Tag: history

After 4 years of language study at SDSU and nearly 23 years of living in Japan, I'm as bilingual as ...

You never know when the next boom in the anime subculture will show up. One year the hottest thing might ...

In a post I made to J-List's Facebook page about Tokyo winning the 2020 Olympics, one reader from South Korea ...

It can be fun to try and trace the origins of anime-related memes. For example, if you use the phrase ...

When I decided to minor in Japanese back at SDSU, I had to choose one Japan-related elective class in addition ...

J-List has been involved with translating and selling visual novels, alternatively called VNs, bishoujo games, dating sims and "gal-games" since ...

I took a trip down to Tokyo yesterday to have a meeting with NitroPlus, the innovative company behind Steins;Gate and ...

One of the fun things about living in Japan is enjoying the TV commercials here, like a popular commercial for ...

Sumo wrestling is the official sport of Japan, enjoying special status and support by the Japanese government. It's more than ...

Japan, of course, is a volcanic archipelago made up of four main islands, which are Honshu, the largest, about the ...

I'm often asked how Japanese view the gaijin that live in their midst, disrupting the harmony the country is so ...

Language has many uses, including communicating great ideas, recording the events of history and ordering pizza. It also helps define ...

After 4 years of studying Japanese at SDSU and 22 years living in the country, I'm as functionally bilingual in ...

Running a business in Japan naturally means I have to interview Japanese job applicants who want to work for J-List, ...

This Saturday is the 160th anniversary of the arrival of Admiral Perry's famous "Black Ships" to Japan, an event that's ...

Like other forms of media, there are many types of stories to be found in anime, including love comedy, various ...

It's fun to delve into history and see what interesting people you can find, like Nakahama "John" Manjiro, the first ...

Besides being a dedicated fan of all things Japan-related, I'm also card-carrying lover of time-travel and related science fiction stories. ...

Everyone has encountered extremely frustrating individuals who hold opinions so bizarre that it makes us wonder how they could be ...

If you ever visit the Tokyo area, you'll find many things to do: go shopping for fresh fish at the ...

One of the most powerful symbols of Japan is, of course, Mt. Fuji, the beautiful volcano that sits astride Shizuoka ...

Over the years I've read several novels by James Clavell, which were loosely based on history and set in Hong ...

I've been a student of Japanese since that first day in 1987 when I started Higurashi-sensei's class at SDSU. (There ...

We like to think of our little company as a "wonderful toy box of things from Japan" where various products ...