Tag: Japan

As a general rule, the Japanese have a very laissez faire attitude when it comes religion, blending Shinto and Buddhism ...

Japan's sumo world was rocked today by the announcement that Mongolian wrestler Asashoryu, the top-ranked yokozuna (Grand Champion) in the ...

The tradition of retail establishments offering excellent service to customers is one of my favorite aspects of Japan, and if ...

We're having a bit of a "Korea Boom" in my house right now, courtesy of my wife. Like millions of ...

Besides making the freeways here actually "free" -- a policy that's received surprisingly little support once people realized the horrific ...

I've written before about how people who are bilingual actually develop separate personalities for each language, and it's interesting to ...

It's hard to think of a company that's changed our lives over the past decade more than Google. In their ...

I happened to see a report that put Japan's gross domestic product per capita -- the amount of goods and ...

How would you feel if the government lost your Social Security records, so that years of work and payments into ...

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the U.S. and Japan, which outlines ...

This morning my wife walked into my office with a beautifully ornate wooden name plate, which she placed on top ...

The other day I took some time off to hit one of the onsen hot springs located near J-List. My ...

The current economic hard times are bringing some changes to Japan, especially in the area of fashion. In the past, ...

Today is a holiday in Japan, Seijin-no-hi, or Coming of Age Day, when everyone who turns 20 years old this ...

Living in a place as homogeneous as Japan brings out some interesting psychoses in people, and one could fill a ...

Japan's entertainment world is a very unique place, and it's interesting to observe it with my gaijin's eyes. Any given ...

My wife is a very happy woman, thanks to NHK, Japan's version of the BBC and the Domo-kun people. Every ...

Well, it's the end of another year. Time to watch the parade of famous singers on this year's Kohaku Uta ...

I wrote a few weeks ago about how I believed I'd "cracked the code" as to why Japanese animation is ...

Hello again from J-List, now in Las Vegas, where we've taken the kids for some post-Christmas relaxation. We hope you ...

Can you hear that endless mechanical noise? It's the sound of thousands of inkjet printers in Japan, grinding out nengajo, ...

Recently I wrote about how one of the more pleasant aspects of Japan was the high level of service you ...

Of course one of the most enjoyable things to do this time of year is...Christmas shopping. I'm quite a kurisumasu ...

Christmas is a happy time in Japan, when couples can exchange gifts or maybe plan a special evening together, and ...