A Japanese Justice Ministry project team Friday proposed offering opportunities to learn the Japanese language to foreigners before their arrival, utilizing information and communications technology.

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Japan-South Korea ties are expanding from tourism and youth exchanges to supply-chain resilience, energy security and regional defense cooperation.

Foreign residents in Japan tend to have lower Japanese language proficiency if they live in towns and villages with smaller populations, a government survey found.

Duolingo users online say the recent course upgrade has disrupted their progress, leaving some lessons feeling out of order.

The company UBTech says its " U1" robot -- equipped with eye cameras, chest sensors, and listening microphones -- is the ...

The prime minister's office is seen in Tokyo in this file photo. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka) TOKYO -- The Cabinet on June 16 approved the first basic plan under the law to promote understanding of LGBT ...

The government on Tuesday adopted a basic plan under a law aimed at promoting understanding of LGBTQ+ people and other sexual minorities. The plan, approved at a Cabinet meeting, calls for ...

Asobisystem's Nakagawa Yusuke and Kawaii Lab's Kimura Misa on how Japan's kawaii culture built global audiences by embracing ...

TOKYO - Japan's Cabinet approved Tuesday a basic plan mapping out measures to raise awareness of issues facing sexual minorities, including by providing municipalities with leaflets and training ...

This year marks 20 years since Japan enacted the revised Basic Act on Education, also called the "Constitution of education." NHK has obtained the minutes of closed-door discussions by ruling party ...