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You must have seen the boisterous pachinkos while you were in Japan and many of you might have been wondering if gambling is legal in Japan. You will ...

This is the question you would get from native speakers if you speak their language a lot. Every time I meet a Japanese native speaker this is one of ...

Technology and the world change so rapidly that we cannot even follow the new trends. There are almost 1.8 billion websites on the Internet currently....

Most of the immigrants in Japan arrive here as an exchange student. Their career is a topic I think about a lot these days. Not only because I'm an ex...

You can find hundreds of programs for foreign students so there are plenty of options to choose from when you want to study in Japan as an exchange st...

In addition to motivation and efforts it's extremely important to have a clear vision of opportunities you will be able to gain access to by mastering...

I’m recalling the first time I came to Japan and I saw the first Japanese text in my life. It was on one of the trains in Osaka and woman was reading ...

When you start learning a language the most important thing is to make sure that you are learning it for purpose. Why is this important? I meet many f...

As a result of our human nature, one of the first things we think about is the difficulty of learning a given language. We want to achieve the most in...

When you start learning Japanese your first step is mastering the katakana and hiragana alphabets. Many people ask me about a good and efficient way t...

Learning kanji is essential for mastering the Japanese language. 漢字 (kanji) is used along with ひらがな (hiragana) and カタカナ (katakana) in the Japanese wr...

There were missions organized from Japan to China since the 7th century, but after the Tang dynasty's power started to weaken due to several civil war...

The honorific language has three forms in Japanese, namely: sonkeigo（尊敬語）, kenjougo（謙譲語） and teineigo（丁寧語）, sonkeigo said to have the longest history....

The Japanese language uses at least three alphabets. The foreign words are usually written using katakana, the hiragana alphabet is used for native Ja...

Today the JLPT is actively used in every corner of the world. The N1 means the most difficult exam and N5 is the easiest. I have started to collect th...

I have created a list of 181 Japanese words that contain N4 ( Basic ) level kanjis. Since the words usually are of more than two characters the second...

When you start learning Japanese, it is the best to study to most frequent characters obviously. The JLPT ( Japanese Language Proficiency Test ) is a ...

The JPLT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) was started in 1984 for non-native learners. It was available for 15 countries and there were approximat...

Japanese is spoken mainly in Japan and it has approximately 120 million native speakers. According to the Wikipedia, there were 4 million foreigners m...

I have collected the kanjis in 12 articles for you, and this is the last one. It took me approximately one month to learn them all, and I need to revi...

In general if you want to work in Japan you need to speak Japanese. Most of the companies require you to speak at least on the N2 level, but obviously...

Those who pass the JLPT ( Japanese Language Proficiency Test ) N1 level could receive 15 points when applying for working visas. This is according to...

Japanese immigration laws have changed a lot since May 7, 2012. That day the Immigration Bureau of Japan has introduced a so-called point based system...

JLPT is an examination system to measure the proficiency level of non-native learners of Japanese. It is used by some companies and schools (especiall...

You must be committed to learning Japanese if you are still reading my articles. I have already collected 600 words of N1 level kanjis and you can acc...

The JLPT ( Japanese Language Proficiency Test ) is designated for non-native Japanese learners. Most of the students take it in order to measure their...

I have already collected 400 Japanese words in the previous articles and I am expanding my lists in the following article. The whole collection will i...

I have been learning Japanese for more than three years now, but I still feel that my kanji knowledge is not sufficient. I am planing to take the JLPT...

I am planing to take the JLPT N1 this year, which is the most advanced Japanese language examination. As such I will need to master at least 2000 char...

The Japanese language is spoken by at least 120 million people, mostly in Japan. Since the archipelago is generally far from most of the other countri...