Language – The Japan Times

This week's featured article KYODO The Japanese staff of Uber Technologies Inc.'s food delivery service Uber Eats have formed a labor union to negotiate contract ...

Published 41 day ago by Language – The Japan Times (Japan)
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Words to live by: The vocabulary of evacuation

There are a few Japanese words and phrases that can help you out when it looks like disaster is about to strike.

Published 48 days ago by Language – The Japan Times (Japan)
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Tourists in Kyoto informed of manners via push notifications

A new app strives to inform overseas visitors to Kyoto of a number of social norms such as don't take pictures of the geisha when ...

Published 48 days ago by Language – The Japan Times (Japan)
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The Ceremony of Accession offers a chance to use some high-ranking vocabulary

Earlier this year we were treated to the use of Japanese that is used exclusively with the emperor. As enthronement celebrations continue, so do our ...

Published 55 days ago by Language – The Japan Times (Japan)
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City of Iki first in Japan to declare a climate emergency

The city of Iki, Nagasaki Prefecture, issued a climate emergency declaration on Sept. 26 and expressed its resolve to tackle problems posed by climate change.

Published 55 days ago by Language – The Japan Times (Japan)
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Let's discuss climate activist Greta Thunberg

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit last month with an angry condemnation of world leaders for failing to ...

Published 2 months ago by Language – The Japan Times (Japan)
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