Space Invaders
I happened to see that this month marks the 30th anniversary of the venerable "Invader Game," what Space Invaders is ...
I happened to see that this month marks the 30th anniversary of the venerable "Invader Game," what Space Invaders is ...
One interesting side effect of studying a foreign language like Japanese is finding yourself naturally fixating on various aspects of ...
If English is your native language, call up our parents and thank them now, because you've got it good. Japanese ...
The Emperor of Japan made a visit to our fine prefecture of Gunma on Monday, stopping by a community of ...
Quick, what's the square root of five? I have no idea, but my wife knows: it's 2.2360679. How about the ...
There are many approaches to learning a foreign language -- the Army Method (stress on learning through memorization), the Grammar ...
The word otaku is a formal term meaning "you" or "your family" which acquired its alternate meaning of "obsessed fanboy" ...
Over the weekend I took my son up to the mountains for some quality onsen (volcanic hot springs) bathing, one ...
One of the surprising things about living in a country like Japan is, is how you can get used to ...
I've written before about how the question of "patriotism" in modern Japan is a tricky one. In the U.S. we ...
When you live in a place as different from the U.S. or Europe as Japan is, you have to get ...
One of the nice things about living in Japan is the honesty and integrity people generally possess. A couple weeks ...
It's a day for congratulations in Japan. The mega department store chains Mitsukoshi and Isetan are getting married, formally tying ...
One concept you encounter quite a lot in Japan is sekinin (seh-kee-neen), meaning responsibility or duty. While the James Clavell ...