Tag: culture

Since 1996 J-List has been working to create a market for English-translated visual novels from Japan, also called eroge, "gal" ...

I write often about how the Japanese love it when foreigners take an interest in their culture, and nothing is ...

In many ways it's been a blessing for Japan to have very little in the way of natural resources compared ...

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 ...

Do you like karaoke? If so then we have good news: today has been designated as Karaoke Culture Day by ...

It's fun to study random bits of Japanese culture, like the way children who want the weather to be good ...

Japan is a very different place from the West for several reasons. It's an island nation with a strong culture ...

It's a glorious time for me as an anime fan, thanks to the new Space Battleship Yamato series that started ...

Bowing is an important form of social communication in Japan. Whether it's a short sumimasen accompanied by a brief lowering ...

Today is the "birthday" of Hatsune Miku, the popular Vocaloid singer that has come to represent Japan in the eyes ...

One interesting word of Japanese is gaishi-kei, a word that means "foreign capital company" and which describes firms from America ...

I've started watching the new anime Kokoro Connect, a surprisingly deep anime series about members of a school Culture Research ...

I'm back in Japan after a rather grueling trip that included a canceled flight from San Diego to Los Angeles ...

Well, the San Diego Comic-Con is over for another year, the banners and booths all taken down. After all the ...

Japan is, by and large, quite a homogeneous place. I've traveled from Sapporo to Okinawa and have seen much of ...

We're here at the San Diego Comic-Con, the most excellent place to be if you love comics, anime, sci-fi movies ...

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

Well, another Anime Expo has come and gone, and the J-List crew had a blast, meeting our awesome customers and ...

Japanese Urban Legends and...Totoro? As with any culture, the Japanese are susceptible to urban legends, the (usually mistaken) beliefs that ...

One of the more surprising aspects of Japanese popular culture is the number of stories featuring characters of questionable gender, ...

It's always interesting to explore the "when worlds collide" moments between Japan and the U.S. Tomo, the J-List employee who ...

It's fun to study the history of the memes that pop up in anime. Every time you watch an onsen ...

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