Japan is famous for its cooperative group culture, and you can see this in many places, from clubs in schools ...
Japanese swords are famous around the world, up there with ninjas and Hello Kitty as a symbol of the country. ...
I'm often asked how I can come with so many observations about Japan, to which I usually respond that it's ...
One question I've been asked by my ESL students in Japan is, just where is "standard" American English located geographically? ...
You probably know that the Japanese take their shoes off when they enter a house. Shoes are considered to be ...
Sometimes it's fun to notice the little differences between Japan and the U.S., like the way packaging of products is ...
First, we apologize for an outage on the J-List and JBOX.com websites, which was caused by a bad router at ...
Living in a foreign country means more than just learning that country's language. It also means subtly taking the local ...
I was once asked if the Japanese eat any flavors of ice cream other than Green Tea. The answer, of ...
We've got a bit of a running joke in our family. South Korean television dramas are popular in Japan, and ...
I watch more than a little late-night Japanese TV, and I enjoy its light- hearted goofiness. The other night I ...
Today is a holiday in Japan: Keiro no Hi, or Respect for the Aged Day. Celebrated nationally since 1966 -- ...
My wife has decided to volunteer at my daughter's elementary school as an assistant in the English classes they have ...
September is storm season in Japan, as we were reminded when Typhoon Fitow -- designated boringly as Typhoon No. 9 ...
I was feeling a little under the weather the other day so I went for a visit to our local ...
Hanabi (花火), meaning "flower fire" or fireworks, are part of summer in Japan, and you can't watch three hours of ...
I knew it would happen: Heroes is starting to get popular in Japan. This morning I turned on the TV ...
I've written before about the psychology of ex-pats living in Japan, such as the the Three Stages of Eye Aversion ...
There are naturally many large and small forms of culture shock a person experiences when they go go live in ...
The end of an era for this particular gaijin has come. In the past, foreigners were permitted to drive in ...
When I was in the U.S. I played with Apple's new iPhone in an Apple Store and immediately knew I ...
Well, I've completed my return journey, and am safely back in Japan. Whenever people hear I'm flying across the Pacific ...
Like every nation, Japan has a segment of people from other countries living there, although at just 1.5% of the ...
One observation I've made about Japan in the 15+ years I've spent there is, they pay a little more attention ...
