Tag: Japan

Before I came to Japan, I thought I knew pretty much what kinds of people I'd find here: lots of ...

Women who use Yahoo vs. those who prefer Google -- which are sexier? That's a question posed by one ladies' ...

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

I've been fascinated with the women of Japan ever since I arrived here, and over the years I've managed to ...

My daughter recently asked me if I could drive her to the nearby town of Oizumi so she could visit ...

Google has revolutionized the world, adding ten points to the collective IQ of humanity by allowing us to summon up ...

Singer, comedian and all-around nice guy Tsuyoshi Kusanagi has been a fixture on Japanese TV for the past two decades ...

There are many things that American houses have which their Japanese counterparts lack, and vice-versa. A Japanese home will generally ...

It's nearly time for Japan's Golden Week, a semi-accidental clustering of holidays that usually fall near each other, which the ...

In Japanese, there's a whole subset of polite language called keigo which can be quite a challenge for foreigners to ...

My wife bought me a great present the other day: a book featuring all the places to buy yaki-manju in ...

When humans one day live in space, I'm sure we'll make use of the experience Japan has gained with fitting ...

Another good option if you're trying to eat in a hurry is to hit a konbini, or convenience store, where ...

Do you know what year it is? I often don't, thanks to the Japanese custom of counting years according to ...

My daughter has started junior high school, which is a big step in Japan, a kind of medium point between ...

Although Japanese kitchens are well stocked with spoons, forks and knives, most meals in Japan are eaten with chopsticks. Children ...

Is it possible for a person to lose the use of their native language? Studies in linguistics (which I did ...

Yesterday was my daughter's graduation ceremony from elementary school, and my wife and I watched proudly as our little girl ...

I've written before about the "joy of enlightenment," the mysterious thrill your brain gets when it solves a puzzle or ...

Although Japanese foods like sushi, sashimi and sukiyaki are famous all over the world, the Japanese have an incredibly varied ...

Spring is here, and that means something special to the Japanese: sakura, the cherry blossoms that make the country blaze ...

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

When you live in a place like Japan for long enough, it inevitably starts to change you. First it's the ...

The other day I was listening to the audio book of Children of Men and I heard a word I'd ...