“It didn’t matter if the sign said ‘flesh’ or ‘fresh’ or ‘meat,’” recalls Dougill, a professor at Ryukoku University, who has researched the use of English in Japan. “It was just there to catch people ...

I spent a year teaching English in Japan. The experience was thrilling and a total culture shock. Living in Japan as an American is a 24-hour immersive learning experience. I returned to the US for my ...

The government wants students to improve their English skills. Cultural differences provide the biggest hurdle. May 13, 2011 In accordance with changes in Ministry of Education standards made back in ...

A Tokyo Olympic meeting in November 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko (AP) Yesterday, Japan’s foreign minister asked the English-language media to write Japanese family names first, as done ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An English teacher living in Japan highlighted how Japanese schools have a very different approach to education compared to ...

Last week, Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) proposed a landmark change to the current public education system, opting to begin English language classes in ...

Have you ever struggled to understand a presentation by a scholar with a strong Japanese accent? Last week I wrestled with the speech of a brilliant young psychology lecturer visiting from Japan. For ...

Every year EF Education First, a Switzerland-based company that provides language learning services and assistance in countries around the world, prepares its English Proficiency Index (or EF EPI) ...