WHEN the bombing of Pearl Harbor forced a declaration of war against Japan, it became at once apparent that this country would need large numbers of Americans able to speak and read the language of ...

TOKYO - As the number of foreigners living in Japan has hit a record high, it has become urgent to improve the environment for learning Japanese. While the central government has tightened the ...

Japan’s tech sector is gaining momentum and catching the eye of U.S. companies and investors. The startup ecosystem in the nation is going through a slew of positive developments, and the government ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. One of the odd aspects of the Switch 2 announcement was the quiet ...

OpenAI is expanding to Japan, with the opening of a new Tokyo office and plans for a GPT-4 model optimized specifically for the Japanese language. The move is significant for a few reasons. It ...

A study with first-time learners of Japanese has measured how brain activity changes after just a few months of studying a new language. The results show that acquiring a new language initially boosts ...

That means “Nice to meet you, my name is Amanda” in Japanese. There are a lot of phrases to help you survive in the county during the Tokyo Olympics - here are my top ten. Let’s start with the basics ...