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Hello from the J-List crew, this time in beautiful Guam, a small island three hours from Japan, and a U.S. ...

Hello and Happy Friday from all of us in Japan!Japan is truly the home of the "boom" -- every year, ...

Sunday was the centennial of the death of Lafcadio Hearn, one of the first gaijin to "turn Japanese" and live ...

Florida has really been hit with some powerful storms this season, and we hope that all our customers in the ...

Hello from Japan, where a cleft chin is known as "ketsu-ago" (KEH-tsoo AH-go), literally meaning "butt-chin."Japan is the home of ...

Hello again from Japan, where buildings have funny names like "Apartment Cream Soda." We apologize for the delay with the ...

Hello and Happy Monday from all your friends in Japan!Japan is buzzing about the special summit between Prime Minister Koizumi ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan!In the U.S., the existence of the military looms large in many ways. ...

Hello again from all of us at J-List!It's been said that the construction industry is to Japan what defense is ...

Hello again from all of us at J-List!It seems that a Japanese city can't be complete until it has a ...

Hello and Happy Friday from all of us in Japan!One of the coolest "needless items" that can be found Japan ...

Hello again from J-List!First of all, a full hard drive caused a dozen or so orders received over the weekend ...

Hello again from all your friends at J-List. Today is Friday, which is usually the day I take my kids ...

There was a big earthquake in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido this morning, setting some fires and injuring many people. ...

Hello and Happy Friday from your friends in Japan! I think that everyone should pick a country and go live ...

Hello from Japan, where some English words don't always mean what you think they mean -- for example, a "manicure" ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan! The second anniversary of the September 11 tragedy was marked in Japan ...

Hello again from J-List! The show has come to an end and Yasu and I are very tired. We've had ...

Hello again from a very hot and humid Japan. The mercury is topping 38 degrees (that's a cool 100 Fahrenheit ...

Hello again from a very hot and humid Japan. The mercury is topping 38 degrees (that's a cool 100 Fahrenheit ...

Hello and TGIF from all of us in Japan! It's Friday in Japan, and I'm taking a rare day off ...

Hello again from Japan, where apartments have funny names like "Apartment Cream Soda." One reason I love living in Japan ...

Hello again from all of us in Japan! One of the engines that drives Japanese society and makes Japanese people ...

Hello again from Japan! This year is the 400th anniversary of the establishment of Edo (Tokyo) as the capital of ...