My Life as an Otaku Dad
It must be strange, having a professional otaku for a dad. Just by living in Japan, my kids (daughter aged ...
It must be strange, having a professional otaku for a dad. Just by living in Japan, my kids (daughter aged ...
I started watching the new anime MoshiDora, also known as Moshi Nihon no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no 'Management' o ...
Like Turkish, Basque and Korean, the Japanese language is an "agglutinative" language, which just means that a lot of information ...
After living in Japan for nearly two decades, I've made certain observations about the Japanese people. They are, for example, ...
The other day I went to buy a bicycle. (Random aside, in Japanese the English word "bike" always refers to ...
I caught a new article about Japan's exporters like Nissan and Toyota beginning to check for radiation on products being ...
You never know what wacky thing Japan will think of next. As Japanese get older, the divorce rate is on ...
Every gaijin who speaks some Japanese knows the agony of accidentally using the wrong word of nihongo at an embarrassing ...
The other day I reached for some saltine crackers and found myself smirking at the name on the package: "Mornin' ...
Back in the early days of my fascination with Japan, I used to wonder how computers and word processors could ...
Dealing with Japan often involves encountering new paradigms, a concept I encountered when I came to Japan as an ESL ...
One of the best things about making a visit to Japan is going to the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo. ...
I like to write about my impressions of the Japanese language and how it differs from English, since language is ...
Japan is a very seasonal place, where people are accustomed to doing what's appropriate for whatever season it is, and ...
Still, there are some big challenges ahead for Japan, not the least of which is rebuilding its tourism industry. After ...
Japan's recovery from the terrible earthquake and tsunamis continues apace, and for the first time we're seeing some good news. ...
It's said in Japan that the U.S. is a "horizontal" society (in Japanese, yoko no shakai) while Japan is "vertical" ...
When new Japanese employees come to work at J-List it's an interesting learning experience for them. First of all, they're ...
It's funny how words are perceived by people in different ways. My wife asked me how to say the word ...
While Japan has always had a reputation for taking ideas from the West and improving on them (sometimes beyond recognition), ...
One thing I can say about living in Japan is, it has made me appreciate the amazing variety of delicious ...
It's funny how technology shapes the way we get information during disasters, wars and other times of great trial. During ...
Over the weekend I needed a DVI to HDMI adapter so I could attach a monitor to a computer that ...
Today marks one month since the terrible earthquake and tsunamis that caused so much devastation in Japan. It's been a ...