Analyzing the “Genki Foreigner Meme” and Why the Japanese Aren’t Good at English
The latest meme from Japan continues as the Internet has fun sharing jokes and fanart about Ellen Baker-sensei, a fictional ...
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How Japan Views America, and Strange Things Japanese People Do
One interesting aspect of Japan is that it's one of the most pro-American countries on the planet, with most people ...
How taxes in Japan work, and Various Thoughts on Kanji
Tax time is coming up, so I thought I'd talk about what taxes are like in Japan. As with people ...
A Day to Celebrate Girl Children, and Westerners Who Don’t Follow “Senpai” Rules
One of the themes of Japan is that relationships are "vertical," with differences in the roles played by people of ...
An Official American Shipgirl, and The First Word of Japanese You Learned
One of the more interesting trends of the past decade has been "moe anthropomorphism," the practice of taking real-world objects ...
Character Extremes in Anime, and the Cutting Edge of Visual Novels Today
J-List and our sister company JAST USA have been involved in publishing visual novels and related "love simulation" games since ...
My Trip to a Zen Buddhist Hospital, and Christmas in Japan
I've always been a huge fan of Christmas, loving everything about it: the music, the annual re-watching of the Charlie ...
How to date Japanese girls, and the history of ‘tsundere’
Anime characters are generally organized into basic archetypes, and whenever a new character is introduced, fans are able to categorize ...
Things Japanese people don’t like: living next to North Korea
Though I enjoy living in Japan, there are some downsides, too. Being cold in the winter because houses here lack ...
Thanksgiving Japan style, and a huge Black Friday sale!
I’m back in (freezing cold) Japan after spending a pleasant week doing Australia stuff including hanging out with local wildlife, ...
Need some tissues? You’ve come to the right place!
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Viewing Japan through Pop Culture
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The history of “yuri” fanservice in anime
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The “I promised I wasn’t gonna cry” Anime Starter Pack
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Old technology and new anime trends from Japan
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How to raise half-American otaku kids in Japan
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Living in Japan means never setting your clock back
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Launching J-List 2.0
Well, after many trials and tribulations, we're happy to announce that the new J-List site is up and ready for ...
Moe in Japan vs America, and all about…staplers?
Hello from Japan! I've reluctantly returned from beautiful Hawaii to boring old Gunma, which, being as far as you can ...
More fun in Hawaii, and a solemn day with my son.
Hello again from beautiful Hawaii, where my son and I are continuing our adventure. We've eaten Hawaiian shave ice, visited ...
A new anime about Seiyu, and how I started selling eroge.
Without a doubt, the thing that makes 2D characters in anime and games really come alive are the seiyu, the ...
The idea of Western foods, and slurping your noodles in Japan.
Hello again from J-List. I'm winding down an especially awesome summer here in San Diego in which J-List shook hands ...
Japan’s love of cats, and the cutest government program ever.
The English language is often simplified or made "cute-sounding" when used in Japanese. A good example of this is the ...
Japan’s culture of gift-giving, and working out in Japan vs. the USA.
Hello again from J-List. I've taken a few days off for a brief vacation with Mrs. J-List to Las Vegas, ...
