It's a cold and drizzly October day, but the atmosphere is warm and lively inside the second-grade classroom at Takasaki ...

For illustrator and fiber artist Tomoko Kubo, the hiragana lettering system sparked a playful, ongoing series of embroideries ...

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Ever wondered how Japanese students learn beautiful calligraphy? ✍️ This video takes you inside a Japanese calligraphy school, where students practice the art of shodō, writing kanji and kana with ...

A Cabinet notification issued in 1954 called for using the “kunrei” style of romanization when writing Japanese words in English. But the notice also allowed for exceptions with the Hepburn ...

One of the most popular apps among foreigners, Imiwa is an offline dictionary with various methods for finding words. You can search using romaji and Japanese characters, but you can also look up ...

The Japanese competitors stunned the spectators with spectacular performances. Big Air riders, Kokomo Murase and Ryoma Kimata from Japan, each captured gold medals in the massive competition.

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KYOTO--“Zei,” or tax, was selected as the kanji character of 2023, reflecting heated political debate over tax policies. The Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced on ...