl Macek had died on Saturday, making it a sad day for all ...
Increasingly otaku culture encompassing everything from anime to Miku Hatsune to cosplay is becoming Japan's mainstream culture, at least among ...
Recently I got the urge to re-watch the classic 70s show Land of the Lost, about a family that gets ...
The other day Yasu, the J-List employee who keeps our site stocked with awesome anime artbooks, Japanese study supplies and ...
Running a business in Japan naturally means I have to interview Japanese job applicants who want to work for J-List, ...
I've written before about how one interesting way to make sense of Japan is through the concept of kata, a ...
When you become a fan of Japanese animation, you expose yourself to a world of cultural concepts that are strange ...
J-List carries a lot of unique and interesting products, and it can be fun to see what the top 50 ...