The Reason Japanese Are the Way They Are: Junior High School
The question of "What makes the Japanese the way they are?" is an interesting one, and I'm certainly not the ...
The question of "What makes the Japanese the way they are?" is an interesting one, and I'm certainly not the ...
One concept you encounter quite a lot in Japan is sekinin (seh-kee-neen), meaning responsibility or duty. While the James Clavell ...
Hello again from J-List. Once again we've made the hop from San Diego to Japan, traveling the 5443 miles (8759 ...
Japan is famous for its cooperative group culture, and you can see this in many places, from clubs in schools ...
I watch more than a little late-night Japanese TV, and I enjoy its light- hearted goofiness. The other night I ...
I talked last time about how the dynamic of "standing out in a crowd" can work a little differently when ...
I was feeling a little under the weather the other day so I went for a visit to our local ...
Japan is a country that's definitely in touch with its seasons, and they celebrate each time of year with many ...
The Torino Olympics have been going on for two weeks, and Japanese fans have been eagerly watching all the events ...
No consideration of Japan is complete without the often-quoted-by-gaijin- who-are-experts-on-Japan phrase deru kui wa utareru (DE-ru KOO-ee wa oo-TAH-reh-ru), which ...
When a foreigner comes to live in Japan, he or she is in for some changes. I remember my first ...
One of the cool things about teaching ESL in Japan was learning my own language and its grammar. Language is ...
I've often thought that there are some really good ideas in Japan that the rest of the world could learn ...
Hello again from an extremely enjoyable Anime Expo, which is still going on here in "Animeheim, CA." We're having lots ...
First of all, we had a problem with our mail server, which caused Monday's emails to show up a day ...
I remain convinced that the foreigners who live in Japan furnish an important service to the country, by providing a ...
Japan is declaring war on used electronics with the upcoming "PSE law" that will take effect next month. Basically, it's ...
A show I like a lot is NHK's Eigo de Shaberanaito ("I must say it in English"), which helps motivate ...
One big difference between Japan and America is the attitude people have towards land and personal mobility. In the U.S. ...
There are many challenges for foreigners who come to Japan: learning the unwritten social rules (which probably don't apply to ...
Sometimes you don't know what Japan will throw at you next. Once I was shopping in Tokyo, checking out the ...
You've been in Japan too long when you pay over $70 for a Captain Santa T-shirt and realize a few ...
Hello all. Apologies on posting this late -- I plum forgot to post the blog on Friday when I finished ...