Chanto: Doing What’s Expected of You in Japan
I like to look at ways we can understand Japan through its language. Here in Japan, there's often "one" correct ...
I like to look at ways we can understand Japan through its language. Here in Japan, there's often "one" correct ...
Last time I wrote about an interesting feature of the Japanese language, a class of four-character kanji phrases that are ...
I recently posted an image on the J-List Facebook page and my Twitter feed listing "famous" actors and other personalities ...
The other day my daughter asked me if I wanted to play Mari-Suma with her, and I replied that I'd ...
Stereotypes are not good since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten to ...
Japan has a new ambassador, and it's...Doraemon? Yes, the well-known robot cat from the future has been designated as the ...
Stereotypes are really not good, since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten ...
I've always believed that people will be what you expect them to be, and if you assume that people are ...
Stereotypes are really not good, since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten ...
Hello from Japan, home of feminine products with names like Charmy Body Fit and Supporty.Japan's birthrate is among the lowest ...
Hello and Happy Monday from all of us at J-List! It's a beautiful day in Japan -- a great day ...
We appear to have had a hiccup with our listserver, which caused Monday's update to not be delivered to some ...
Hello again from all of us in Japan! The second anniversary of the September 11 tragedy was marked in Japan ...
Hello again from Japan and J-List! One of my favorites from the "YBIJTLW" list, located on my personal homepage: "You've ...
Greetings again from all of us at J-List! The Japanese have invented a new product category to help combat traffic ...
Hello again from Japan! When is the color blue really green? When you're in Japan. For some reason that we're ...
Greetings from Japan, where a man's fly is referred to as his "shakai no madow" (or "window of society")... The ...
Greetings from Japan, where wet umbrellas need condoms... It's interesting, the things you learn about the human brain when you ...
Greetings from your friends in Japan, at J-List! Today is Hiroshima Day, the 56th anniversary of the dropping of the ...
Hello again from your friends in Japan! If you ever want to really learn a subject, try teaching it. I ...
Hello from Japan, where a car's blinker is called a "winker." One of the more enjoyable pasttimes to engage in ...
Hello again from your friends in Japan, J-List! The Japanese approach to family structure is very different than in the ...
Hello again from Japan, where fatherhood means never taking a bath alone... Bongo Friendee aside, it's quite interesting to analyze ...
Hello again from Japan, where fatherhood means never taking a bath alone... Bongo Friendee aside, it's quite interesting to analyze ...