HISTORY
When Japan Ruled the Waves: The Forgotten Colonies of Micronesia
How Japan defeated the German Empire in World War I and ruled over Micronesia for three decades - before it all came…
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HISTORY
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
From “Nippon” to “Nihon”: The Evolution of Japan’s Name
What's so controversial about a country's name? In the case of "Japan", 1,300 years of history have led to disputes over just…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Writing: Pronunciation Shifts in the Edo Period
How Japanese writing and Japanese written speech differed in the Edo period - and how pronunciation came closer to what's spoken today.
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Video: Your Fragile Male Ego in Translation (The “Tsundere” Controversy)
The translation of the word 'tsundere' as 'fragile male ego' in a four-year-old English version of a video game sparked a firestorm…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Writing: The Birth of Kana in the Heian Period
How did the hiragana and katakana writing systems come to exist in Japanese? What purpose did they serve? A history of writing…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Writing: A History – Origins to Nara Era
How did the written Japanese language assume its current form? We look at the language's earliest written forms - Chinese kanji and…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Language Classes are Awesome. Here’s How to Start
Thanks to the Internet, Japanese language classes are within most everyone's reach. Learn how they can help improve your Japanese.
SOCIETY
Who’s “Disabled”? Doctor’s Letter Moves Many in Japan
Why a doctor's response to a nine-year-old boy's letter about the language when discussing disability in Japan is moving some to tears.