Tag: education

The other day I happened across an interesting headline: "Virginia vote on Sea of Japan hands victory to Koreans." While ...

I came to Japan in 1991 and worked for five years as an English teacher before deciding to take a ...

I came to Japan in 1991 and worked for five years as an English teacher before deciding to take a ...

I write often about the concept of 国民性 kokumin-sei, a word which can be translated as "national character," and one ...

My wife's parents' birthdays both fall around this time of year, and we usually celebrate by getting in the car ...

If you're studying Japanese or plan to, there's a good chance you'll need to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test ...

I saw a report in the news that said that 40% of private universities in Japan had failed to fill ...

One of the stated goals of Prime Minister Abe's "Abenomics" is to make sweeping changes that empower Japan's women to ...

One aspect of Japan I like very much is the way people are generally open to debate and free thought ...

I like to think I've made the most of my time in Japan, having a wide range of experiences in ...

In addition to hay fever season in Japan, it's also time to prepare for the start of the new school ...

In many ways it's been a blessing for Japan to have very little in the way of natural resources compared ...

Every language has dialects, and Japanese is no different. I've heard that since Japanese people are more likely to stay ...

I saw a report that Japan had fallen to 101st out of 135 countries with regards to gender equality, dropping ...

Many English speakers know the Japanese word wa, which means harmony and peace, and it's not rare to hear someone ...

Japanese TV never fails to entertain, or to provide me with good neta, a word which means the fish part ...

Today is the start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where thousands of athletes will show off their athletic skills and ...

Quick, what's the square root of five? I have no idea, but my wife knows: it's 2.2360679. How about the ...

The relationship between Japan and the English language is a long and complex one. Everyone studies the language for six ...

Last time I talked about the international coverage of the impending "extinction" of the Japanese people, which will happen a ...

Back when I was an English teacher. I had some interesting discussions with my students about why they wanted to ...

Last time I mentioned the words uchi and soto, meaning in-group and out-group, which is a favorite topic of Japan ...

March is graduation season in Japan, a time for making tearful farewells to your classmates as you wait through a ...

One of the biggest challenges Japan faces in the decades ahead is shoshika, or the reduced number of children due ...