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 ...

The number of foreign national students attending public schools in need of Japanese language training has tripled over the ...

Students of Japanese not only gain knowledge of the modern Japanese language, but also develop awareness of Japanese literary history and the cultural contexts in which works were written. Our ...

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 ...

In an increasingly diverse Japan, more and more young people come from non-Japanese backgrounds. Ensuring that they get the training they need to succeed in the Japanese language, at higher levels of ...

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 ...