More on Gaijin: Statistics in Japan
Here are some numbers on the 2.2 million foreigners who live in Japan and make up 1.63% of the overall ...
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1984: Do You Remember English?
I'm quite an old school anime fan, having gotten into it in the early 80s. Back then, there was precious ...
Understanding Katakana English
I wrote last time that one of the challenges of living in Japan is getting accustomed to Japanese-accented English, sometimes ...
Understanding Star Wars through Anime
I finally got to see the new Clone Wars computer animated film, which just opened here. One of the minor ...
An Order of Pizza and Japanese Culture
Today is Inventory Day here at J-List, when we have to count the many thousands of excellent products we stock. ...
Our “Second Childhood” Through Anime
One thing I like about being involved with Japan and anime is the "second childhood" it allows us all to ...
Thoughts on how the Japanese define “family,” confusion over English lyrics in Japanese songs, and how to tell a Korean from a Japanese
We've got a bit of a running joke in our family. South Korean television dramas are popular in Japan, and ...
150,000 fans later, learning about Japan through the kanji for “child,” and comparing movies between Japan and the U.S.
Well, one weekend and a staggering 150,000 people later, the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con is past. It was a wild ...
Observations on the Japanese and music culture, things you learn as an ESL teacher, and comparing San Diego to Japan
One observation I've made about Japan in the 15+ years I've spent there is, they pay a little more attention ...
The only country where eating quietly is strange, how ethanol can affect the price of soy sauce, and gaijin drinking rules
First of all, we had a problem with checkout on the J-List and JBOX.com websites that caused orders to not ...
Weird new products in the U.S., getting Japanese onomatopoeia on the brain, and what to the Japanese think of us?
Whenever I come back to the U.S., I like to cruise the grocery stores to see what new products have ...
Shared experiences through anime and manga, on raising kids who are “half,” and understanding an aspect of Japan through Newsweek
Anime and comic books -- which are collectively referred with the term "manga" in Japanese -- are an inseparable part ...
Benefits from Japan’s homogeneous culture, drawbacks to living in Japan, and the Japanese futon defined
Japan is, by and large, quite a homogeneous place. I've travelled from Sapporo to Hiroshima and have seen much of ...
Looking back on 15 years of anime fandom, Japan’s culture of flowers, and pouring your own drink
Hello from beautiful San Jose. We've been enjoying the vibrant anime fans here at Fanime Con, and if you're in ...
Golden Week in Japan, “indoctronating” my bilingual kids, and all about the otaku
We're right in the middle of Golden Week, a cluster of Japanese holidays that usually fall near each other. One ...
The Otaku Standardized Test and origin of the word, Japan’s hot summer, and aloe flavored yogurt
Hello again from Japan, and a special weekend update to J-List!I've written before about how the Japanese like to take ...
Greetings from J-List July 30, 2004
You probably know that the Japanese eat whale, which is "kujira" in Japanese (some trivia for you: Godzilla got his ...
Greetings from J-List June 2, 2004
Hello again from the hardworking J-List team!It's amazing how very different Japan and America can be. In the U.S., a ...
Greetings from J-List May 10, 2004
Hello again from all your friends in Japan!Japan is currently full of anxiety over the future of the national pension ...
Greetings from J-List December 17, 2003
Hello again from your friends in Japan! As you probably know, the Japanese take their shoes off when entering homes ...
Greetings from J-List September 15, 2003
Hello from Japan, where some English words don't always mean what you think they mean -- for example, a "manicure" ...
Greetings from J-List September 12, 2003
Hello again from all of us in Japan! The second anniversary of the September 11 tragedy was marked in Japan ...
Greetings from J-List September 1, 2003
Hello again from J-List! The show has come to an end and Yasu and I are very tired. We've had ...
Greetings from J-List August 8, 2003
Hello and TGIF from all your friends in Japan! First, we had a slight problem with the server that hosts ...
