Japanese anime movies The genre of Japanese animation or anime has gradually grown into a major artistic and economic force. It has spawned many titles and creative studios, not only in Japan but all over the world and has an army of fans that are dedicated and inspired. This year one movie has been talked about extensively and this is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. It has received critical acc...

Did you know that Japanese people love curry? It seems contradictory, Japanese cuisine is one of the least spicy food types, but perhaps because of the difference of tastes, Japanese people love to eat something spicy sometimes. There are many curry shops in Japan, some run by Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese chefs, but more recently, many run by Japanese curry enthusiasts. In this food culture, ...

Japonin(JOI)’s Business Japanese class Japonin(JOI)'s Business Japanese class teaches all you need to know to do business in Japan. It includes essential business manners and key Japanese business jargon and also writing emails and giving presentations. It is about the latter that Fujinawa sensei, one of the teachers of the Business Japanese classes, introduces in this blog. You can study the vo...

Many Japanese family names There are a very large number of family names or surnames in Japan compared to other East Asian countries. And the two most popular Japanese surnames are Sato and Suzuki. Some of the names have a long and distinct history but some are quite new because in 1875 the Meiji government passed a law requiring all citizens to register a family name. So many names were created...

Writing emails in Japanese With emails becoming the most used form of business communication, it is important to learn how to write emails in Japanese properly. There is a course that you can take at Japonin(JOI) that teaches business Japanese and also how to write a business email. But this blog is a funny look at how people can make mistakes when writing Japanese. The computer Kanji covert fea...