Your Friend in Japan The challenge of raising kids in a foreign country, more on the shrine China and Korea love to hate, and a Shinto ceremony in my living room by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More ways that Japanese group dynamics operate, linguistic land mines, and how to really appreciate Pop Tarts and Peanut Butter by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Understanding group culture through photography, all about Social Security in Japan, and would you like “lice” with your bento? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Back in Japan again, thoughts on social uses of alcohol in Japan (and “nomunication”), and all about sumo wrestling by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More fun at Star Wars Celebration IV, all about Japanese bathing, and some interesting ways you can study Japanese (or anything) by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Star Wars group geekout update, the linguistic roots of Japanese, and psychology through TV commercials by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What a difference an elongated vowel makes, Jamestown vs. Sekigahara, and other cultural observations from a cunning linguist by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Weird new products in the U.S., getting Japanese onomatopoeia on the brain, and what to the Japanese think of us? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about the Japanese attention to “kakko” (style), feelings about Japanese who make the country look good (and bad), and “Vegas, baby, Vegas.” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thinking about “conformity” some more, making English easier for students to learn, and the Brazil you can visit from Tokyo for 1000 yen by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Jet Lagging in the USA, ways that Japanese reflect total social harmony, and would you save your baby’s umbilical cord? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Gaijin battling to be the “King of Akihabara,” silly thoughts on Japanese company names, and life sometimes being fair in your favor by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan, education and conformity, thoughts on memorizing various stuff, and the enigma of barley tea in the summer by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The history of family names in Japanese, why there are so many last names in use here, and the Japanese connection with Auld Lang Syne by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Shared experiences through anime and manga, on raising kids who are “half,” and understanding an aspect of Japan through Newsweek by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Bizarre urban legends of Japan, funny English words the Japanese invent, and where are all the pregnant women? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Living in Japan and changes in your native language, of Golden Week and flying carp, and a “Gaijin Battle” on Japanese TV by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The Japanese social engine that is “obligation,” words that are the same between English and Japanese, and stupid transliteration tricks. by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan’s amazing adaptions of “black culture,” all about gestures used by the Japanese, and what’s the currency of Japan? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan and its interesting top-down society, a trip to the park, and all about Japan and conveyor-belt sushi by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Buddhist lucky and unlucky days in Japan, a funeral for a great anime character, and do you have a “good head”? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Our love of Japanese hot springs, thoughts on government and the private sector, and the most beautiful Pocky box ever by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Buying a new car in Japan, roundup of new 2006 features, and an anime fan’s first trip to Tokyo by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Shinto funerals vs. Buddhist ones, what to wear to a funeral, and the three ages of anime by Peter Payne 19 years ago
