Learn Hiragana and Katakana: Just like English has A to Z, the Japanese language also has its own alphabet. Fun fact is that Japanese doesn’t use a single language. It uses three writing systems, ...

One of the first things you learn when studying Japanese is that the language incorporates four different styles of writing: the Chinese-derived characters known as kanji, the basic phonetic script of ...

If you’ve ever taught English at a Japanese school before, you’ve probably noticed something that students across different classes and years have in common: they use “katakana pronunciation” to speak ...

A Christmas tree decorated with lost items has appeared at JR Hakata Station in the city of Fukuoka. At Hakata Station, there ...

In this photo from the German Olympic soccer team's official Instagram account, players are seen traveling while wearing polo shirts with "Germany" written in Japanese katakana phonetic characters.