–Introduction– “Wasabi Stories” is a quotation and summary of a column which touches ones heart or not found on the internet. It is a Japanese famous person’s story extracted…

  NEC improved their guide robot PaPeRo and rent it to businesses and schools. PaPeRo is capable of about 200 different actions including recognizing people’s faces and tell a message…

    Almost all Japanese elementary and junior high school serve lunch to the students in Japan. The menus are well considered to be nutritious and healthy for children.

“Kitsuke” means putting on kimono properly in Japanese. It is very sophisticated; even in Japan, not so many people can kitsuke by themselves. Most of those who know kitsuke went…

Undou-kai (sports festival, sports day) is a cliché material in anime and manga. It’s a big event in Japanese school. Undou-kai are usually held in September or October. Students make…