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Greetings from Japan, the country where cars have curtains. One concept related to Japanese politeness is "enryo, which means hesitation." ...

Hello, and Happy Friday from your friends at J-List! There are some things from the U.S. that Japanese just can't ...

Hello from J-List, now officially banned in all Santa Cruz city facilities and Saudi Arabia! One interesting aspect of the ...

Hello again from Japan, the country where a car's turn signal is known as a "winker." There are many things ...

Happy Wednesday, from Japan, where a cup of "American" means a weak cup of coffee. Now that the 1990's are ...

Hello and Happy Monday from Japan, where screwdrivers come in "plus" and "minus." Whenever I go to the U.S., I ...

Hello again from Japan, home of such baseball teams as the Daei Hawks and the Hiroshima Carp. Japanese is an ...

Hello from J-List, safely back in Japan this time. It was a pretty routine hop across the Pacific, this time ...

Merry Christmas! Christmas isn't for another month, but today was our "uso no kurisumasu" (fake Christmas), since this was the ...

Greetings from J-list, the country that invented curtains for cars. Every languages has its interesting idioms, which are fun and ...

Hi again from Japan, where you bow to drivers when they give you the right of way. America is divided ...

Hello from Japan, on this Monday morning. I'm posting the update a few hours early today, as I'm off to ...

Hello from Japan, on this windy Wednesday evening. Well the U.S. elections are over. They were closely watched from Japan, ...

Happy Monday, from Japan! To an expat like me, living far from my home, the Internet is a wonderful thing. ...

Hello again from Japan, where people have a tendency to get Eric Clapton's last name confused with "plankton" for some ...

Hello again from Japan! Japan can be a funny place. At the end of the day, Japan really loves Europe, ...

Greetings from Japan, the country with the highest per capita number of vending machines in the world! (I think it's ...

Hello from your favorite island nation, Japan! Olympic Fever continues to grip Japan, as everyone watches the various events taking ...

Greetings again from that wackiest of places, Japan. The movie Schindler's List was a very touching story. Japan had their ...

Hello again from Japan! On the Japanese TV show Denpa Shonen, singer Kahala Tomomi is still plugging away, trying to ...

Greetings from Japan, where Pocari Sweat is always fresh and cold. Well, we're extremely glad to say that Japanese Calendar ...

Hello again from Japan, the original home of the salad pretzel. 2000 is shaping up as the "year of the ...

Autumn has come to Japan, or at least you'd think so by watching the beer advertising. This year's brew of ...

Greetings again from Japan! The idea of a man taking his wife's last name after marriage would be pretty rare ...