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Midori InagakiThe Japan Times |
Early this month, the Immigration Services Agency proposed a nationwide guideline concerning Japanese language and daily life orientation for foreign...
In a step forward, Japan is strengthening Japanese-language education for children with foreign backgrounds. Schools and municipalities are expanding...
For decades, Japanese-language education in Japan was sustained not by the state but by the goodwill of volunteers. A persistent belief that “any...
Japan continues to draw an unspoken but influential boundary — one that sorts and evaluates people according to whether they can speak Japanese...
Japan is approaching a pivotal moment in its immigration history. As the 2024 revisions to immigration laws move toward implementation in 2027, the...
Following the Liberal Democratic Party’s electoral landslide last month, the government has once again affirmed a familiar contradiction: Japan will...