Problem No. 1 in Japan: the Lack of Leadership
Japan faces many challenges as the 21st century progresses, including the ongoing aging of its society, which will see 25% ...
Japan faces many challenges as the 21st century progresses, including the ongoing aging of its society, which will see 25% ...
Sunday is Mother's Day, a day to do something nice for that very special mom in your life. It's also ...
It's funny the way language can influence our perceptions of the seasons. Yesterday there was an annoying fly buzzing around ...
As I often write, Japanese are the most polite and considerate people in the world, an important thing when you've ...
It's fun to observe how the visual elements of anime character design change and evolve from season to season. Animators ...
One of the benefits of living outside the United States is not having to endure the endless bombardment of political ...
The other day I took my family out for sushi because it was Kodomo no Hi or "Children's Day," one ...
Two defining characteristics of the Japanese people are general humility and the ability to get along harmoniously with others in ...
The Japanese can be somewhat superstitious compared to Americans. It's common in department stores to see people getting their palms ...
As I often write here, each nation has a unique "national character" which the Japanese call kokumin-sei. Part of Japan's ...
One thing I've known about Japan for a long time is that they have arranged marriages. (I learned this from ...
One interesting aspect of the Japanese language is its "vertical" nature, with different words used in different situations depend on ...
Japan is a country with no guns at all...or so I thought when I arrived here in 1991, and learned ...