CEO Makoto Uchida could very well fall on his sword—whether or not Nissan’s board is still interested in a tie-up with its ...

For someone who grew up with Bengali and English, learning Japanese is a fresh and bracing experience, writes Baizid ...

“If everybody says we no longer need Uchida-san,” he said, using the customary Japanese honorific, “it’s not my intention to hang on to this position—if that happens, please fire me.

Individual conduct is expected to live up to high societal expectations rooted in traditional hierarchies (Japanese honorifics should give you a basic notion of the practice). At the same time ...

Working backstage in nō theater, it was not necessary to know every turn of phrase and honorific term. She improved her Japanese in that work environment, where what was really needed was an ...

In step with io9’s previous feature speaking to manga letterers about the ins and outs of the profession, we spoke with ...

The word that comes to mind is “static.” Or maybe even “arrested.” So, as your life moved on to more complex topics such as Roth IRAs and escrow accounts, the conversations you had with your parents ...

But all is not well between China and Cambodia these days. China made no new loans to Cambodia last year. It has been especially reluctant to invest in the government’s flagship project, a canal which ...

There has been a significant transformation in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered translation, shifting from static outputs ...

As for the Savior’s last name, “Christ,” the Post mentioned it is an honorific meaning “God ... As an example, the word “hello” in “Japanese” translates to “konnichiwa ...

When the U.S. ended its occupation of the Okinawa islands in 1972, returning the islands to Japanese rule, the short range of the ... while the word 「ちゃん」 (chan) is an honorific suffix used to ...