High school sports in Japan In Japanese high schools and junior high schools, there are a wealth of sporting activities and after-school clubs. These include baseball, basketball, volleyball, softball and soccer. And you can also find clubs for traditional sports such as sumo (traditional wrestling), judo (martial arts), and kendo (traditional swordsmanship) as well. Baseball, soccer, and rugby...
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High school baseball in Japan Featured
High school sports in Japan In Japanese high schools and junior high schools, there are a wealth of sporting activities and after-school clubs. These include baseball, basketball, volleyball, softball and soccer. And you can also find clubs for traditional sports such as sumo (traditional wrestling), judo (martial arts), and kendo (traditional swordsmanship) as well. Baseball, soccer, and rugby...
Left-Right Hand Mouse Featured
Using computers in Japan When you come to Japan and start to live in the country, or when you start to learn Japanese, one of the first hurdles you face is using the computer in Japanese. This has now become quite easy and only requires setting the IME into the Japanese language. There are many online guides to teach how to write and how to use the keyboard too. But in this blog by a Japanese l...
Recommending activities Featured
Trends in Japan Japan is a famously faddish nation. There are trends that pop up, only to disappear soon after they become popular. And there are fashion and pop culture fads that become global phenomena in their own right. There are also many Japanese language trends that can be limited to certain age groups or even gender. In this blog for Japanese learners, Ms. Akari Ueno, a Japanese teacher...
Can't write Kanji Featured
What is Japanese Kanji? The word for Kanji in Japanese comes from two characters, Kan = the ancient name for China, and Ji = which means script of style of writing. The style of writing was brought to Japan in the 5th Century. Much later after the second World War,it was simplified into the Japanese style that is used today. Most Kanji characters have two ways to read them, and these are called...
Only memorizing? Featured
Japanese education system The Japanese education system is often described as unique both culturally and in terms of educational goals. This has been a pro and in some cases a con for the population. The pros being the cultural emphasis on discipline and ethics while the cons being the system of memory focused education. But there have been some changes occurring in Japan, and Someya sensei, a J...