Kamakura Confidence
My daughter's been quite happy in school recently, after a trip she took with her class a few weeks ago ...
My daughter's been quite happy in school recently, after a trip she took with her class a few weeks ago ...
I remember back in the 1980s, when Japan's educational system was held up as a success story for other nations ...
If you love "corn potage," then get to Japan as fast as you can, since people here just can't get ...
There's a sad statistic that's on the rise in Japan these days: divorce. The combination of the country's rapidly aging ...
One of the cardinal rules for gaijin coming to Japan is, try your best to make it over here as ...
For some reason, studying the etymologies of Japanese company names is fascinating to me. Like how the founder of Canon ...
Don't tell anyone, but I'm on a diet. You could call it the "iPhone diet" because I'm using one of ...
The most common word for "foreigner" in Japanese is gaijin, written using the characters for "outside" and "person." While ostensibly ...
Next time you're in Osaka, consider visiting the Monofuku Ando Memorial Ramen Museum, a sprawling facility commemorating the achievements of ...
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda surprised everyone by suddenly announcing his resignation on Monday. He's stepping down, he says, to ...
Japan has a new Prince of Tennis, by the name of Kei Nishikori, who is kicking butt in the U.S. ...
There are certain things that every self-respecting Japanese city will be sure to have. For example, a large central Culture ...
I finally got to see the new Clone Wars computer animated film, which just opened here. One of the minor ...