Your Friend in Japan All about New Year’s Eve and Oshogasu in Japan, the big Kohaku TV event, and a New Year’s Card from us! 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The start of Japan’s important Holiday Season, a local battle over a Ferris Wheel, and understanding Japanese humility through baseball players 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Extremely warm Christmas greetings from Guam, comparisons of Christmas, and using a “contrite attitude” to get government documents 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What the Japanese think of Americans, our trip to Guam, and ah, the smell of kerosene in the morning 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on raising bilingual kids, comparing of names between Japan and the West, and what Carl Sagan has taught me 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On the magical blending of features in “haafu,” a Japan cell phone update, and some Japanese words I am passionate about 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Looking up when you walk, the Japanese custom of name stamps, and the J-List Year-End Party 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan How Japan’s writing system works, a summary of the past few years in kanji, and Japanese learning to deal with “hen na gaijin” 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on my father and Buddhism, the Mac-PC connection with being bilingual, and our cute American, Japanese daughter 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Good things and bad about living in Japan, more ways Japanese look to the West, and social benefits of love hotels 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on ordering “peanuts butter,” a tasty Japanese treat in the winter, and a friend who can’t receive New Year’s Cards 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Confusingly noble business practices in Japan, ideas on gift-giving in Japanese society, and how cotton masks made $4 billion for AFLAC 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The role of trains in Japan, funny observations on society here, and Christmas comes early 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Multiple meaning of “wa,” raising bilingual kids, and what cute culture has to do with the rock band KISS. 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan More info on how schools work in Japan, a sumo wrestling update and 40 years of Ultraman 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Education and high school dropouts in Japan, Japanese in touch with their history, and the biggest shock Japanese get when they go to the U.S. 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Being an American in Japan during Thanksgiving, subtleties of Japanese pronunciation, and a cultural lesson for PSP owners 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Coming to Japan from San Diego, changing Japanese views on alcohol, and Japan Autumn Report 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A very Buddhist way of looking at your house pets, how to beat the Chinese at kanji, and thoughts on Japan’s future 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Interesting careers open to gaijin in Japan, getting used to strange words, and do you know what year it is? 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan American uniqueness vs. Japanese uniformity, a new debate on “beautiful Japan” and the little joys of living in Japan 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan What Japanese think of foreigners who learn their language, odd ways to get cell phone customers, and American politics seen through Japanese eyes 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The Three Great Views of Japan, howling winds and volcanoes in my prefecture, and my wife’s strange link to Monty Python 19 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Things that can always freak a gaijin out, the Japanese penchant for talking over songs on the radio and what is a “real house”? 19 years ago
