Ever thought of immersing yourself in Japan and going to a Japanese language school. I interviewed my friend Jess who did just that. She talks about her motivations to go to Japan, how the classes ...

While some say Japanese knowledge is a fair demand, others worry it will introduce ‘roadblocks’ at a time when the country ...

With the number of foreign residents in Japan soaring, hundreds of Japanese-language schools have sprung up to meet rising demand. But these hubs of internationalization face daunting financial ...

Japan is considering making Japanese language proficiency a requirement for permanent residency as foreign residents increase ...

More than a century after colonisation, the Ainu language almost vanished. Now machines are listening to hours of old recordings and learning to give it a new voice. The cassette player would catch ...

Alphabet's Google said on Wednesday it introduced generative artificial intelligence to its Search tool for users in India and Japan that will show text or visual results to prompts, including ...

Signage for train destinations in multiple languages is becoming increasingly common on train station platforms, particularly as the numbers of foreign tourists hit record highs. Even so, online ...

Tentpole domestic titles like Resident Evil Requiem, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, and Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties – once exclusive to PlayStation by default due to hardware differences – are now ...

Japan’s built environment is undergoing a shift that is quiet in tone but significant in direction. After decades shaped by standardization and a broadly shared national vocabulary, architects and ...