A 23-year-old Nepalese man here is gaining Japanese language skills through interactions with locals while helping revitalize ...

Ten-minute lessons for beginners learning Japanese. Through the story of Anna, a university student from Thailand, you’ll learn basic grammar and useful expressions. The lessons also introduce ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a fun hobby ...

Students of Japanese not only gain knowledge of the modern Japanese language, but also develop awareness of Japanese literary history and the cultural contexts in which works were written. Our ...

I came across the old July 6, 2008, opinion piece “Was the Japanese language influenced by Tamil? The war goes on,” and my view is that it’s not just Tamil, but the Japanese language is structurally ...

With the number of foreign residents in Japan soaring, hundreds of Japanese-language schools have sprung up to meet rising demand. But these hubs of internationalization face daunting financial ...

Japan is considering making Japanese language proficiency a requirement for permanent residency as foreign residents increase ...