Traffic safety week, things you have to get used to in Japan, and all about the Yakuza
Japan has one of the lowest birthrates of any modern nation, with just 1.38 children born per couple, which will ...
Japan has one of the lowest birthrates of any modern nation, with just 1.38 children born per couple, which will ...
There's a perception that the Japanese are more conformist than people in Europe or the States. Leaving aside the question ...
My diet has certainly changed since I came to Japan back in 1991. Like some Americans I wasn't too keen ...
I remain convinced that the foreigners who live in Japan furnish an important service to the country, by providing a ...
I went into Tokyo on business yesterday, and as is often the case, I was amazed that the city is ...
A show I like a lot is NHK's Eigo de Shaberanaito ("I must say it in English"), which helps motivate ...
I've always believed that people will be what you expect them to be, and if you assume that people are ...
"You know you've been in Japan too long when you think it's cool to stand in the 'Japanese only' line ...
The Christmas holiday means different things to different people, and each country has its own way of observing it. By ...
You've been in Japan too long when you see a road with two lanes going in the same direction and ...
One of the benefits to living the expat life is coming to value the things from home you used to ...
For some reason, living in Japan robs a person of the ability to open the hood of their car. When ...
Hello from Japan. We've been having some off-and-on problems with the J-List server, which we've gotten under control again, we ...
Hello again from Japan. I've made the 6760 miles (10,879 km) hop from Baltimore to Japan, and have slipped into ...
Hello again from Japan, where the Disney film Lady and the Tramp is known as Wanwan Monogatari or "The Tale ...
Before I moved to Japan, I had a lot of preconceptions about what life would be like here, based on ...
There are big problems in China as demonstrators in several cities engage in protests against Japan, calling for boycotts of ...
You know you've lived in Japan too long when you're incapable of pouring your own beer. It's true -- in ...
Hello again from Japan, the home of such products as Mapple (map book), Crunky (crunchy chocolate) and Quickle Wiper (floor ...
The month of March means different things to different people. In Japan it's a time of partings (wakare no kisetsu), ...
Hello all. I'm running later than usual because my dentist needed to fix my teeth today, Wednesday, rather than Tuesday, ...
Hello all. I am still in San Diego, enjoying the January warmth, which until I got here was the January ...
Hello all. Finishing a busy week, and am looking forward to taking the kids to the onsen, that is, hot ...
Hello all. Had a nice weekend. A friend from Tokyo came up and we had a New Year's Party (Shinenkai, ...