Tag: education

History is in all of us, and each nation has its own unique quirks or features that come about as ...

Hello from sunny San Diego. We've made the hop from Japan to the U.S. to enjoy our first Christmas at ...

Hello from freezing, windy Japan! The country has been hit by a cold front of Siberian winds that have chilled ...

I've always been impressed with how serious Japan is about education, and a lot of energy is spent on coming ...

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

There's a minor crime wave going on in Japan right now: serial petnapping. Japan has been in the midst of ...

I wrote last time about Japan's use of uniforms for many professions, which can sometimes look odd when seen through ...

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 ...

There are two types of universities in Japan, public (operated on a national or prefectural level) and private, and as ...

Hello all. If it isn't one thing, it's something else. Today the update is working fine, but the mail server ...

Hello all. It's a cold Monday today, and we're all very busy at J-List, counting stock. Today is our inventory ...

Before I started J-List I was an English teacher, and taught ESL to a wide range of Japanese students, from ...

Japan can be a very uniform place: because things like education and transportation policy tend to get decided on a ...

Hello again from J-List, your friend in Japan!Everyone knows that the Japanese use Chinese characters, or kanji, as part of ...

Hello again from J-List. Once again I've made the hop across the Pacific and am safely back in Japan. Of ...

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

Hello again from your friends in Japan! Things have really changed in Japan in the last twelve years or so ...

Hello and Happy Friday from all of us in Japan! First of all, the J-List image server, which serves up ...

Hello again from Japan, where the American shampoo Pert is marketed under the product name Rejoy. With my wife and ...

Hello again from a very hot and humid Japan. The mercury is topping 38 degrees (that's a cool 100 Fahrenheit ...

Hello again from a very hot and humid Japan. The mercury is topping 38 degrees (that's a cool 100 Fahrenheit ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan! One complex topic is the role of women in Japan, and how ...

Hello again from Japan, where apartments have funny names like "Apartment Cream Soda." One reason I love living in Japan ...