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Hello from Japan. We've been having some off-and-on problems with the J-List server, which we've gotten under control again, we ...

After a long wait, Apple's iTunes Japan music store has finally opened, allowing customers here to download Japanese and international ...

I wrote last time about Japan's use of uniforms for many professions, which can sometimes look odd when seen through ...

Sometimes you don't know what Japan will throw at you next. Once I was shopping in Tokyo, checking out the ...

Although Japan likes to take a lot of cultural cues from Europe, and even pretend that it's a part of ...

Japan's tendency to rank individuals in groups as senpai (sem-PAI, a senior member of a group, or upperclassman) and kouhai ...

Japan can really be a place of contrasting images. On the one hand, it's a modern, technologically advanced country that ...

There are big problems in China as demonstrators in several cities engage in protests against Japan, calling for boycotts of ...

Japanese food is famous for containing things not usually eaten by Westerners, something which I was reminded of when my ...

Hello from beautiful Kyoto! I took a couple of days off work to take my mother, who is visiting from ...

Hello again from Japan, the home of such products as Mapple (map book), Crunky (crunchy chocolate) and Quickle Wiper (floor ...

One unique aspect of Japan is how many industries have to deal with competition from the government, which interferes with ...

One of our favorite Japanese TV shows is Trivia no Izumi (the Fountain of Trivia, a title that sounds similar ...

Hello from J-List! We're hearing the first rumblings of Spring here in Japan, a time that's called Haru Ichiban. On ...

Japan can be an expensive place to live, but it can also be an expensive place to die, as well. ...

Hello all. I'm running later than usual because my dentist needed to fix my teeth today, Wednesday, rather than Tuesday, ...

Hello all. If it isn't one thing, it's something else. Today the update is working fine, but the mail server ...

Hello all. It's a cold Monday today, and we're all very busy at J-List, counting stock. Today is our inventory ...

Hello all. It's Monday but because today is Coming-of-Age Day (see below), the kids have school off, even though they ...

Hello all. Back to work for the J-List crew, although it's time for the nenmatsu rush of people taking days ...

Hello all. Actually this is a repost because I deleted this post somehow. GRRR...Here are some pictures from Japan. One ...

Hello all. Another slice of life from Japan for you. It will be nice to have Christmas again, and my ...

The Japanese import many words from other languages for use in their daily lives. Usually the words are from English, ...

During my time here in Japan, I've had the pleasure of meeting a wide range of Japanese people, from children ...