Tag: Japan

We recently bought dot matrix printer, of all things, which is needed to automate shipping of EMS orders (the forms ...

Last time I talked about various ways in which the Japanese custom of taking off shoes while at home has ...

While not nearly as lavish as the Hollywood-level TV commercials created for the Superbowl, Japanese "CMs" are a lot of ...

I hope everyone in the States enjoyed the Superbowl. Unfortunately Sunday in the U.S. is Monday morning here in Japan ...

Learning a foreign language is good for reasons beyond the obvious benefit of being able to communicate and share ideas ...

Yesterday I went to Akihabara on business, which is always more fun than sitting behind a computer screen at the ...

One aspect of Japan I've always been impressed with is the way popular culture is closely tied to history in ...

One interesting Japanese TV show I watch sometimes is called "Miraculous Experience Unbelievable," a drama-variety show hosted by famed director ...

You never know what random Japan-related thing will become popular on the Internet next. One day it'll be a TV ...

I've just returned from a four-day trip to Taiwan with my family, our first visit to the mountainous nation that's ...

Happy New Year, or as Japanese young people say these days, ake-ome! which is short for akemashite omedetou gozaimasu or ...

Well, 2011 is finally at an end. It was a very strange year, filled with events that no one could ...

Yesterday I went to take a photo at an automated machine, which I needed for some documentation I had to ...

While I certainly love sushi, sashimi, sukiyaki and other types of exotic Japanese cuisine, I often find my favorite foods ...

Japan's relationship with the English language is an interesting one. All Japanese study three years of English in junior high ...

The Japanese language has not one but three writing systems: hiragana, a syllable-based system for expressing sounds and grammatical particles; ...

One word that's become quite well-known in anime- and Japan-centric circles is kawaii, which means cute, pretty, adorable, and in ...

Japan got a famous visitor last week, as the Dalai Lama travelled through the heavily damaged Tohoku region, bringing words ...

One thing I love about the Japanese people is their deep passion for their children, something I've observed firsthand as ...

One thing I like about Japan is their enjoyment of food, and I really appreciate their tradition of eating bento ...

Japanese TV never fails to entertain. One show I've watched a few times is called TATExHOKO (meaning "shield vs. spear"), ...

One of the most important concepts in daily life in Japan is shin'yo (SHIN-yo), which means "trust," and when Japanese ...

The #OccupyWallStreet demonstrations have certainly been in the news a lot, and now they've come to Tokyo, with several different ...

A language is a living expression of the thoughts and minds of the people speaking it, and as such, each ...