A Japanese Justice Ministry project team Friday proposed offering opportunities to learn the Japanese language to foreigners before their arrival, utilizing information and communications technology.

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Japan's education ministry recently devised guidelines tailored for nighttime junior high school Japanese language teachers ...

Foreigners seeking to obtain permanent resident status or visas extending for over 10 years should be required to complete a Japanese language and lifestyle learning program, a project team’s report ...

Fifty years after a treaty helped turn former enemies into close partners, Australia and Japan’s relationship shows how trust can be rebuilt after war.

Here's a number that might make you put down that second donut: In the United States, around 40 percent of all adults are considered obese. In Japan, the obesity rate is only one-tenth of that. We're ...

In the United States, the percentage of obese adults is about ten times what it is in Japan, even though fast food, junk food, pizza and donuts are also popular there. Correspondent Adam Yamaguchi ...

A record number of elementary, junior high and high school students — more than 80,000 — needed Japanese language instruction in public schools in fiscal 2025. The majority of such students are ...

The education ministry plans to launch a model project in fiscal 2027 to provide basic Japanese-language instruction for school life and classes to children of foreign nationals living in Japan. In ...

The ongoing disruption of trade through the Strait of Hormuz has had a grave impact on energy security and the sustainability of socio-economic activities in Asian countries, including Japan, as well ...

From a bit of googling, the numbers are partly due to a rise in foreign residents studying there. That is to be expected, not all foreigners coming to Japan are already fluent in the local language.

The Iowa State Japanese Association offers free Japanese lessons every Tuesday night, providing students with a chance to learn the basics of the language and interact with native speakers. Held in ...