Last time I mentioned the "second childhood" I'd enjoyed as a student of Japanese. It's true -- learning a foreign ...
Today is a holiday in Japan: Keiro no Hi, or Respect for the Aged Day. Celebrated nationally since 1966 -- ...
My wife has decided to volunteer at my daughter's elementary school as an assistant in the English classes they have ...
September is storm season in Japan, as we were reminded when Typhoon Fitow -- designated boringly as Typhoon No. 9 ...
I was feeling a little under the weather the other day so I went for a visit to our local ...
One way to learn about Japan is through its traditional calligraphy, which uses a writing brush called a fude (FOO-day) ...
I knew it would happen: Heroes is starting to get popular in Japan. This morning I turned on the TV ...
I took the train into Tokyo on Sunday to meet a friend in Akihabara, the area of Tokyo famous as ...
I've written before about the psychology of ex-pats living in Japan, such as the the Three Stages of Eye Aversion ...
Japan is a country that's definitely in touch with its seasons, and they celebrate each time of year with many ...
This past weekend saw the broadcast of "24 Hour TV," an annual charity drive broadcast by the Nippon TV network ...
The Japanese have a saying that they got from the Chinese that I mention from time to time: ningen banji, ...
Well, one weekend and a staggering 150,000 people later, the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con is past. It was a wild ...
Well, Otakon is over, and it was a real blast. As the premier anime convention on the East Coast, it's ...
One observation I've made about Japan in the 15+ years I've spent there is, they pay a little more attention ...
It's always fun being back in the U.S., because I get to experience that rarest of sensations, reverse culture shock, ...
There are subtle nuances in how we use language, and the speech we choose to use says something about all ...
We're still here at Anime Expo in Long Beach, and it's been a real blast. Monday is the last day ...
The other day I went into the living room to see my kids glued to the TV even though it ...
The teaching of eikaiwa, or English conversation, is quite an industry in Japan, and there are many schools where people ...
First of all, a minor computer problem here in Japan caused some delays in processing orders on Friday. We're very ...
The Japanese are a very group-oriented people, and one of the worst things a person can be is nakama-hazure (nah-kah-mah ...
The Star Wars Celebration IV convention is in full swing, and here in Los Angeles tens of thousands of fans ...
I've written about conformity in one form or another a lot recently. The word isn't one that Americans probably have ...
