For the past 8 years Japanese have had a steadily decreasing feeling of friendliness toward China.
The reverse of that is true toward Korea with more and more Japanese think their neighbors and rivals are …

There are seven nations that contribute to the balance or imbalance of military power in the PanAsian reason.
Some have a greater number of troops while others have a greater fleet presence. Still others have superior …

Japan is the leading source of official development assistance for Vietnam. Japan is also Vietnam’s third largest investor.
Japan’s state minister in charge of science and technology policy said Japan is prepared to further ramp up …

Signonsandiego reported that China is planning a film version of the book "Rape of Nanjing."
In 1937 Japan did horrible things to the Chinese. China says that Japanese troops killed as many as 300,000 men, women …

He said he would go. Good for his word, PM Koizumi visited the Yasukuni Shrine, resting place for WWII Class A war criminals.
The majority of the Japanese general public was opposed to the visit.
Business leaders …

Honda has built and ultraefficient vehicle that goes 1300 miles between fill ups. It carries 6-8 passengers – 8 Japanese and 6, sometimes 5 or 4 Americans.
Of course, there is always a catch.
The vehicle costs …

Toyota is planning to voluntarily recall about 2/3 of the Prius cars they have made.
Someone in Japan learned that when you turn the steeling wheel and drive real slow into a curb, it can break something …

Toyota will overtake GM as the number one car maker in the world sometime this year.
Toyota is building factories; GM is closing them down….Toyota…Toyota…Toyota… I am sure GM is tired of the word.
Well, they are …

I learned how to use a computer in Japanese. I knew the tool bar titles in Japanese BEFORE I learned them in English.
My first PC was made by www.nec.com. And what I remember most vividly …

Ken (pronounced like the boy’s name) is Japanese for prefecture which is roughly equivalant to the US word for state. When I lived in Japan, I lived in Niigata-ken, or Niigata Prefecture.
Japanese like to travel …