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NIHONGO

LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 24, 2017
Introducing the adverb 'hotondo'
How do you say, 'We managed to sell most of our stock' in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 10, 2017
Introducing the pattern Xぶり
How do you say, 'It's been three years since we last met, hasn't it?' in Japanese?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 10, 2017
Let's discuss the new Starbucks coffee shop in Kyoto
Starbucks opened a new coffee shop with tatami rooms.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 3, 2017
Introducing the phrase Xがち
How do you say 'I tend to look tired' in Japanese?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 3, 2017
Shogi prodigy sets new record with 29th straight win
The youngest professional shogi fourth-dan player, Sota Fujii, 14, set the all-time record for most consecutive wins — 29 official matches.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 26, 2017
Introducing two auxiliary verbs 'ageru' and 'yaru'
How would you say, 'Here, you can look at mine' in Japanese?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 26, 2017
Three former SMAP singers to leave talent agency in September
Johnny & Associates announced June 18 that three former members of the pop idol group SMAP, which broke up at the end of last year, will leave the talent agency on Sept. 8, when their contract terms expire.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 19, 2017
Introducing two auxiliary verbs 'kureru' and 'morau'
How do you say, 'Ms. Yamada lent the book to my wife' in Japanese?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 19, 2017
Giant panda cub born in Tokyo zoo for 1st time since 2012
Ueno Zoo's 11-year-old female giant panda Shin Shin has given birth.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 12, 2017
Kanji ‘toilet training’ is a hit with kids
The media is abuzz over a new series of workbooks for children titled u3046u3093u3053u6f22u5b57u30c9u30eau30eb (Unko Kanji Doriru, 'Poop Kanji Drills').
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 12, 2017
Introducing the term 'shikkari'
'Shikkari' expresses strength and stability, and shows when something is done firmly.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 12, 2017
Teen arrested for allegedly dropping girl, 5, from second floor
The Mihara police station of Hiroshima Prefectural Police arrested a third-year junior high school student from Mihara aged 14 on an attempted murder charge on June 6 after the boy allegedly dropped a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports center in Mihara.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 5, 2017
Learn Japanese as you binge with Netflix anime series
If it's anime you crave, streaming sites such as Netflix offer an ever-expanding smorgasbord of morsels to suit every appetite.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 5, 2017
Introducing 'ikura sagashite-mo' and 'nani-o tabete-mo'
How do you say, 'No matter X, Y' and 'However X, Y' in Japanese?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 5, 2017
Motor racing: Sato becomes first Japanese to win Indy 500
Former F1 driver Takuma Sato wins the Indianapolis 500
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 29, 2017
Things you need to know about 'mono'
The Japanese word for 'thing' has some quite surprising qualities.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
May 29, 2017
Introducing 'konna' 'anna' 'sonna'
How do you say, 'I'd like to get my hair done like this' in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
May 22, 2017
Introducing 'to-iuto' and 'to-ieba'
Hakodate to iu-to, yakei-ga yumei-desu-ne.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
May 15, 2017
Introducing the verb 'kamau'
'Kamau' means 'to take care of' or 'to mind' and is mainly used in the negative form.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
May 15, 2017
Kumamoto 'baby hatch' accepted 125 babies in 9 years since launch
'Konotori no yurikago' marks its 10th anniversary
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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