He giggles with embarrassment because he can't understand a word of English. You'd like to say a friendly Japanese goodbye to him, but how do you do that?

Well, here's your chance to get a flavour. Imagine you arrive at the airport, equipped with a print-out of your Internet booking for your stay at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn.

Are you ready to dive into the world of Japanese language learning but overwhelmed by where to start? Learning Japanese can ...

Kazuo and Hiroko Omori are embarking on the final chapter of their decades-long mission to help foreigners learn and master ...

Over the last thirty years, two social developments have occurred that have led to a need for change in language policy in Japan. One is the increase in the number of migrants needing opportunities to ...

New novel The City and its Uncertain Walls gives its two narrators different words for “I” in Japanese – a nuance that is difficult to translate to English.

Here, we exhibit a system that generates sign language CG from input Japanese news sentences. The challenge is reproducing the essential linguistic elements of sign language in CG animation ...