Tag: culture

Hello and Happy Monday from all of us at J-List! It's a beautiful day in Japan -- a great day ...

Hello and Happy Monday from all your friends in Japan!Japan is buzzing about the special summit between Prime Minister Koizumi ...

We appear to have had a hiccup with our listserver, which caused Monday's update to not be delivered to some ...

Hello again from all your friends in Japan!Japan is currently full of anxiety over the future of the national pension ...

Hello again from Japan, home of cars with unique English names like the Honda "That's."I often think that the U.S. ...

Hello again from Japan, where the statement "not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" means something else entirely...First ...

Hello again from all of us at J-List!Despite the fact that Japanese are the longest-lived race (or the 2nd longest ...

Hello again from J-List. It's time for another slice of life from your friends in Japan.The Japanese name registry (koseki) ...

Hello again from all of us at J-List!It seems that a Japanese city can't be complete until it has a ...

Hello again from all of us at J-List!Rice is the staple food of Japan, and it's eaten pretty much two ...

Hello from J-List! Spring is beginning to spring here in Japan, a time that's called Haru Ichiban in Japanese. On ...

Hello again from all your friends at J-List!A big change is coming to Japan: the end of gyudon as we ...

Hello again from all of us at J-List!Rice is the staple food of Japan, and it's eaten pretty much two ...

Hello again from J-List!Well, we're back in sunny San Diego again, safe and sound. We had a great show in ...

Hello again from J-List!First of all, a full hard drive caused a dozen or so orders received over the weekend ...

Japan is ecstatic about the achievement of Ichiro, Japan's current favorite son, who beat the record for most hits in ...

"Akemashite omedetou" from all of us in Japan, where convertibles are known as open cars.Before starting J-List in 1996, I ...

Well, Christmas is upon us all -- another year older and hopefully wiser. Christmas is a bit different in Japan ...

Hello from Japan, where Phillips and regular screwdrivers are known as "plus" and "minus." Despite the fact that I live ...

Hello again from your friends in Japan! As you probably know, the Japanese take their shoes off when entering homes ...

Hello again from Japan! One of the difficulties facing Japan's economic future is the lack of entrepreneurial spirit among Japanese. ...

Hello again from all of us at J-List! I took an hour off work today to attend my daughter's "sankanbi," ...

Hello and Happy Friday from all of us at J-List! We've got a great update for you tonight just in ...

Hello again from Japan! One thing I've learned about the Japanese is that they sometimes go overboard with love of ...