TOKYO -- Japan aims to set up a nationally recognized accreditation program for teachers of its native tongue, seeking to improve language education for foreign workers as the country prepares to ...

TOKYO -- Japan has moved a step closer to setting national standards for Japanese-language schools in an effort to raise the level of education for foreign residents, a demographic that officials hope ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will open a language immersion facility in Koto Ward in September 2018 to raise the English proficiency of children ahead of the 2020 Olympics.

Tokyo and the central government launched on Wednesday a public-private council to come up with ways to put up more multiple-language signs for the 2020 Olympics. "It's important to improve the ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has stationed officers who speak English at two koban in Shibuya and Shinjuku. The police department said the two koban are in front of Shibuya Station and in ...