Here are ten Japanese concepts unique to this language and culture, imbued with wisdom, respect, and gratitude for life, time and nature. Interested in visiting Japan? Here are some articles to ...

At Enoshima Aquarium in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, soft serve ice cream that looks like a spotted seal is ...

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 ...

It promotes clear oral communication, whether one is using purely Japanese words or terms that have been borrowed from English but are pronounced somewhat differently by the Japanese. Professional ...

Katakana is a syllabic Japanese script that is used for writing words that are onomatopoeia or loan words, usually of the Western variety. A way to compare this to English would be to think about how ...