Practice Reading Japanese: Hiragana Times

Read online or subscribe by email to stories about Japanese culture written in kanji, hiragana, and English text with Japanese audio. Some of the stories are quite interesting and contain facts not very well covered in English, such as this one about Kido Shunzo and Kyugun I reported earlier.

Nobel Prize in Literature: Japanese vs Korean Language

“You all know that Japan is an inferior country.”

Fun with Homophones

What is the Coolest Language According to Japanese?

Survey results, my preferences, and list of the most popular languages in the world.

The Fall of the Japanese Language in the Age of English

Food Kanji

Some food-related Kanji.

How to Create English Versions of Japanese Blog Feeds

Japanese Bloggers Rule the World!

Many blogs are written in Japanese and many people use web feeds to read blogs. Now we have a problem: how can we read feeds from Japanese blogs if we are not fluent? I encourage everyone who is studying the language to read original Japanese for practice, but sometimes we just need to get the information and move on. There is a solution to this problem! You can make custom blog feeds and translate them not only to English, but other languages as well

Significant Changes to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

Major changes include biannual administration and five levels instead of four.