Tag: health

I've managed to catch the cold that's been going around the J-List office, so I've got one of those Japanese ...

It's been said that Japan is the only country in the world that cares what its foreigners think, and I'm ...

I recently saw that Japan had topped Save the Children's annual Child Development Index, which ranks nations on how well ...

Everyone knows that rice is the staple food of the Japanese, and it really is -- we eat it 2-3 ...

The biggest news in Japan these days has been the murder of a former Vice Minister of Health and Welfare ...

As a rule, the Japanese are rather fond of their spirits, and enjoy a wide range of recreational alcoholic beverages, ...

Most Western nations are facing the problem of ageing populations, but Japan is really leading the pack, with its combination ...

Don't tell anyone, but I'm on a diet. You could call it the "iPhone diet" because I'm using one of ...

What kind of juice would you like, cola or tea? The Japanese sometimes take liberties with words when they import ...

Ask any gaijin living in Japan about dentists, and you'll be sure to get an earful. While Japanese dentists are ...

Japan has started a new initiative to fight fat using the buzzword metabo, short for metabolic syndrome, a polite way ...

Being a healthy male, I'm naturally fascinated with the opposite sex, and I find the subject of Japanese females to ...

As a group, the Japanese are fortunate enough to enjoy extremely long lifespans, with the current average being 78.5 years ...

Like most other expats living in Japan, I've got a special relationship with...McDonald's. Back when I was getting used to ...

You probably don't think about Douglass MacArthur very much, but to the Japanese, he's quite a figure. As Supreme Commander ...

I've often wondered at how Japan was able to become such a successful Communist country despite being free-market at the ...

I'm often asked how I can come with so many observations about Japan, to which I usually respond that it's ...

(It looks like we were experiencing some problems with the site due to heavy server load, although it's fixed now. ...

The rush is on to choose a successor to Prime Minister Abe after his sudden resignation on Wednesday. I saw ...

There are naturally many large and small forms of culture shock a person experiences when they go go live in ...

Imagine what would happen if a quarter of all Americans lived in the Washington D.C. area instead of spread out ...

When I was in the U.S. I played with Apple's new iPhone in an Apple Store and immediately knew I ...

When I was in the U.S. I played with Apple's new iPhone in an Apple Store and immediately knew I ...

As with Europe, Japan has had a long history which has left its mark on cities and towns today. Most ...