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The fallout from the Japanese election continues, with many hours of TV coverage dedidated to discussing the various issues related ...

The other day my wife was writing my name and address on a box she was going to send to ...

Japan's entertainment world has been turned upside-down by a perfect storm of scandals this week. First, actor Manabu Oshio was ...

Beans and pickles aren't something you often associate with a country's national culture, but I've observed that you can learn ...

Japan is an archipelago consisting of more than 6800 islands, which was created by the volcanic activity that gives the ...

Kanji are the mysterious Chinese pictographs used in China, Japan, and to a limited extent, in South Korea. While they ...

Although the average Japanese person on the street might think there are a lot of foreigners living and working in ...

Google has revolutionized the world, adding ten points to the collective IQ of humanity by allowing us to summon up ...

Singer, comedian and all-around nice guy Tsuyoshi Kusanagi has been a fixture on Japanese TV for the past two decades ...

First, we had server issue that made it impossible to access the site for several hours -- very sorry for ...

My mother is visiting from the U.S. right now, having come to spend some quality time with the kids in ...

During my time here I've learned a lot about the Japanese. For example, they can be very "boom"-oriented, happy to ...

Over the weekend I went with my son to get him a new keitai, or cell phone. Portable phones are ...

Although Japanese foods like sushi, sashimi and sukiyaki are famous all over the world, the Japanese have an incredibly varied ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making her international debut right now, having chosen Japan for her first official visit. ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be coming to Japan next week on her first visit in her new official ...

Japan started its history more or less as a blank slate, with most of its architecture, religion and even written ...

Words sure are complex things, and it's interesting to consider why we use one word over another. This morning I ...

Here are some numbers on the 2.2 million foreigners who live in Japan and make up 1.63% of the overall ...

Winter is here, and for this San Diego boy this means a constant battle to keep from freezing to death, ...

On Christmas Eve Japanese television viewers got to see a rare historical drama in which internationally famous director and comedian ...

Today is the 50th anniversary of one of Japan's most famous sights: Tokyo Tower, which serves as the primary broadcasting ...

There's no doubt about it: the most complex part of learning Japanese is kanji, unless you're fortunate enough to already ...

Recently my kids took the Eiken Test, the primary standardized test of English used in Japan. They really dislike it ...