This image provided by Kazuo Shirane, upper right, shows him speaking to Vietnamese man Nguyen Van Toi via online communication service "Sail." TOKYO -- The online communication service "Sail" that ...

Bright-eyed and eager to learn, my passion for anime and manga fueled an unquenchable desire to gain mastery of the Japanese language. I had fallen in love with the intricate, thought-provoking plot ...

NTT Docomo Inc and 3A Corp have announced that a newly digitized version of 3A's Minna no Nihongo, one of the most widely used textbooks for Japanese language study by non-native speakers, has been ...

"Japanese for All Occasions" explains how Japanese conversation is carried out in different social settings, with attention to the speech styles used. From casual to honorific, each style has its own ...