Your Friend in Japan The Japanese fear of making mistakes, the end of the Japanese blood type myth, and panty shots in anime you didn’t expect to see by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan’s latest shining baseball star, fun space-saving innovations, and Japan is wasted on the Japanese by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on television in Japan, April and “newly harvested rice,” and that cultural question, what color is the sun? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Elections in Japan, a run-down of what politics are like here, and using Japanese “honorific” markers for fun and profit by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Differences in “maid culture” between Japan and Malaysia, thoughts on technology, and what makes a jar a jar? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The most-quoted phrase by pop Japanologists, the reason for Japanese innovation, and stupid Japanese money tricks by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A magic Japanese phrase for you, home ownership Japan-style, and Japan as “producer heaven” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan An Incredible Otaku Journey, Earthquakes can be Fun, and Weird Accounting Tricks in Japanese by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What we can learn about culture and Star Wars from Japanese comedians, some reverse sexual discrimination, and all about “What is your Hobby?” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The man who created the Yamato theme song, all about the traditional game Karuta, and thoughts on corn soup by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan An expected bit of Irish in Japan, thoughts on Japan’s slow-changing educational system, and all about the concept of “kakko ii” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan How to sub-divide Japanese groups into “zoku” (tribes), all about Japanese rice, and what’s that blue spot on Taro’s butt? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan How Cup Ramen became a part of our food culture, a new trend in vending machines, and my thoughts on the enigma of the “Japanese Female” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about Mt. Fuji, how taking responsibility can lead to cleaner bathrooms, and thoughts on bathing and how the brain works by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The Japanese concept of “joshiki” (common sense), why there are rice fields everywhere in Japan, and would you pay $3500 to meet Michael Jackson? by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The needless tragedy of ‘ijime,’ what’s easy and hard about learning Japanese, and the Japanese as the most expressive people on the planet by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about trains and fuzzy blue rabbits from London, linguistic quirks of the Japanese language, and finding someone’s “secret talent” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The origins of Japan’s cult of “studying,” more warm weather for Tokyo, and the latest in Otaku Culture from Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On the relationship of foreigners and the Japanese, the “gaijin samurai” and an unexpected crime wave in Japan by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan as the land of the middle class, thoghts on Japan and Krispy Kreme, and fun Japanese things you can put on your car by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The “Princess Di” of Japan, about Japan as a “vertical” society, and I can see the Sphinx from my house by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Understanding Japanese society through business cards, some fun Japanese words that are pregnant with meaning, and all about Shinjuku by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Japan as the land of safety, small conveniences of living in Japan, and the reason for that wacky “Engrish” by Peter Payne 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A new appreciation for American medicine, all about the word ‘baka’ and a really annoying girl in a yellow dress who I can’t stop listening to… by Peter Payne 19 years ago
