The potential form of verbs has two meanings. One is ability to do something. For example, when you want to say "I can speak Japanese", you use the potential form of HANASHI MASU (to speak) and ...

The head of small opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi was accused of discrimination against foreigners after he posted a video of himself deliberately speaking broken Japanese. Taro Yamamoto was ...

The reality of globalization is increasingly forcing Japan Inc. to aggressively hire linguistically gifted employees, with some companies going as far as to designate English as their ...

A student essay contest for Japanese university students, organized by the IMF, the Japanese Ministry of Finance, and the Bank of Japan, asked contestants to write about the global economy and the ...