Most people assume that learning a language is easier with a Japanese spouse, but it's not as easy as it seems.

What better way to use your language skills than making friends all over the world while avoiding being crushed to death by spiked ceilings or knocked into a bottomless pit?

Video producer David Haruyama sits dows with AAJ to talk about his background, where to film in Tokyo, and advice on filming in Japan.

A few common greetings will help break the ice with your Japanese counterparts.

Meet the American man who became the only non-Asian to pass the top level of the Japan Kanji Aptitude Test.

Struggling to start with Japanese? Let Tako lend you a hand—or five. Wait, five?

Not only do Japanese writing and grammar differ from English—even spoken Japanese differs significantly from what you'll learn in a textbook. Yet the answer to this question is quite elusive because “difficult” is a relative term.

Wanikani (literally “alligator-crab”) is a web application that uses mnemonics and space repetition software (SRS) to help users memorize approximately 2,000 kanji and radicals, plus over 6,000 Japanese words in two years or less!