I was making up some Japanese business cards for one of my employees yesterday, trying different layouts and fonts to ...
I've written before about how Japan is a very safe place -- so safe it might just kill you with ...
It was Thomas Paine -- a possible ancestor of mine, although I somehow doubt it -- who uttered the words, ...
You probably know that they do Valentine's Day a little differently in Japan than in the West. Here, Feb. 14th ...
We've been watching the extra-cold winter dumping lots of snow on the U.S. this year and feeling more than a ...
Japan has a reputation for being a peaceful place with very little in the way of violence, giant monsters emerging ...
When a foreigner comes to live in Japan, he or she is in for some changes. I remember my first ...
Slate.com ran an article yesterday on Apple's Japanese iTunes Music Store and how frustrating it was that fans of J-POP ...
The fermented soybeans known as natto (NAT-toh) are one of the most famous foods in Japan, enjoyed throughout the country, ...
The subject of Japan's police is an interesting one. Japan's boys in blue are organized under the umbrella of the ...
People talk about convergence all the time, of things coming together in a more convenient form. Living in Japan, one ...
I'll never forget the moment. In my first year of SDSU, my family got a Japanese homestay student who stayed ...
Today is a holiday in Japan, Seijin-no-hi, or Coming of Age Day. Venture into any Japanese city right now and ...
Hello again from J-List, where the country is preparing to say goodbye to the current year and ring in the ...
Now that Christmas is past, Japan is getting ready for its own big season, Oshogatsu or New Year's Day, by ...
The warmest Christmas Greetings from J-List! We hope that everyone is having an great holiday wherever you are, surrounded by ...
Somewhere between the staid features of futsu (normal) Japanese and the dizzying varieties of face, hair and body types seen ...
Sunday was my father's meinichi, the anniversary of the day he died nine years ago (although Japanese are always puzzled ...
Japan is always ready to surprise you in one way or another, and some of the business practices employed here ...
Many English speakers know the Japanese word wa (和） which means harmony and peace, and in some cases additionally refers ...
By and large, an American expat living in Japan has two choices when it comes to celebrating Thanksgiving: completely forget ...
Just as Americans are accustomed to thinking of our country as a union of semi-soverign states, each with its own ...
Last night we went to a friend's house to have one of my favorite dishes, nabe (NAH-beh), a word that ...
Imagine if a food you ate every day were suddenly unavailable, say, hamburgers, just to pick an example. With no ...
