You may have seen that Momofuku Ando, the Father of Instant Ramen, died recently. Momofuku, whose name meant "one hundred ...
Japan is a very seasonal place, with specific things done only during the appropriate times of year. August is when ...
All countries have foreigners living in their midst, whether its a Swedish college student working for a season at a ...
There's a minor hullabaloo going on between Japan and Australia right now after the publication of a controversial book on ...
You probably know that they do Valentine's Day a little differently in Japan than in the West. Here, Feb. 14th ...
One thing I've heard from foreigners who have recently come to Japan -- and which I've probably uttered myself a ...
I sometimes find myself thinking back to my college days when I first started learning Japanese, and it never fails ...
I'll never forget the moment. In my first year of SDSU, my family got a Japanese homestay student who stayed ...
Hello again from J-List, where the country is preparing to say goodbye to the current year and ring in the ...
As an expat American living away from my home country, it's sometimes interesting to ask the Japanese people around me ...
There are a lot of good things about living in Japan. Good food, from sushi to sashimi to Indian curry. ...
Japan is always ready to surprise you in one way or another, and some of the business practices employed here ...
I caught a post on Slashdot the other day about a surge in high school dropouts in the U.S., and ...
Just as Americans are accustomed to thinking of our country as a union of semi-soverign states, each with its own ...
I'm often asked what the Japanese think of foreigners who go out of their way to learn the language. I ...
Japan is a big fan of naming special days to create awareness about things we take for granted, like Sweet ...
Many people first experience Japan through its animation, which has been a staple of entertainment here since Astro Boy was ...
Hello again from Japan, where it's believed that only good things happen on Friday the 13th. There was a lot ...
The post-Koizumi era will soon be on us, now that Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe has officially been elected leader ...
Typhoon season has arrived in Japan, with Typhoon No. 13 (named "Shanshan" by the American weather service, although no one ...
Among the many problems modern Japan faces is katsuji-banare (ka-TSU-jee bah-NAH-ray), or a growing detachment from printed characters. Japan publishes ...
Last time I put forth the idea that perhaps one solution to Japan's birth rate woes might lie in international ...
It's a boy! All Japan is currently cheering the news that Princess Kiko has given birth to a boy. The ...
Japan's fascination with businessman Takafumi Horie (whose nickname is "Horiemon" because someone thought he looks like the character Doraemon) continues ...
