Japan's fascination with businessman Takafumi Horie (whose nickname is "Horiemon" because someone thought he looks like the character Doraemon) continues ...
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 ...
Like Tokyo Disneyland, the New Tokyo International Airport is not located in Tokyo, being situated in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, ...
Once again, Anime Expo has come to a close, and we're all going home, tired but feeling very energized. The ...
Like most people, the Japanese have a tendency to look back with fondness on bygone eras, which they often sum ...
Roughly speaking, Japan's historical relationship to China is similar to that of the West and ancient Rome and Greece: the ...
I've always been impressed with Japan's dedication to education, the great amount of national resources that are put into teaching ...
With Japan's population having already peaked, the country is undergoing a national debate about how to raise its brith rate. ...
Coming to Japan brought many surprises for me, and not just the usual things like beer vending machines and ikasumi ...
We're right in the middle of Golden Week, a cluster of Japanese holidays that usually fall near each other. One ...
Japan has one of the lowest birthrates of any modern nation, with just 1.38 children born per couple, which will ...
I've always thought that language both reflects culture and influences it, and part of the reason the French are so ...
There's a perception that the Japanese are more conformist than people in Europe or the States. Leaving aside the question ...
A show I like a lot is NHK's Eigo de Shaberanaito ("I must say it in English"), which helps motivate ...
The Japanese often play with numbers in interesting ways, converting the numerals into sounds to make messages. Through a phonetic ...
Japan's come a long way from the classic image of "paper houses," but paper is still commonly used in modern ...
One big difference between Japan and America is the attitude people have towards land and personal mobility. In the U.S. ...
The music scene in Japan is rich and varied, with its own unique ebbs and flows of visual rock, hip ...
We're on our way back from Las Vegas, tired but sated from our time here. The AVN show was good ...
Hello again from J-List. We're still enjoying our vacation in the U.S., this time in beautiful San Luis Obispo, where ...
Hello from freezing, windy Japan! The country has been hit by a cold front of Siberian winds that have chilled ...
Japanese animation has been a huge influence on the West over the years, and there are many ways that American ...
During my time studying Japanese and teaching in Japan, I've met many different types of Japanese people: hardworking salarymen and ...
