Tag: education

The other day I went to my son's school to watch the various end-of-year performances the students had prepared for ...

I was making up some Japanese business cards for one of my employees yesterday, trying different layouts and fonts to ...

We've been watching the extra-cold winter dumping lots of snow on the U.S. this year and feeling more than a ...

One thing I've heard from foreigners who have recently come to Japan -- and which I've probably uttered myself a ...

When a foreigner comes to live in Japan, he or she is in for some changes. I remember my first ...

The subject of Japan's police is an interesting one. Japan's boys in blue are organized under the umbrella of the ...

We have a rule at our house: in order to help our kids become bilingual, we only watch DVDs from ...

Sunday was my father's meinichi, the anniversary of the day he died nine years ago (although Japanese are always puzzled ...

Many English speakers know the Japanese word wa (和） which means harmony and peace, and in some cases additionally refers ...

I caught a post on Slashdot the other day about a surge in high school dropouts in the U.S., and ...

It's always interesting to observe the large and small differences between schools here and back in the States. Both my ...

Stereotypes are really not good, since they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten ...

Hello again from Japan, where, when two people say the same thing at the same time, they're then supposed to ...

Well, Otakon has passed and we're safely back in San Diego, our long, multi-stage vacation across America finally over. After ...

Well, I'm back in Japan now, the land of sushi and small cars and very cute things. No matter how ...

I've always been impressed with Japan's dedication to education, the great amount of national resources that are put into teaching ...

The first Japanese person to visit America was Manjiro Nakahama, a 14-year-old fisherman who was rescued in 1841 by an ...

One debate going on in Japan right now is what role patriotism should play in society. Currently, Japanese are perhaps ...

Some of the biggest differences between Japan and the U.S. can be seen in higher education. Japan has an extensive ...

Coming to Japan brought many surprises for me, and not just the usual things like beer vending machines and ikasumi ...

We're right in the middle of Golden Week, a cluster of Japanese holidays that usually fall near each other. One ...

There's a perception that the Japanese are more conformist than people in Europe or the States. Leaving aside the question ...

Japan is declaring war on used electronics with the upcoming "PSE law" that will take effect next month. Basically, it's ...

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and all throughout Japan men are looking forward to receiving the gift of chocolate from females ...