Tag: culture

I often write about the way Japanese is a vague and nuanced language, and how some of the challenge for ...

Like many, I'm a big fan of bento, those convenient and delicious Japanese boxed lunches. Said to have evolved from ...

I've been trying (and mostly failing) to keep up with the shows I want to watch in the new anime ...

Remember, this Wednesday marks the release of the standard edition of Steins;Gate, the popular visual novel of science, time travel ...

A couple days ago Canadian singer Avril Lavigne released a video for her "Hello Kitty" single, which received flak from ...

One thing I like about Japan is the way every foreigner who visits is somehow connected to every other foreigner ...

At J-List we genuinely want to help people all over the world connect with Japan in a variety of ways, ...

Every language has unique features of structure, grammar etc. which are shaped by the people who speak the language, and ...

Japan is having a bit of an investing boom thanks to the introduction of new investment accounts called NISA, Japan's ...

There are certain things about Asia that can be surprising at first. When my son was a young boy we ...

One thing I like to write about is how the collective image we have of Japan is usually not accurate, ...

It's fun to analyze Japanese culture through its superstitions, which are plentiful here. Don't cut your fingernails at night or ...

We live in a complex world in which everything around us is becoming more and more global, including marriage. My ...

In the last J-List post I talked about the three "unifiers" of modern Japan, who are credited with moving the ...

A lot of people talk about Japan's falling population, but J-List is doing something about it. Last Friday the wife ...

Do Japanese couples say "I love you" to each other? The short answer is, of course they do, just less ...

It's fun to dig around Japanese history for interesting tidbits to discover. Like William Adams, the English sailor who arrived ...

One of my favorite aspects of living in Japan is that it's a really honest country. There are many examples ...

Christmas came early for retailers in Japan last week as thousands of shoppers flocked to stores to make purchases before ...

It's finally here: the long-awaited English release of Steins;Gate, the popular visual novel of science, time travel and otaku culture. ...

  It's finally here: the long-awaited English release of Steins;Gate, the popular visual novel of science, time travel and otaku ...

Spring has finally arrived, a great time to enjoy the cherry blossoms which transform Japan into the most beautiful place ...

One of the more specialized areas of any culture is its comedy, and learning to appreciate Japanese humor in its ...

There are many things foreigners coming to live in Japan need to get used to, including eating rice 2-3 times ...