Tag: USA

Imagine if 25% of all Americans lived around the Washington DC area? It would be pretty crowded, and not very ...

If you ever come to Japan, be sure and visit Kamakura, a charming city located about 50 km south of ...

Because I only visit the U.S. once or twice a year, I'm always noticing things I might not otherwise. It's ...

Every summer, we arrange to have our kids spend some time in the U.S. to help them learn English and ...

Well, I'm back in Japan, having journeyed halfway around the world for the nth time. Even while still at the ...

One of the more unexpected aspects of living in Japan as an American is the presence of political posters for ...

If you've listened to spoken Japanese at all you've probably heard the word desu, often pronounced with the last syllable ...

I mentioned last time that Japan has very few lawyers. It's true -- there's just one lawyer for every 7325 ...

There have been a lot of changes in Japanese society since we started J-List in 1996. First, the old concept ...

Hello from Las Vegas, where my wife and I have come for some R&R without the kids, which is always ...

The iPhone is finally coming to Japan, and I'll certainly be in line to get one when they become available ...

Japan is a great country, with a lot to offer both short-term visitors and tourists as well as people like ...

You've been in Japan too long when you can pronounce the constellation of Orion like the Japanese do, which sounds ...

It's time for another installment of Wacky Japanese You Already Know, featuring Japanese words that happen to be homophones with ...

One of the first things you learn as a foreigner in Japan is that people here will assume you're intimately ...

When you flit between the U.S. and Japan a lot, you can sometimes find yourself coming unglued culturally. I was ...

Last time I talked about what makes the Japanese the way they are, putting forth the theory that the strict ...

A lot has changed in the 17 years that I've lived in Japan. I arrived here in 1991, also known ...

My family is going through our annual "what are we going to do about summer?" decision-making process, trying to make ...

Starbucks Japan has a new product for the coming summer season: the Coffee Jelly Frapachino, which is a coffee frap ...

I happened to see that this month marks the 30th anniversary of the venerable "Invader Game," what Space Invaders is ...

If English is your native language, call up our parents and thank them now, because you've got it good. Japanese ...

It's a day for congratulations in Japan. The mega department store chains Mitsukoshi and Isetan are getting married, formally tying ...

Japan has a new ambassador, and it's...Doraemon? Yes, the well-known robot cat from the future has been designated as the ...