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In many ways, Westerners are quite enigmatic the Japanese, who can't understand how we can come in so many variations, ...

baka), and becoming an adult in Japan. When you come to live in Japan, you get used to certain core ...

I've made the top from Japan to the U.S., and now we're at the Phoenix Comicon, a super fun event ...

When I first arrived in Japan 24 years ago, I brought a lot of preconceived notions with me. Like, the ...

As the new anime season progresses, I've been doing my best to keep up with the major series, and mostly ...

There are certain difficulties Westerners face when coming to Japan. The language is a problem, of course, especially outside cities ...

In addition to trying to revive the Japanese economy through his "Abenomics" reforms (which have had the effect of making ...

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

One of the benefits of being an English speaker learning Japanese is the high number of foreign loan words in ...

I realized I'd missed the new film from Nitroplus called Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise, so I decided to watch ...

One of my favorite Japan-related concepts is 和洋折衷 wayoh setchu, which means "a blend of both Japanese and Western influences." ...

Greetings from J-List! Tomorrow is 3.14, a day to celebrate the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, also ...

While the United States has some amazing history under its belt, something about being from a relatively "young" country has ...

I love to look at the ways language and culture are intertwined, allowing us to learn about one as we ...

We had a site issue which kept product images from showing for several hours over the weekend. If you were ...

I was having trouble deciding what to write for today's post, so I decided to ask J-List's Facebook and Twitter ...

One theme I write about a lot is how Japan is a peaceful country where you'll almost never encounter violence ...

Hello from Kota Kinabalu, a city in Western Borneo, Malaysia, where I've brought my family for some relaxing fun, just ...

We'd like to wish everyone 良いお年を yoi otoshi o ("have a good crossing into the new year") or 明けましておめでとう akemashite ...

A very warm Makise Kurisumasu to everyone! We hope you're having a wonderful special day today, wherever you are in ...

The holiday season continues, and even the Sailor Moon girls are snug in their beds, hoping for a present from ...

J-List is shipping out hundreds of packages daily, including Sailor Moon, Steins;Gate, Pokemon and kawaii cat-related products. In addition to ...

J-List is shipping out hundreds of packages daily, including tons of Sailor Moon, Sword Art Online, Pokemon, and Fuku-bukuro products. ...

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