Tag Archives: helping foreigners

Kaizen and the Nipponster Japan Toolbar

Kaizen, Baby!We are trying to make the Nipponster Japan Toolbar better and better all the time

Kaizen (改善) - continuous improvement
If you are out of the loop when it comes to our Japan Toolbar, and the cool tools we’ve been working on, check out this previous post: Free Internet Broadcast Japanese TV!
And it you haven’t downloaded [...]

Out with the Old and In with the NEW Hot Searches!

After much lasiness, procrastination, and lack of motivation, Here They Are…The NEW Hot Searches
nuMber 1 - Mystery men’s-room money
no, I&m not going to tell you. You will just have to find out on your own.
nUmber 2)
Online Japanese Train Simulators
NumbeR 3/O-yatoi GaikokujinMeet the foreigners who built modern Japan!
NumBer 4>Japanese PenPals!
EnJoY, my Fellow Japan-Enthusiasts!-Tori
p.s. IF you are [...]

Stone Soup and the Nipponster Japan Project

Have you ever heard the story “Stone Soup“?
The old folktale seems to have different versions but basically it goes like this:
Their was a man with nothing but a pot and a hunger for soup. He puts a stone into the pot of water and tells everyone passing by that it is the most delicious soup [...]

Mission: Enhance and Improve Japan-related content on the web!

If you have read some of our other posts or communicated with us via email you may know that we are dedicated to improving the Japan-related content available online amd making it more accessible.
We want to be the Google (and wikipedia) of Japan-related content, with a similar focus on transparency and “Don’t Be Evil” [...]

Helping Foreigners in Japan

One of the most important goals of Nipponster.com is to help foreigners in Japan (and people interested in visiting, studying, or living in Japan in the future).
I know from personal experience that adjusting to life in Japan is very difficult at the beginning (even regardless of speaking ability). Some have lived in Japan for years [...]