KOYA, Wakayama -- An automatic simultaneous Japanese-English interpretation system was recently tested at a temple here with the cooperation of a Budd･･･ ...

“It didn’t matter if the sign said ‘flesh’ or ‘fresh’ or ‘meat,’” recalls Dougill, a professor at Ryukoku University, who has researched the use of English in Japan. “It was just there to catch people ...

When Natasha Steele came to Japan from her native Australia earlier this year to teach English, she was looking forward to immersing herself in a foreign culture while earning a little money on the ...

Every year EF Education First, a Switzerland-based company that provides language learning services and assistance in countries around the world, prepares its English Proficiency Index (or EF EPI) ...

“Language is not a genetic gift; it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club––the community of speakers of that language.” –Frank Smith Smith’s quotation speaks to ...

A Tokyo Olympic meeting in November 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko (AP) Yesterday, Japan’s foreign minister asked the English-language media to write Japanese family names first, as done ...