Japanese Learning Materials and Resources
Various Japanese learning materials and resources are available to support your life and studies in Japan. Below are effective materials and resources to learn Japanese efficiently.
Language School Materials
Many language schools commonly use their own materials, such as "Minna no Nihongo" or "Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese," for classes.
Japanese Learning Materials
Workbooks, vocabulary books, and other useful Japanese learning materials can be purchased through online shopping platforms or at bookstores in Japan.
Online Learning
The Japan Foundation
The Japan Foundation website offers e-learning resources for Japanese language study.
The website of the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa, which also organizes the JLPT, introduces various e-learning resources for learning Japanese.
Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
The MEXT website provides materials for learning practical Japanese necessary for daily life in Japan, categorized by different situations.
The site includes resources for foreign residents in Japan, offering practical Japanese necessary for daily life (available in 18 languages).
MEXT Practical Japanese
Language Learning Apps
The globally popular language learning app "Duolingo" also offers a mode for learning Japanese.
Other easy-to-use apps include those specialized in practicing hiragana, memorizing kanji, or focusing on everyday conversation phrases.
There is a wide variety of apps to suit different learning goals.
Duolingo
Japanese Learning Systems
NHK World Japan offers news in multiple languages as well as systems for learning simple Japanese.
NHK World Japan
