All About Names in Japan
Just as in the West, Japanese parents-to-be obsess over what name to give their new baby. In addition to reading ...
Just as in the West, Japanese parents-to-be obsess over what name to give their new baby. In addition to reading ...
It's fun to study random bits of Japanese culture, like the way children who want the weather to be good ...
The currency used in Japan is yen, called en in Japanese, a word which literally means "circle," which was probably ...
The saber rattling between China and Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands continues, with China officially canceling a planned event to ...
One subject I write about a lot is the way learning a foreign language helps you to understand your own ...
Japan is a great place, really, with clean streets that are always safe to walk down at night, an excellent ...
Japanese TV never fails to entertain, or to provide me with good neta, a word which means the fish part ...
Saturday marks the official start of autumn, which is a holiday in Japan, though it'll be observed two days later ...
You probably know that the Japanese word for "cute" is kawaii, an adjective that's been in use since the Heian ...
This has certainly been a harrying week for violent protests. The Japanese government's purchase of the Senkaku Islands from their ...
One theme I cover a lot is that capitalism in Japan doesn't work the way it does in other countries. ...
I get a lot of requests from people planning trips to Japan asking for places they should visit. For visits ...
The concept of humor is a complex one, and it's not uncommon for something that's funny in one language to ...
Japan's birthrate is among the lowest in the industrialized world, with around 1.27 babies born per female compared with 1.39, ...
One of the first things you learn as a foreigner in Japan is that people here will assume you're intimately ...
Japan is a very different place from the West for several reasons. It's an island nation with a strong culture ...
I often write about how Japanese people are the most polite in the world, which can be understood pretty well ...
The Japanese, as I've often written, are a group-oriented people, and it's interesting to observe the subtle body language that ...
One thing about the Japanese written language is that there's a strange "duality" present, with many words having two valid ...
Yesterday I went with Ai, the J-List employee who keeps our site well stocked with bento boxes, traditional products from ...
One thing I love about anime is its ability to affect viewers emotionally, often with characters so tragic they're almost ...
Japanese food has become famous all over the world, and most people are familiar with sushi, sashimi, tempura, soba, udon, ...
Quick, do you know how many Great Lakes there are on North America? The answer is five. The reason I ...
It's funny how wrong perceptions of other countries and languages can sometimes be, like the time I was asked if ...