The Agency for Cultural Affairs is soliciting public comments about its plans to change romanization rules of the Japanese language for the first time in about 70 years. A subcommittee of the ...

“Aichi” or “Aiti,” which is the preferred spelling? That is one of the questions the Council for Cultural Affairs is now considering as it ponders ways to reduce confusion over the use of two ...

The Agency of Cultural Affairs recently recommended that Kunrei, one of the two competing romanization systems for Japanese, be phased out. The decision is still pending general approval by the ...

Sometimes the wheels of Japanese government turn slowly. Very, very slowly. As an example, way back in 1954 the cabinet of Japan said “Hey, everybody, please use the Kunrei romanization system for ...

Educators in Japan are calling for unification of the country's two main styles of romanization, saying that teaching children both styles is confusing. The call comes as Japan plans to teach ...

The target audience of this virtual workshop are graduate students who use Korean resources in papers or dissertation. In this Zoom session, participants will have the opportunitiy to learn and ...