Japanese TV Shows’ Influence on Foreigners’ Images of Japan — 海外が持つ日本のイメージって？[テレビ番組から考えてみた]

（日本語は英語の下にあります。）When I first came to the US, I was surprised that many students around my age could name at least one favorite Japanese TV show. The same thing happened when I studied in Belgium to…

Funny Flight Stories from International Students — 留学生あるある：国際線でのクレイジーな体験

（日本語は英語の下にあります。） If you have taken multiple international flights before, I am pretty sure that you have at least one funny episode from your flight experiences. Not necessarily such occurrence mak…

Inflation of the Word “Love?”—「愛」を言葉にする国としない国

（日本語は英語の下にあります。）As I grew up watching American TV shows, I have always wondered, “Why American people always say ‘I love you’ before ending their phone calls??” It is just something we never do in …

This is How I Got to Perform in the Feminist Play in College. — 大学でフェミニズム演劇に出た話し

（日本語版は英語版の下にあります。） I wonder how many of you have heard of the play, “The Vagina Monologues” before. I know hearing or reading the word vagina makes some of you uncomfortable–I totally g…