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NIHONGO

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 21, 2017
Podcasts for learning Japanese on the go
We spoke to the founders of two successful, but hugely contrasting podcast shows for Japanese learners.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Aug 21, 2017
Introducing auxiliary verb patterns that connote change
How do you say 'The wind has become much cooler' in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 21, 2017
Memorial ceremony marking 72 years since the end of WWII held
The government hosted the National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead at the Nippon Budokan stadium.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Aug 14, 2017
Introducing the usage of the adverbs ichiō and toriaezu
How do you say, 'Your report was generally well-written' in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Aug 7, 2017
Introducing よく, the adverbial form of よい and いい
How do you say, 'Wash your hands properly' in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 7, 2017
Kagoikes arrested over alleged Moritomo Gakuen subsidy fraud
The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office's special investigation unit on July 31 arrested Yasunori Kagoike, 64, former chief of Moritomo Gakuen in Osaka, and his wife, Junko, 60, for allegedly defrauding the central government of public subsidies.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 31, 2017
Introducing the meaning and usage of the transitive verb 破(やぶ)る
How do you say 'Sota Fujii was defeated' in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 31, 2017
Japanese treat themselves on annual eel-eating day
July 25 marked a traditional eel-eating 'Doyo no Ushi no Hi,' or the Day of the Ox.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 31, 2017
Let's discuss "One Piece"
Popular manga 'One Piece' will become a live-action TV drama through a collaboration with a Hollywood production team.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 24, 2017
The stories behind familiar Japanese words
Let's take a look at the origins of half a dozen Japanese words that have found wide usage in English.
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?
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?
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?
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?
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').
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
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