Tag: health

Today is an adventure for my son: his juken, or high school entrance exam, which he's prepared for all year. ...

Tomorrow is Setsubun, a fun day for anyone with small kids in Japan. Originally falling on New Year's Eve of ...

Yesterday I experienced that Great Democratizer, the full body health checkup, called ningen dock or "human dock" in Japanese. (The ...

A new report released by the Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has found an increasing number of Japanese young ...

A lot of people talk about increasing the population of Japan, but J-List is doing something about it. The newest ...

If you ever read a news article about an accident fatality that occurred in Japan, you'll read words like "the ...

One interesting aspect of living in Japan is getting used to the, ah, unique pronunciations of English words the Japanese ...

One of my Twitter followers asked me a question the other day. "What items do you take back to Japan ...

Well, Japan is bidding farewell to yet another Prime Minister, with Yukio Hatoyama's announcement that he'll be quitting the job ...

Japanese advertisers are a creative bunch of people, good at coming up with new and interesting ways to get consumers ...

I saw a news report on the BBC's website the other day about the challenges Japan faces as its population ...

Today I went to the convenience store to grab one of those pre-made microwavable bento lunches. After choosing a "hamburg" ...

Today is Setsubun, a fun day for anyone with kids in Japan. A remnant of a festival that took place ...

Asami, the J-List employee who keeps us well stocked with amazing bento boxes and traditional Japanese items will be out ...

You've been in Japan too long when you see a sign for a "mansion gallery" and know immediately that it's ...

I happened to see that the venerable Ticonderoga Pencil Company had brought out a line of pencils that are "bacteria ...

One odd thing about learning Japanese is getting used to revised versions of words from your native language. The Japanese ...

One interesting aspect of the Japanese is how concerned they are with how they appear to foreigners, especially from the ...

The combination of one of the lowest birthrates in the world coupled with the lack of an inflow of new ...

There are many benefits to living in Japan, including being able to enjoy a cold beer while riding the train ...

Japan has two health insurance systems: shakai hoken (best translatable as "society-person insurance") which covers employees in larger companies, and ...

Japan is doing its best to deal with the outbreak of the "new-type influenza virus" that has taken hold here, ...

It's shaping up to be a Golden Week to remember here in Japan, as hundreds of thousands of Japanese make ...

Around the world newspapers are having a rough time as circulation continues to drop, thanks in part to the changes ...