A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Grenoble Alpes—Centre National de la ...

Yamamoto felt like she was unable to fulfill her parental responsibilities through her words. Her children asked her for help in their school work, but she recalls, "I couldn't speak in Japanese well, ...

The Japanese government is cracking down on unique children’s names – here’s what it means Government bans unconventional kanji pronunciations to dissuade parents from giving children quirky ...

Have you ever wondered why Japanese students excel in academics and problem-solving? It’s not just about studying harder—it’s about studying smarter. Japanese learning methods focus on long ...

"There are a lot of words the kids don't know. I try hard to support the kids so that they'll get used to their Japanese school and daily life, and be able to do the lessons in class," adds Suga.

Don't miss the best things to do in Tokyo with kids! This Tokyo itinerary for 4 days will show you the best of the city ...

Visualisation Japanese students often use visual techniques to remember complex information. Associating words with images makes learning more engaging and effective.

TOKYO -- Rumiko Akutsu, 74, supports children who have come from abroad as a Japanese language instructor at an elementary school in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture. When she recently got in touch ...

Japanese literature and the arts, such as haiku, calligraphy, and traditional theatre, often highlight the beauty and expressiveness of the Japanese language.

Containing just two simple recipes among its pages, it’s hard to call “A Very Asian Guide to Japanese Food” a cookbook in the traditional sense of the word. One recipe is for Japan’s ...

Found in translation Haruki Murakami and the challenge of translating Japanese’s many words for ‘I’ ‘I’ can for example be expressed as watakushi, ore, atashi, uchi or washi.

New novel The City and its Uncertain Walls gives its two narrators different words for “I” in Japanese – a nuance that is difficult to translate to English.