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There are certain paradoxes you encounter when dealing with Japan. For example, we often think of the country as a ...

Before the Internet, Japan was a truly mysterious place, and it was difficult to access information about the country from ...

One of the more enjoyable aspects to living in Japan is the constant stream of entertaining TV commercials, and I ...

Japan is starting to get into "Christmas mode" as cities turn on beautiful illumination in parks and other public areas ...

There are many innovative ways Japanese companies advertise to get their messages out to people, like running a short commercial ...

The Korean rap song "Gangnam Style" has become a huge phenomenon, introducing people all over the world to the randomness ...

Back in the early days of my interest in Japan, I used to wonder how computers and word processors might ...

I like to read sci-fi novels with mind-bogglingly big ideas in them. One series I enjoyed was the Uplift Saga ...

The Japanese language is a syllable-based system in which you can pronounce the sounds ka, ki, ku, ke and ko, ...

Happy New Year, or as Japanese young people say these days, ake-ome! which is short for akemashite omedetou gozaimasu or ...

Recently I talked about how the members of the wider online community of people fascinated with Japan and its popular ...

When I was in Narita Airport I was browsing in a bookstore while we waited for our flight, and I ...

Happy New Year to everyone, and best wishes for a safe and peaceful 2011 from your friends in Japan at ...

We're looking ahead to 2011 already, and we think it's going to be a great year, with many fun and ...

One of my favorite weekend activities is hitting an onsen, or hot springs bath, and I'm fortunate that J-List is ...

I write a lot about the different memes that come along in Japan, and how they interact with the Internet ...

The rapid changes brought by the Internet have forced just about every industry to adapt. Anime is no different, and ...

The word otaku has come to represent the culture both in Japan and around the world of embracing awesomely nerdy ...

My daughter's mid-term tests are coming up soon, so she's been studying to prepare for them. Although she can recite ...

If you've ever spoken with a Japanese person at length, you may have noticed them making strange "agreeing noises" while ...

One Japanese TV show I watch every once in a while is "Unbelievable!" in which famed Japanese director and squeaking ...

I've written before about how people who are bilingual actually develop separate personalities for each language, and it's interesting to ...

Ever since the Internet showed up, our lives have been greatly enriched by companies offering amazing services, like YouTube or ...

It's interesting to see how the Internet continues to change the world we live in. In Japan, it's common for ...