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 ...
Last weekend my son and I decided to stop by Aeon, a sprawling American-style shopping mall that recently opened near ...
Hello again from Japan, where it's believed that only good things happen on Friday the 13th. There was a lot ...
Japan is buzzing about North Korea's reported underground nuclear test, which took place a few hours ago. The news comes ...
Yesterday was time for my annual top-to-bottom physical, called Ningen Dock, a name that implies a human (ningen) "drydock" where ...
Among the many problems modern Japan faces is katsuji-banare (ka-TSU-jee bah-NAH-ray), or a growing detachment from printed characters. Japan publishes ...
Whenever my wife and I try a new restaurant we order aisu kohi, which we use to judge the dedication ...
Hello again from Japan, where, when two people say the same thing at the same time, they're then supposed to ...
One way to compare Japan's more structured society with the U.S. and Europe is to look at the standardized Japanese ...
My son and I continue to enjoy our mini-vacation here in Baltimore, and it's been fun to watch his reactions ...
I sure know how to keep busy. The San Diego Comicon ended just two days ago, but I'm already several ...
Can you hear that? The buzzing sounds you hear are the murmers of excitement being uttered by everyone who's going ...
If you ever find yourself in the position of giving guidance to a young person, try to turn them onto ...
When you learn a language as different from English as Japanese is, some things are going to be challenging, such ...
The first Japanese person to visit America was Manjiro Nakahama, a 14-year-old fisherman who was rescued in 1841 by an ...
