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As a card-carrying fan of oldschool Japanese animation and pop culture, I make it a point to enjoy both cool ...

When Japanese couples get ready to have a child, they naturally start making lists of possible baby names. While most ...

The election in the U.S. is finally over, and I'm sure everyone is happy to have it behind them. Unfortunately ...

Kokusai kekkon, or international marriage, is a popular way for Japanese to find a partner who can provide something that ...

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

The Japanese have a unique relationship with the United States, and many are fascinated with our culture, from Hollywood to ...

I saw that Japanese cellphone company Softbank is making a major investment into Sprint, the third largest cellular operator in ...

I'm safely back in Japan after a pleasant flight on Korean Airlines, which I chose because I like their bibimbap, ...

This has certainly been a harrying week for violent protests. The Japanese government's purchase of the Senkaku Islands from their ...

Tensions are running high in Asia these days over territorial issues which are starting to affect politics and economics in ...

Last time I talked about Obon, the Japanese Buddhist holiday in which families welcome the souls of departed family members ...

There's an interesting Japanese news-and-discussion program on Saturdays called Yasuhiro Tase's Weekly News Report, where the important news stories of ...

The London Olympics are going on right now, and throughout Japan fans are watching the drama of the games unfold. ...

Some changes are coming for foreigners living in Japan, which will be welcome indeed. Gaijin -- the word literally means ...

Whenever I'm back in the U.S. I like to observe how Asian food and culture is presented, since it's common ...

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the return of Okinawa to Japan by the U.S., and there was a ceremony ...

One of the benefits of living outside the United States is not having to endure the endless bombardment of political ...

As I often write here, each nation has a unique "national character" which the Japanese call kokumin-sei. Part of Japan's ...

I saw on the Internet that Yahoo had reported some good news: increasing profits thanks to strong online advertising sales ...

Part of Peter's Unified Theory of Japan is that to really understand a culture, you have to learn to love ...

Sunday was April 1st, and we had a bit of fun, transforming the J-List front page into K-List ("you've got ...

It can be fun to study how Japanese surnames work. One of the mysteries of family names in Japan is ...

Last time I talked about Donald Keene, the Japanese scholar and translator who came to Japan and took Japanese citizenship, ...

Today is White Day, an event created to serve as a "return gift day" when men in Japan will give ...