JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Can Japanese Stores Use Signs to Keep Tourists Out?
A store in Kyoto made headlines when it posted a sign in English and Chinese saying it was closed - but, in…
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japan’s Word of the Year for 2024 is One Few Have Heard Of
Is a word of the year the Word of the Year if most of the people who hear it don't know what…
TRAVEL
Four Reasons to Hire a Japan Tour Guide
Coming to Japan? Want to experience the country outside of the tourist traps? Here's how a tour guide can unlock experiences you…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Kaiwai: What this Japanese Word Means – and Why it’s Trending
Trying to keep up with your Japanese slang? Then you'd better learn "kaiwai" - one of the year's most-trending terms.
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New Survey Reveals Top Tourist Troubles in Japan
What do tourists struggle with the most in Japan? A new survey by the Japanese government contains some intriguing answers.
LIVING IN JAPAN
Exchange Students to Japan Warn: Japan Isn’t Like Anime
A Japanese reporter asked exchange students what they thought about life in Japan. Their answers, she says, are sobering - and people…
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Japanese Staff Struggle as Rude Tourists Insist on Their Mother Tongue
Some Japanese service staff say they're struggling to cope with visitors who don't make any effort to find linguistic common ground.
TRAVEL
Why Some Japanese Restaurants Insist on “Japanese Language Only”
Here and there in Japan, one sees restaurants putting up signs refusing non-Japanese speakers. Is that necessarily a bad thing?