People in Japan spent the longest time on Duolingo's free language-learning app among users from around the world, the company announced on Dec. 7. Duolingo Inc., based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ...

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.

A long-term Afghan resident of Japan has set up a free language school to help her more newly arrived countrywomen stay connected with their children, who now prefer to converse in Japanese rather ...

Rakuten, the online shopping mall operator, earlier this month held a welcoming ceremony for 480 senior university students it expects to hire next spring. Notable about the occasion was that ...

More than a century after colonisation, the Ainu language almost vanished. Now machines are listening to hours of old recordings and learning to give it a new voice. The cassette player would catch ...

Japan is exploring the possibility of requiring Japanese language proficiency for foreign nationals seeking permanent residency, sources confirmed Thursday. This potential change is part of the ...