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As with each country’s mannerisms, Japanese body language and hand gestures are often unique to the culture of Japan.

With dozens of anime being pushed on you every season by competing streaming services looking to pilfer your eight dollars a month, not to mention the hundreds of manga in serialization at any given moment, how could you ever expect to know what’s worth spending your hard earned dollar and precious free time on?

“There’s no knob on the door,” I said to the Balfour Beatty Communities manager when we arrived at our quarters at Naval Station Newport, R.I.

The long, low sound of the conch shell announces the beginning of Yap Day, an annual holiday set aside to celebrate the unique culture of this remote island, one of the best-preserved in the entire Pacific region.

Winter is the time where we tend to get sick. Hopefully, we would like to avoid catching a cold, the flu, or the coronavirus. But in case we get sick, here are some Japanese phrases to describe symptoms:

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is helping Airmen and Guardians and their families make their New Year’s resolutions a reality by offering a variety of better-for-you meal and snack options at Yokota.