This is a radio program for learning Japanese through news about Japan. We pick up stories spoken in plain Japanese to explain the background along with some of the phrases used.

Chris Plante co-founded Polygon in 2012 and is now editor-in-chief ... and created NYU’s first games journalism course. Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime?

The pig learns from the tanuki how to transform itself and tries to turn into a tanuki, but his face remains that of a pig.

10 revealing facts about Japanese. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Japanese with audio.

Job interviews are never comfortable… except for the one I had last Thursday thanks to Ms Beatrice Carter who gave me the ...

Students from Koshu City, Japan visited Ames last month as part of the Ames International Partner Cities Association (AIPCA) ...

Voters issued a damning rebuke to the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, William Pesek writes in a ...

Languages are offered at 225 government primary and high schools in Brisbane, with Japanese the most commonly offered – at 86 ...

The global matcha market is predicted to jump from $2.3 billion this year to $2.89 billion in 2028. But is quality falling ...

Japanese investments in North Carolina have totaled billions of dollars and created thousands of jobs in the state.

The central bank chief backtracked on his contentious suggestion that Japanese households were becoming ... “My comment that households are now tolerating price rises was completely inappropriate.

After closing in late 2023, a new venture has yet to open at the former location of Nakato Japanese Restaurant in Myrtle Beach. The steak house served customers on the Grand Strand for nearly 50 years ...