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Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
Explore the vocabulary behind horror, spoilers, happy endings and the surprising reactions to this summer¡¯s biggest anime.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
J-pop idols are behind much of Â鶹´«Ã½ Gen Z slang
Â鶹´«Ã½ newest slang isn¡¯t new at all ¡ª it¡¯s a remix fueled by TikTok, fandoms and boy bands.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Japanese has a word for when your husband makes you sick
Explore Â鶹´«Ã½ ¡°husband-origin illness¡± while learning vocabulary and grammar about marriage, retirement and relationships.
Students take part in a tournament leading up to last year's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Competitive Karuta All-Japan High School Championship.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 10, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ top high school ¡®karuta¡¯ players head to their own Koshien
By Yuko Tamura
Classical poetry meets lightning-fast reflexes in one of Â鶹´«Ã½ most unique competitions for teenagers.
Watermelon is a favorite choice for beating the heat during a Japanese summer.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 26, 2026
Summer in Japan: The language and flavors of staying cool
By Eric Margolis
From watermelon and shaved ice to riverside barbecues, discover how Japan stays cool while temperatures soar.
A fortune teller in Tokyo's Yanaka district reads a client's palms.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 18, 2026
Predicting the future, one Japanese grammar point at a time
By Yaeko Kabe
From fortune tellers to weather forecasts and prediction markets, learn how Japanese expresses uncertainty.
Before heading out to a public World Cup viewing, make sure you know the right words to support your team.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 11, 2026
The fighting words fueling support for Â鶹´«Ã½ World Cup team
By Yuko Tamura
Learn how Japanese expresses support, perseverance and encouragement through World Cup vocabulary and everyday phrases.
Young Japanese soccer fans get ready to cheer on their team at a training center in Monterrey, Mexico, ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
LIFE / Language / Vocabulary Boost
Jun 11, 2026
Japanese sports terms you may hear on TV
By Yuko Tamura
Like in other countries, Japanese announcers are filled with colorful terms to describe what you¡¯re seeing on air.
A mock poster uses the verb ¡°hataraku¡± in its ¡°tai¡± form to tell potential applicants ¡°we want to work with you.¡±
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 22, 2026
In Japanese, saying what you want can be complicated
By Peter Backhaus
From softening requests to reading others¡¯ intentions, expressions of desire in Japanese are rarely straightforward.
Even a slight brush with the law can be enough to cause reputational damage for public figures.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 15, 2026
How Japanese grammar captures the gap between legal outcomes and public judgment
By Yaeko Kabe
Using ¡°monono¡± and ¡°ni mo kakawarazu¡± to explore contradictions between expectations and outcomes in Japanese.

America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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