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Japan currently stands at the brink, staring down at an abyss so hellish I can scarcely contemplate it. I'm talking, ...

Last time I talked about the way Japanese perceive Westerners, who kind of hold a special place in society here ...

You've been in Japan too long when you see a road with two lanes going in the same direction and ...

I do like my current life, living in Japan yet getting to visit the U.S. frequently to attend fun anime ...

In Japan, there are two kinds of cars, normal-sized ones and the super-small kei cars, defined as vehicles with engines ...

One way for companies to prosper is to be more efficient, finding ways to use technology to get more work ...

The recession continues to take its toll here, with the export-centric Japanese economy shrinking at an annualized rate of 12.7% ...

When humans one day live in space, I'm sure we'll make use of the experience Japan has gained with fitting ...

Japan is a country that's very focused on safety, and there are many mechanisms in place to keep people from ...

We're back from our long weekend in Okinawa. It was a fun trip, and we got a lot of relaxing ...

"Where is your domicile?" This was what a Japanese man I ran into at a party asked me, by way ...

It can be easy to get the wrong idea about other countries, and it's not uncommon for people to carry ...

I've always enjoyed the sounds of Japan, from the calming bong-bong-bong made by train crossings to sounds that mark the ...

I finally broke down and got one of those ETC terminals for my car, which lets me get on and ...

Japan's capital city of Tokyo is a sprawling mass of concrete, asphalt and steel that holds 35 million people in ...

One of the themes of being an American living in Japan is discovering how much the country has taken various ...

When I first got to Japan, I had plenty of culture shock related to automobiles. Cars are very important to ...

Pachinko is the national pastime of Japanese men, and most anytime you drive by one of the many pachinko parlors ...

Like most questions related to Japan, religion is complex and interesting. The major religion of Japan is Buddhism, distributed among ...

You've been in Japan to long when, while driving on a two-lane road, you know the lane nearest the curb ...

Would you get your car serviced at a Speed Racer Service Center? I sure would. It's an interesting gimmick by ...

Our new warehouse construction is nearly done, and we hope to be able to move in soon. To help us ...

Imagine if 25% of all Americans lived around the Washington DC area? It would be pretty crowded, and not very ...

Hello from Japan, where the pound key on a phone (#) is called "sharp" (as in a musical note) and ...