JAPANESE LANGUAGE
The Five Hot New Japanese Words Even Many Japanese Don’t Know
The distance learning company U-CAN has announced its list of new and trendy words for 2018. Discover the five words that even…
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Why Does Japan Struggle With English?
A city park employee managed to lose a quarter million dollars because he couldn't speak English. Krys Suzuki, a former English teacher…
FOOD
Looks Like Chicken: My First Time (Accidentally) Eating Horse in Japan
The first time I ate raw horse in Tokyo, it was all a big linguistic misunderstanding.
NEWS
“Me Whole, Your Drink is Ready!” – Or, Why Japanese Names and American Coffee Shops Don’t Mix
When my wife first moved from Tokyo to the United States, she spent her first week in America with me in Las…
ESSAY
Silence is Golden? Moving from “Quiet” Japan to the Wild, Wild West
Japan as an island nation is known to be respectful and quiet. Emma Ford describes what it's like to live this reality…