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Competitive Sports, Crime, and Climate Change: Japan’s Words of the Year for 2023CULTURE | Nov 3, 2023

Japanese Animal NoisesCULTURE | Oct 2, 2023

Ichigaya Letterpress Factory: Tokyo Museum Showcases Challenges of Printing Japanese Before the Computer AgeCULTURE | Mar 22, 2023

Dust into Mountains: Patience and Perseverance in Japanese ProverbsCULTURE | Jan 27, 2023

Murakami-sama: Baseball Star the Word of the Year for 2022CULTURE | Dec 1, 2022

Anime, Baseball, COVID, and More: The ABCs of This Year’s Most Popular Japanese TermsCULTURE | Nov 5, 2022

Pet Sayings: Japanese Proverbs Featuring Cats and DogsCULTURE | Aug 23, 2022

The Carp that Could: Japanese Proverbs About SuccessCULTURE | May 31, 2022

Crossing Borders Without Translation: US Writer Gregory Khezrnejat Wins Award for Japanese NovellaCULTURE | Dec 16, 2021

“Dual Sword Wielder” Ohtani Shōhei on Top in 2021 Words of the YearCULTURE | Dec 1, 2021

Japanese Tongue TwistersCULTURE | Nov 17, 2021

Japan’s Words of 2021: Nominees Announced for Annual ListCULTURE | Nov 4, 2021

“I Wake Up in Shibuya”: Czech Writer Anna Cima’s Literary FantasyCULTURE | Sep 9, 2021

Adopt and Adapt: Loanwords in JapaneseCULTURE | Jul 30, 2021

Beloved Japanese: Taiwanese Writer Li Kotomi’s Journey to Akutagawa FameCULTURE | Jul 23, 2021

The “San Mitsu” Three Cs Take the New Phrase of the Year ThroneCULTURE | Dec 1, 2020

Words of 2020: Nominees AnnouncedCULTURE | Nov 9, 2020

“Rōmaji”: Another Way of Writing JapaneseCULTURE | Oct 9, 2020