Even in this day and age of international awareness, for the average Westerner, the Japanese language still has an exotic and intimidating aura to it. Maybe it’s because it sounds so different from ...

Shujinkou weaponizes Japanese language characters to defeat grammatical demons. The role-playing game, developed by fourth-year linguistics and computer science student Julian Rice, aims to teach ...

An introduction to modern Japanese stressing oral-aural facility but including an introduction to written Japanese. Two classes, three hours of drill and conversation. No credit is given for JPN 101 ...

When Nagiko Umino started out as a Japanese language teacher, she didn’t realize how much she would end up learning from her foreign students. Last year, she released Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo ...

KIT (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) Summer Program in Japanese is a five-week summer study abroad program designed to give participants a rich experience in improving Japanese communication skills ...

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 ...

Over the years, Suwako Watanabe has watched how anime and video games can spark an interest in learning Japanese, leading students to explore new subjects like cultural linguistics, poetry and drama. ...

There are a lot of reasons to start your kids learning a new language: preparation for a move to a new country, giving them greater ability to communicate with relatives and friends or simply to ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Entitled “Japanese Language Learning Taking Root in Vietnam” an article about a pilot project to offer Japanese lessons at three elementary schools in Hanoi was published on May 8 ...