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I write often about how Japanese consider themselves to be a decade or so "behind" the U.S. and Europe, and ...

They're known as Takeshima in Japan, Dokdo in Korea, and internationally as the Lincourt Rocks: two ridiculously small volcanic islands ...

If you've listened to spoken Japanese at all you've probably heard the word desu, often pronounced with the last syllable ...

I saw that super-cute Japanse idol/actress/singer Yuko Ogura (age 24) has been awarded the prestigious (?) First Gravure Idol Award ...

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

One of the things I've liked about my years of learning Japanese is what I've come to call the "joy ...

I caught a report on TV the other day about a unique problem Japanese companies are facing. It seems that ...

I've always been amazed at how expressive the Japanese can be, whether they're inventing new English words to describe products ...

If you were to plan a picnic, you might pack a basket containing things like sandwiches, potato salad or maybe ...

I got a reminder that Japan is very much a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire yesterday when a ...

That old planet Earth, she just keeps on getting smaller and smaller, and it's a lot of fun to sit ...

Quick, do you know how many Great Lakes there are on North America? The answer is five. The reason I ...

Something odd happened while I was in the States: my wife decided that Johnny Depp was the neatest thing since ...