4 Easy-To-Learn Points For The Japanese Language
- 01-15-2023
No language is easy. Not really. That said, the difficulties of learning a particular language are often exaggerated. Whenever I mention that I study Japanese, most people look horrified. “That must be so difficult!” “How long does it take to learn?” “Is that even a real language?!”
Japanese is, ... READ MORE
What’s Happening Now in Fukuoka & Japan December 2022
- 01-01-2023
Character meaning war (戦) picked as kanji of 2022 – Nationwide
The kanji for sen (戦), meaning war or battle, was picked as the single most representative Chinese character corresponding to the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organisation said. The selection for the 28th annual poll ru... READ MORE
Everything You Need To Know About Typing In Japanese
- 12-15-2022
Typing is practically second nature to us these days. We’re texting, writing essays, working online gigs, exchanging ideas, and sometimes (or a lot of the time) having arguments with each other on social media. Typing is integral to how we communicate — it’s even surpassed handwriting in importance.... READ MORE
What’s Happening Now in Fukuoka & Japan November 2022
- 12-01-2022
Foreign visitors in Japan surge after tourism reopening – Nationwide
The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two years of COVID restrictions, more than doubling the volume from September. Japan... READ MORE
3 Reasons Why Learning Japanese Is Challenging
- 11-15-2022
The Foreign Services Institute, which trains US diplomats in foreign languages from scratch, classifies Japanese as a “super difficult” language. Their estimate is that it takes 2,200 class hours (not even including separate study hours!) to become fluent in Japanese. They even rank Japanese as the ... READ MORE
What’s Happening Now in Fukuoka & Japan October 2022
- 11-01-2022
Japan lifts remaining COVID nonessential travel warnings – Nationwide
The Japanese government lifted its last remaining warnings against nonessential trips abroad over COVID-19 after downgrading its travel advisories for 76 countries and areas, including Australia and Taiwan. The Foreign Ministry s... READ MORE
Everything You Need To Know About Driving In Japan
- 10-15-2022
Driving in Japan is quite safe and easy. The Japanese are polite drivers, the roads are well maintained and most of the traffic rules in Japan are probably like the traffic rules in your country: you are obligated to wear a seatbelt, always carry your (international) driver’s license and stick to th... READ MORE
What’s Happening Now in Fukuoka & Japan September 2022
- 10-01-2022
Kishida says Japan will ease COVID border controls from Oct 11 – Nationwide
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said his country will ease COVID-19 border control requirements next month, a key step in fostering a recovery in Japan's tourism sector, which is eager to take advantage of the yen's s... READ MORE
How To Perfect Your Japanese Accent
- 09-15-2022
It’s the dream of all Japanese learners to open their mouths and have beautiful, native-sounding Japanese spill out. There are people who have such perfect accents that even native speakers can’t tell they’re foreign when they speak on the phone.
In this guide, I’ll give you some tips about how t... READ MORE
What’s Happening Now in Fukuoka & Japan August 2022
- 09-01-2022
Japan eases travel alert for 54 countries – Nationwide
The Japanese government eased its travel warning over the coronavirus pandemic for 54 countries and a region, including Indonesia and the Philippines, and is no longer requesting that residents in Japan refrain from nonessential trips to those ... READ MORE
