I am new to Premiere 2 but it had been working well.  Then suddenly, the audio stopped audioing.  I did a quick Google search for ‘premiere no sound’ and got several forums with a similar problem.  However it seemed most people’s problem was with the main playback only.  They could hear the audio while scrubbing [...]

Richard VanHouten (richvh at TJP.com) has been working on a serialized, fictional story in Japanese called Yuki’s Story. I had the idea to have Yumi record some of the chapters for readers to listen to while reading. Rich graciously accepted the offer. But I’m a little behind on reading the story. [...]

As you may know, every Wednesday at TheJapanShop.com we do a Super Suiyoubi Special.
Last week I mentioned last week’s special here and a reader (quite probably my only reader) mentioned that because of that he found our store and bought the book. Well, hoping lightning will strike twice, here is today’s Special.
We’ve actually had [...]

I just spent the past 20 minutes on the phone with USPS - or I should say, an automated voice at USPS.
I have an APO customer whose package was mailed by Media Mail from Florida almost a month ago. It hasn’t arrived yet. Military mail can and does take longer than regular domestic [...]

I just noticed a news headline here on this site’s RSS feed called 「仮面ライダーV3」27年ぶり復活
If you have lived in Japan, surely you’ve seen 仮面ライダー. I am certainly no expert on the subject, but for decades it has been entertaining children (mostly boys, I guess) on TV and at the movies. As the name [...]

It’s hard to believe, but it was twenty years ago today (apologies to Sgt. Pepper, et al), Reagan gave his famous “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” speech. (Doesn’t exactly fit to the tune)
I will not make this blog political, but I do like history. Thankfully, Communism is history for most [...]

Like many Ebayers I found early on the only way to win a bid is to wait until the last minute and bid the maximum I am willing to pay and hope no one bids after me. It may seem somehow unfair to do that, but that’s the reality of Ebay. It is [...]

There was a huge sign that read ‘Pentax’ in Fukui near the Bookoff on Route 8. I’m sure you know exactly where I’m talking about. You know, the one near my favorite Indian restaurant, Ganga.* Anyway, I had no idea what Pentax was, but here is a very amazing site that reads [...]

I’ve been meaning to write this as a matter of record, but Makoto has officially said (and continues to say) his first word. Actually there are a couple.
I imagine Makoto reading this twenty years from now.
Mr. 21-and-a-half-year-old Makoto, your first word was ‘car’. And on the Japanese front, you can also [...]

You may think the name of this blog, Ichinichi Ikkai, was me setting the lofty goal of writing one post a day, but that wasn’t my first intention. Originally I had the idea to make this site a kind of blog/sale site for TheJapanShop.com where I would post a ‘hidden’ sale a day here [...]