Ways Japan Has Changed
I like to think back on what Japan was like when I first arrived, in 1991. Although the Tokyo land ...
I like to think back on what Japan was like when I first arrived, in 1991. Although the Tokyo land ...
The Japanese Ministry of Education has announced a new initiative designed to improve English ability by requiring English lessons to ...
One of the better aspects about living in Japan, from the point of view as a Yankee expat, is the ...
If you're a fan of the PC dating-sim games J-List sells, then Christmas just came early. We've got not one, ...
I remember when I first started learning Japanese, I wondered how Japanese text entry could work on a computer. I ...
While the Japan Language Proficiency Test is the most recognized test of Japanese, and likely the best for anyone studying ...
First of all, the J-List and JBOX.com websites were down for a portion of Saturday due to a site issue ...
I see that some of Japan's manga publishers are finally taking action against websites that allow large-scale downloading of their ...
Life is a little more fun when you know some Japanese, whether it's to communicate with nihonjin who can't use ...
One of my Twitter followers asked me a question the other day. "What items do you take back to Japan ...
Whenever I'm back in the U.S., I like to go to the grocery store and compare the various products I ...
I've always had an odd affinity for movies released in the year I was born, which was 1968. Three awesome ...
Sunday was my birthday, and while turning 42 certainly has its own nerdy charm -- although I still don't know ...
Although rice is the famous staple food of Japan, eaten with almost every meal, the Japanese are no slouches when ...
If you watch any anime at all, you'll know the classic story archetype of the "school trip," when all the ...
Let us all pause a moment and reflect on how awesome Egg McMuffins are. When I was six years old, ...
One interesting aspect of learning Japanese is tackling the complex world of yomoji jukugo, a class of four-character compound words ...
One odd thing about learning a foreign language is that you observe things native speakers might not notice. For example, ...
Anime is a useful bridge between East and West since it allows you to pick up on some of the ...
I'm enjoying my time in San Diego, doing various family-related things right now. The other day a couple of friends ...
Japan has entered its rainy season, a month-long period when it will rain most every day as the country does ...
The rise of manga and anime has brought the West into contact with some interesting Japanese visual conventions. I remember ...
For some reason, gaijin always seem to remember the first words of Japanese we learn. In my case it was ...
Hello again from J-List. This time, I've made the hop from Japan to San Diego and am enjoying the beautiful ...