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Why Does Japan Struggle With English?

A city park employee managed to lose a quarter million dollars because he couldn't speak English. Krys Suzuki, a former English teacher…

Looks Like Chicken: My First Time (Accidentally) Eating Horse in Japan

The first time I ate raw horse in Tokyo, it was all a big linguistic misunderstanding.

“Me Whole, Your Drink is Ready!” – Or, Why Japanese Names and American Coffee Shops Don’t Mix

When my wife first moved from Tokyo to the United States, she spent her first week in America with me in Las…

Silence is Golden? Moving from “Quiet” Japan to the Wild, Wild West

Japan as an island nation is known to be respectful and quiet. Emma Ford describes what it's like to live this reality…