Your Friend in Japan About police and “police boxes” in Japan, learning to mispronounce your own language, and various meanings of “genki” 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Going to ge a haircut and learning about Japanese culture instead, when Japanese people must become bold, and using songs to master Japanese 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Learning about the brain through Madagascar, how names work in kanji in Japan, and a bizarre murder in Tokyo 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Peter’s Unified Theory of Japan meets Great Britain, going to the beach in January, and understanding Japan through its bicycles 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about our bath in Japan, the concept of Japanese-style “trust,” and what’s up with Vermont Curry? 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The art of faux pas in Japan, Internet-influenced advertising trends, and 100 “geniuses” the Japanese respect 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Coming of Age Day in Japan, on Japanese puns used in TV commercials, and right wing politics at work in Japan 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Learning about how your brain works through Japanese, looking back on Japan since 1991, and services gaijin render to Japan 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Learning your own language by teaching ESL, funny English used in Japan, and all about chopsticks 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Happy New Year from J-List, and some information about the Year of the Pig and something with the cool name of “Sexegenary Cycle” 20 years ago
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! 20 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 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Extremely warm Christmas greetings from Guam, comparisons of Christmas, and using a “contrite attitude” to get government documents 20 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 20 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 20 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 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Looking up when you walk, the Japanese custom of name stamps, and the J-List Year-End Party 20 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” 20 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 20 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 20 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 20 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 20 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The role of trains in Japan, funny observations on society here, and Christmas comes early 20 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. 20 years ago
