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Living in another country can really make you appreciate the little things from back home. This morning I was late ...

One thing I like about Twitter and Facebook is the ability to have random conversations with readers, and often when ...

One theme I write about a lot is that Japanese don't always expect Westerners to speak Japanese, and will occasionally ...

My family and I are back from our trip to the island of Cebu in the Philippines. We had a ...

Hello and ake-ome to all of us from Japan. This is a fairly recent slang way to say 明けましておめでとう akemashite ...

Well another year has come to an end. We at J-List would like to thank our wonderful customers all over ...

Today (December 23rd) is the birthday of the current Japanese emperor, Akihito, who happens to be the 125th ruler in ...

It's fun to look at Japan's 芸能界 geinou-kai or entertainment world, which encompasses all actors, singers, bikini idols, comedians and ...

It's fun to try to understand Japan by thinking about its culture from new directions, for example through the aesthetic ...

We hope everyone in the U.S. enjoyed a warm and pleasant Thanksgiving with family and friends. It's not a holiday ...

Last time I talked about how my Japanese wife didn't want to visit the Mt. Fuji area in part because ...

A couple days ago a newspaper in the U.K. published an article about the declining interest in sex by many ...

Like all countries, agriculture is important to Japan, and a large number of people are involved with various types of ...

Fall is here in Japan, without a doubt my favorite time of the year since the weather is mild and ...

Yasu and I continue to have fun in Georgia, visiting various tourist sites and finding interesting foods to eat, like ...

I've made the long hop from Japan to the U.S., this time to Atlanta, Georgia, where I'll be attending Anime ...

When you're married to a Japanese woman you should be prepared to hear some surprising observations every once in a ...

I saw the sad news that Hiroshi Yamauchi, the former president of Nintendo, had died at the age of 85. ...

One theme I write a lot about is how the Japanese are interested in the outside world, and especially in ...

If there's one thing the Japanese are good at, it's gift-giving, and one of the most enjoyable kinds of gifts ...

Japan's automobile market is quite different from what you may be used to in your own home country. For starters, ...

It can be fun to try and trace the origins of anime-related memes. For example, if you use the phrase ...

Japan, of course, is located in Asia -- though sometimes it seems the country would rather be part of Europe ...

Japan is about to begin Obon, a three-day Buddhist holiday to remember the souls of one's ancestors, often referred to ...