JAPAN is probably the only country in the world where a blind child makes faster progress in school than a normal child. The children attending the Japanese government schools for the blind take two ...

Aika May Talavera, who attended DODEA schools at Sasebo Naval Base in Japan, developed Kigaru Talks to help people gain ...

”Rei!” the young teacher commands her class of 23 high school students. They rise, bow and bid her good afternoon. ”Konnichiwa,” they say in a ragtag unison before being told ”chakuseki”-be seated.

Japanese language schools are meeting with renewed scrutiny as Japan braces for an influx of foreign workers under new immigration rules set to go into effect in April. In a candid interview, a ...

This is the first time that Nihongo Partners under a program run by the Japan Foundation are dispatched to a South Asian ...

Five years ago, I stood before several thousand mostly native Japanese speakers and addressed them in English. From now on, I told them, Rakuten — Japan’s largest online marketplace, of which I am CEO ...

Nov. 30—EAU CLAIRE — Buzzing with energy and overflowing into the halls of the Eau Claire Area School District Administration Building, members of the community gathered before the Eau Claire School ...

Patrick Bartley considers both jazz and Japanese his second languages. The American saxophonist, known for bright bebop solos ...