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 ...
Last time I put forth the idea that perhaps one solution to Japan's birth rate woes might lie in international ...
Whenever my wife and I try a new restaurant we order aisu kohi, which we use to judge the dedication ...
Living outside my home country as I do, the subject of stereotypes has always interested me. Everyone has certain preconceived ...
One complex subject in Japan is that of gift giving. The Japanese are very much into exchanging gifts, and the ...
My wife and I face various daily challenges because of our kokusai kekkon, or international marriage. As an American I ...
Something odd happened while I was in the States: my wife decided that Johnny Depp was the neatest thing since ...
When you start studying Japanese, one of the first things you learn is that sentence structure will not be anything ...
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 ...
There are several methods of learning a foreign language, including grammar-translation (learning grammar and example sentences), Total Physical Response ("Simon ...
Well, our RV trip to the Grand Canyon is finally over. We had great fun and the kids were amazed ...
I sure know how to keep busy. The San Diego Comicon ended just two days ago, but I'm already several ...
It's that time of year again: the crowds have gone home, the D.C. Comics banners have been pulled down, and ...
The San Diego Comic Con is underway, and although it's just gotten started, we're tired already, however it's the good ...
Like Tokyo Disneyland, the New Tokyo International Airport is not located in Tokyo, being situated in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, ...
I've made the hop from Japan to the U.S. once again, going from the world of sushi and bullet trains ...
When you learn a language as different from English as Japanese is, some things are going to be challenging, such ...
Roughly speaking, Japan's historical relationship to China is similar to that of the West and ancient Rome and Greece: the ...
Well, I'm back in Japan now, the land of sushi and small cars and very cute things. No matter how ...
I've always been impressed with Japan's dedication to education, the great amount of national resources that are put into teaching ...
The most popular "unit" of television in Japan is the drama, which usually run for 15 weeks of hour-long episodes, ...
We wanted to do something fun with the kids over the weekend, so we shinked (gaijin-speak for "took the Shinkansen," ...
One subject of interest in Japan is kokusai kekkon, or international marriage involving a Japanese and a person from another ...
