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Group Promoting Latin Characters for Japanese Writing Gives Up
Earlier this year, a group that aimed to replace the Japanese writing system with the Latin alphabet admitted defeat.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Dad’s In the Bag: “Gruesome” Photo Makes Japan Twitter Laugh
A gruesome-looking tweet by a Japanese user provided people a lot of laughs - and reveals an interesting factoid about Japanese food…
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Egui: One Japanese Word’s Journey from “Awful” to “Awesome!”
"Egui" in Japanese used to have a thoroughly negative meaning. Not anymore. Here's when - and why - that changed.
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The 10 Hardest “Kira Kira” Japanese Names to Pronounce
Some Japanese parents love having fun with kanji (much to their kids' eventual regret). Can you pronounce these 10 "kira-kira" names?
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Beware These False Friends Between English and Japanese!
You may think you know what these words mean in Japanese. Think again! A rundown of the language's most famous "false friends".
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Japan’s Hot New Buzzwords Tell the Story of 2022
The hottest new words and phrases of 2022 tell a story of political and economic upheaval, as well as a tale of…
SOCIAL MEDIA
2chan Founder Hiroyuki Under Fire for Insults of Okinawans
Controversial 2chan founder Hiroyuki is spurring controversy again with remarks that Okinawan residents say are discriminatory.
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In Aichi, This Japanese “Dirty” Word Means Something Different
Dialects are fun. But in the case of this one word from Aichi Prefecture, they can also lead to some hilarious misunderstandings...