Tag: Japan

The word for "foreigner" in Japanese is 外人 gaijin, which actually meals "outside-person" (e.g. outsider), but since this word can ...

I like to watch late-night TV in Japan because there's always something interesting to see, like the show in which ...

Clang clang! Clang clang! Right outside my window right there's a fire truck driving by slowly, ringing a bell and ...

I've learned some things about the Japanese people during my time here, which I thought I'd share with you. First, ...

I write often about how the Japanese love it when foreigners take an interest in their culture, and nothing is ...

Kokusai kekkon, or international marriage, is a popular way for Japanese to find a partner who can provide something that ...

One interesting aspect of Japan is that they're the only country in the world that cares what foreigners think about ...

Stereotypes are bad because they cause us to make assumptions about people from other countries before we've gotten to know ...

The U.S. is currently embroiled in "election hell," and while this doesn't involve Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney driving around ...

Every language has dialects, and Japanese is no different. I've heard that since Japanese people are more likely to stay ...

One of the more important aspects of the Japanese is their humility, which is considered an important trait for both ...

I'm safely back in Japan after a pleasant flight on Korean Airlines, which I chose because I like their bibimbap, ...

If you go to Japan, you'll see many things there. Beautiful temples and shrines and sakura trees. Vending machines that ...

I saw that the U.S. had taken action to freeze the assets of a major yakuza group in the U.S., ...

Japan, of course, is a very seasonal place, with a strong tradition of doing different things during each of the ...

Japanese TV never fails to entertain, or to provide me with good neta, a word which means the fish part ...

Japan is a very different place from the West for several reasons. It's an island nation with a strong culture ...

I often write about how Japanese people are the most polite in the world, which can be understood pretty well ...

The Japanese, as I've often written, are a group-oriented people, and it's interesting to observe the subtle body language that ...

Bowing is an important form of social communication in Japan. Whether it's a short sumimasen accompanied by a brief lowering ...

One thing about living in Japan: it will really teach you how to apologize well, since the Japanese language is ...

The London Olympics are going on right now, and throughout Japan fans are watching the drama of the games unfold. ...

I'm back in Japan after a rather grueling trip that included a canceled flight from San Diego to Los Angeles ...

One Twitter user asked me, "Is it true that coming from Japan to America feels like traveling 20 years back ...