Let’s face it—Japanese can feel like a language that belongs in a different world. Three scripts (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji), thousands of characters, unfamiliar grammar rules, and an entire culture ...

The JSA Japanese Language Table is a recurring conversation-based event designed to provide students with an inclusive and welcoming space to learn and practice Japanese.

Every week the Japanese language teachers meet with students to practice Japanese and share stories over dinner in one of Bowdoin’s dining halls. It's a great way to get to know other Japanese ...

Learning a new language isn’t easy. It took me four years of high school French to be semi-comfortable ordering a croissant in a Parisian cafe. But, keeping a notebook while you’re learning a foreign ...

Japanese is a language isolate, spoken by 121 million people in Japanese archipelago. There are small Japanese communities in American Samoa, Hawaii, North and South ...