Matt Alt is a Tokyo-based American author and translator who introduces Japanese pop culture to the world through his writing ...

Minna no Nihongo is a beloved yet challenging Japanese textbook that’s been a classroom staple since 1998. Its all-Japanese approach offers deep immersion, but can overwhelm self-learners without ...

When the Japanese language teacher Umino Nagiko turned her classroom experiences into a manga, created with her friend Hebizō, it became an instant bestseller. As the title Nihonjin no shiranai ...

A Nihongo Partner facilitates a class with a map showing Japan and the flag in the background. STUDENTS in premier government schools are given a choice to learn Japanese, which is one of the foreign ...

Due to several factors such as sentence structure and certain word ambiguities, English speakers trying to learn the Japanese language or Nihongo face an uphill battle. Some Japanese netizens seem to ...