Tag Archives: Study

Meisei Virtual High School Goes Online Soon

  I found an article about a really unique method for earning a high school diploma in Japan. Meisei high school, located in Chiba prefecture, currently provides two main options; 1)…

Japanese Business People Spend ¥7,400/month for Skills Investment

As an article to introduce to you today, I found one about typical qualifications Japanese business people are interested. According to the article, an English language school in Japan conducted…

How Do You Learn English?

  Most Japanese people are not good when it comes to speaking English. We study it in school and are familiar with basic grammatical skills. However, once we try to…

Learn Japan through Simple Games

I found a useful website that provides a variety of games involving Japanese culture. Although they are designed for children, anyone who is leaning Japanese culture might find it interesting…

Let’s Learn Origin of Kanji Characters!

Kanji are very interesting characters. Some kanji look like pictorial symbols, and some others look really complicated. When you break a kanji character apart, you will see that the complicated…

Kanji x Illustration for Easy Reading

  In a past post, I introduced “phonetikana” which are katakana with the pronunciations on them. Today, I want to show you another unique Japanese character graphics by a different…

Wasabi Stories vol.91: “Get a job that you can devote yourself”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Get a job that you can devote yourself” Today’s story teller is a professor of political science at Tokyo University, [W:Shinichi Kitaoka]. In…

4 Million Students Joins KUMON – Educational System in the World

    Kumon is an after-school math and reading program developed by Toru Kumon and founded in 1958 in Osaka, Japan. In 1974, Kumon first advanced into overseas markets in…

Lang-8 — Multi-Lingual Language Exchange SNS

    The readers of this Blog (JAPAN Style) must be interested in Japanese culture, and those of you may be learning or want to learn Japanese. Learning another language…

Simple Easy Japanse KANJI Learning Tool — Read The Kanji

If you want to learn Kanji, “Read The Kanji” will help that. It’s a service that you can learn how to read Kanji online. There might be similar services online…

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