JAPANESE LANGUAGE
What Was Japan’s Hottest New Buzzword of 2020?
The national chatter in Japan this year was dominated by anime, COVID-19, and killing time. But which word summarized 2020 Japan the…
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Japanese Writing: The 80-Year Battle for “Genbun Itchi”
How did written Japanese come into accord with the spoken language? A short history of the movement to bring Japanese writing to…
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Blaming Foreigners for Coronavirus: Cultural Prejudice or Fake News?
Did a government panel in Japan blame foreigners for the spread of COVID-19? The truth is a little more complicated.
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Putsun! The Sound That Japanese Telephone Makes Has Evolved
A recent tweet by a Japanese novelist about a correction she received from her proofreader shows how Japanese is changing with the…
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Trump Drives Team of Japanese Interpreters to The Edge
Footage of Japanese interpreters translating a US Presidential debate reveals the inherent difficulty of translating Donald Trump.
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Learn to Speak Japanese (Without Going to Japan)
Want to learn to speak Japanese? No need to wait to go to Japan - just open your mouth! Here's how to…
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Japanese Writing: The Kanji Debate of the Meiji Period
The story of how modern Japanese came to assume its current written form - and how kanji nearly got left on the…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
What’s Up With Okinawan Names? A Language History
Why are Okinawan names difficult for even mainland Japanese speakers? How the languages of the Ryukyu kingdom survived - despite attempts to…