TOKYO - As the number of foreigners living in Japan has hit a record high, it has become urgent to improve the environment for learning Japanese. While the central government has tightened the ...

Yoshikai Akira promotes yasashii Nihongo (simple Japanese) as head of the Yasashii Nihongo Promotion Network. In this article ...

OpenAI is expanding to Japan, with the opening of a new Tokyo office and plans for a GPT-4 model optimized specifically for the Japanese language. The move is significant for a few reasons. It ...

A study with first-time learners of Japanese has measured how brain activity changes after just a few months of studying a new language. The results show that acquiring a new language initially boosts ...

Genki Japanese and Culture School (GenkiJACS) will open a new branch in downtown Tokyo next month. The school will offer foreigners Japanese lessons for everyday communication, as well as courses ...