Tag: history

The Japanese do like English, and use it to add a little je ne sais quoi to their language, but ...

Since the two great obsessions of my life have been Japan and Star Wars, I enjoy it when they come ...

Before I came to Japan, I thought I knew pretty much what kinds of people I'd find here: lots of ...

My wife reads the Japanese version of Newsweek, and sometimes I thumb through it to see how it compares to ...

Today is Ramune Day, marking the 137th anniversary of the famous Japanese soft drink's manufacture in Japan. A carbonated beverage ...

Before I came to Japan, I fancied myself a bit of a dessert aficionado. Pumpkin pie with vanilla ice cream ...

My daughter continues her adventures in junior high school, a place of learning and Japanese-style character building. Because her school ...

In just about every recent anime series, it seems there's a beach-centric episode in which the characters visit some "south ...

I've written before about how people's perceptions can easily get confused when dealing with other cultures, like how millions of ...

One interesting way to compare Japan's more structured society with the U.S. and Europe is to look at the standardized ...

Japan's history is unique in many ways, for example its decision to close itself off to outside nations for 235 ...

Japan seems to have an especially tragic relationship with fire. The combination of older homes built close together, the common ...

As a person from a relatively young nation, at least compared to Japan's long history, I'm often floored by how ...

J-List is based in Gunma Prefecture, a crane-shaped piece of land that's located right in the center of Japan -- ...

I write a lot about Japanese history because it's an interesting way to get a feel for how unique the ...

I like digging around in Japanese history to find interesting little tidbits. In 1853, Admiral Matthew Perry sailed his "black ...

I've always enjoyed the sounds of Japan, from the calming bong-bong-bong made by train crossings to sounds that mark the ...

Japan started its history more or less as a blank slate, with most of its architecture, religion and even written ...

I caught an article on the New York Times website the other day about Japan's little secret, the class of ...

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

Akemashite omedeto from J-List! We had a nice New Year's Day in Japan, writing our family's nengajo (New Year's Cards) ...

On Christmas Eve Japanese television viewers got to see a rare historical drama in which internationally famous director and comedian ...

Today is the 50th anniversary of one of Japan's most famous sights: Tokyo Tower, which serves as the primary broadcasting ...

For whatever reason, there are certain subjects I never managed to study during high school or college, including chemistry, philosophy, ...