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Hello all. Another slice of life from Japan for you. It will be nice to have Christmas again, and my ...

We had fun at Tokyo Disneyland. It was threatening to rain the whole time, but it didn't, so we knew ...

Before I started J-List I was an English teacher, and taught ESL to a wide range of Japanese students, from ...

Every rule has an exception, and the Japanese writing system is riddled with so many exceptions, it's almost as complex ...

You've been in Japan too long when you pronounce the word "warehouse" as "wah-rey house." Japanese pronunciation is extremely easy, ...

You've been in Japan too long when you pronounce the word "warehouse" as "wah-rey house." Japanese pronunciation is extremely easy, ...

Hello again from Japan, where the law that governs private ownership of weapons is known as the Swords and Firearms ...

There are always interesting ways to gain an understanding of a society through its language. One word that speaks to ...

One interesting social concept I see at work a lot in Japan is the idea of "gaman," which means to ...

Hello and T.G.I.F. from everyone on the J-List team!It's fall, and that means it's the season for school sports festivals, ...

Hello and T.G.I.F. from everyone on the J-List team!It's fall, and that means it's the season for school sports festivals, ...

Sunday was the centennial of the death of Lafcadio Hearn, one of the first gaijin to "turn Japanese" and live ...

One of the biggest surprises any foreigner living in Japan receives is when he sees his first Japanese right wingers, ...

Hello from Japan, where a cleft chin is known as "ketsu-ago" (KEH-tsoo AH-go), literally meaning "butt-chin."Japan is the home of ...

Hello from Japan, home of feminine products with names like Charmy Body Fit and Supporty.Japan's birthrate is among the lowest ...

"You've been in Japan too long when you appear for your first skiing lesson with brand new Rossignol high performance ...

Japan can be a superstitious place, with many beliefs that people in the West would have trouble understanding. Some of ...

Hello again from J-List, your friend in Japan!Everyone knows that the Japanese use Chinese characters, or kanji, as part of ...

You probably know that the Japanese eat whale, which is "kujira" in Japanese (some trivia for you: Godzilla got his ...

Hello again from J-List! For the fourth time this year, I've made the jump from Japan back to the good ...

Hello again from Japan, where buildings have funny names like "Apartment Cream Soda." We apologize for the delay with the ...

Hello again from all your friends in Japan!Now that the ban on Japanese cultural imports has been lifted in South ...

Hello again from all of your friends in Japan!It's typhoon time in Japan, as typhoon no. 6 meanders its way ...

Hello and TGIF from all of us in Japan!First of all, we're extremely happy to announce that all 18+ images ...