Language | COMMUNICATION CUES Feb 15, 2016
An old CD single by SMAP returned to No. 1 in the charts as fans alarmed by news of the group's apparently imminent breakup launched a campaign to show their support for the group.
Language | MORNING ENGLISH Feb 15, 2016
Junior high and high school students in Japan have failed to meet the government's targets in all four English skills.
Language | BILINGUAL Feb 8, 2016
Words about sentences: the Japanese vocab of crime and punishment
by Colin P.A. Jones
Navigating the terms and kanji involved in the penal process in Japan can be a trial in itself.
Language | WELL SAID Feb 8, 2016
Living up to great expectations with 'dake atte'
by Akemi Tanahashi and Hitomi Tashiro
Language | MORNING ENGLISH Feb 8, 2016
More people are remitting cash to municipalities where they do not live using the tax-deductible hometown donation program.
Language | WELL SAID Feb 1, 2016
Taking a stand and speaking from it with 'to shite'
by Akemi Tanahashi and Hitomi Tashiro
Language | COMMUNICATION CUES Feb 1, 2016
A famous gorilla in Nagoya is starring in a video to promote the city's municipal job recruitment effort.
Language | BILINGUAL Feb 1, 2016
Look to 'senpai' to help take your Japanese reading to the next level
by Daniel Morales
If not for the generosity of several brave and patient souls, I would never have developed the foundation necessary to read on my own.
Language | BILINGUAL Jan 25, 2016
There are many way-zu in Japanese to show there's more than one
by Peter Backhaus
In contrast to English, in Japanese the grammatical marking of plurals is optional, meaning the whole matter is dealt with a lot less systematically.
Language | WELL SAID Jan 25, 2016
Just passing through the domains of 'tori' and 'dori'
by Akemi Tanahashi and Hitomi Tashiro
Introducing various meanings and uses of 通(とお)り, the nominalized form of the verb 通る (to pass by/go through).
Language | MORNING ENGLISH Jan 25, 2016
The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) has released new symbols for foreign-language maps after criticism that some of its current pictograms are hard to understand or even offensive.
Language | WELL SAID Jan 18, 2016
Loving you for a long time with 'zutto'
by Akemi Tanahashi and Hitomi Tashiro
Introducing various meanings and ways of using the adverb ずっと, which expresses greatness.