Perhaps one of the most iconic Japanese dictionaries, "Kojien" — with its vast collection of some 250,000 words and phrases — still include language that may be perceived as misogynistic. Ahead of the ...

The English-language study market in Japan is huge, and alongside the more serious stuff there are also some more oddball publications. From educational publisher Gakken, however, comes an ...

Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its revision last December. The ...

Ever feel like you don’t have enough penciled in on your calendar? On December 3, dictionary publisher Shōgakukan announced that its word of the year is kūhaku kyōfushō, or “a morbid fear of blank ...

An online “talking dictionary” first launched in 2009 is attempting to preserve and pass on the Ainu language spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of Japan's northeastern island of Hokkaido and ...