Tag: sports

Last time I talked about how the classic Japanese novel The Tale of Genji -- about the playboy son of ...

I sometimes like tossing out random questions on J-List's Facebook page or Twitter feed, like the time I asked readers ...

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I have some odd obsessions. One is that I love hunting down and watching the movies that were released in ...

One show I’ve been waiting for quite eagerly is the second season of Non Non Biyori (roughly translatable as "fine ...

The concept of 萌え moé can be quite deep. Coined around 1993 in response to (according to one theory) the ...

We're entering a special time in WWII-related history, when the 70th anniversary of many iconic wartime events will be arriving ...

It’s sakura time in Japan right now, as cherry blossoms around the country explode in beautiful fireworks of pink. Being ...

When I came to Japan in 1991, one of my first impressions was that the country must be a dangerous ...

A couple days ago the news hit that Japan's economy had declined for the second straight quarter, officially slipping into ...

My family has always been very cross-cultural, with my kids equally at home watching Pokemon or the films of Hayao ...

One new anime from the currently-running season that caught my eye is Jinsei, which means "life" as in the span ...

It's time for a new anime season, which is bad news for me as I'm still not done with the ...

One reason I believe anime became so popular around the world is that it's a medium that's free to tell ...

Living in another country can really make you appreciate the little things from back home. This morning I was late ...

I came to Japan in 1991 and worked for five years as an English teacher before deciding to take a ...

I came to Japan in 1991 and worked for five years as an English teacher before deciding to take a ...

One thing I like about the Japanese is how creative they are with language. The other day I was choosing ...

August is the hottest month in Japan, a great time to enjoy shave ice and watermelon and maybe some ice ...

We've finished the first day at Anime Expo, and we're all incredibly tired after selling so many awesome products from ...

One sad aspect of Japan's society is いじめ ijime (pronounced ee-jee-MEH), the cruel bullying that happens in school, sports and ...

One thing I write about often is how the Japanese are very sensitive to how they're viewed internationally, and how ...

Japan was a very different place when I came here back in 1991. Back then, foreigners were happy if we ...