The Star Wars Celebration IV convention continues, and we're having lots of fun. Highlights have included Carrie Fisher coming by ...
The Japanese are very good at taking outside culture and adapting it to fit their own needs, and they have ...
One of the more amazing aspects of the Japanese is how aware they are of popular American brands. When my ...
Hello again from Japan, where the zipper in your pants is known as the "window of society" (shakai no mado).As ...
I attended a Japanese funeral over the weekend, after when the father of a friend passed away at the age ...
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, a celebration of all things Irish in the U.S. and, presumeably, Ireland. As you might ...
You probably know that they do Valentine's Day a little differently in Japan than in the West. Here, Feb. 14th ...
It's funny how culture criss-crosses the globe, never stopping at such laughable things as national borders as it flows to ...
Now that Christmas is past, Japan is getting ready for its own big season, Oshogatsu or New Year's Day, by ...
Somewhere between the staid features of futsu (normal) Japanese and the dizzying varieties of face, hair and body types seen ...
There are a lot of good things about living in Japan. Good food, from sushi to sashimi to Indian curry. ...
Japan is a very rail-centric place compared to the U.S., and trains are a much larger part of society than ...
By and large, an American expat living in Japan has two choices when it comes to celebrating Thanksgiving: completely forget ...
Many people first experience Japan through its animation, which has been a staple of entertainment here since Astro Boy was ...
It's always interesting to observe the large and small differences between schools here and back in the States. Both my ...
The post-Koizumi era will soon be on us, now that Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe has officially been elected leader ...
Although Japan is a lot smaller than the U.S. -- it's about the same land area as Nebraska, but spread ...
It's a boy! All Japan is currently cheering the news that Princess Kiko has given birth to a boy. The ...
Hello again from Japan, where, when two people say the same thing at the same time, they're then supposed to ...
I've made the hop from Japan to the U.S. once again, going from the world of sushi and bullet trains ...
When you learn a language as different from English as Japanese is, some things are going to be challenging, such ...
Roughly speaking, Japan's historical relationship to China is similar to that of the West and ancient Rome and Greece: the ...
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 ...
