Color is closely, and often imperceptibly, intertwined with Japanese language and culture – but to see how and why, we have to dig a little deeper into the history of Japan. The earliest written history of Japan, which … [Read more...]
Publicly, we’ve been pretty quiet about our summer internship which we announced a month ago. But behind the scenes, it’s been anything but quiet. About 150 people entered the intern application and out of … [Read more...]
Did you know that every year the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society chooses a "Kanji of the Year"? They choose a character that best represents the events of that past year through a national ballot where of course, the … [Read more...]
It's hot. Maybe it's not that hot in your area, but in central Ohio at least, it's pushing 90 degrees. Not exactly comfortable. But we all know that Japan is more than happy to come up with interesting solutions and … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
I first saw Cat Soup (ねこぢる草) back when I was taking Japanese culture classes at The Ohio State University. We were lucky enough to watch it in class, and it was pretty awesome. Surprisingly, I'd forgotten about it until … [Read more...]