Today we will introduce the difference in the meaning and usage of two nouns 角（かど）and 隅（すみ）, which are both generally translated as "corner." Please imagine the shape of a square; it has four edges.

Hay fever season has arrived in the Kanto region to the dismay of people who, every year, suffer sneezing, runny noses and itchy eyes from sugi cedar or hinoki cypress pollen.

Today we introduce some usages of the verb 込（こ）む (to be crowded) and related vocabulary. 込む describes that a place is crowded, as in: 電車（でんしゃ）が込んでいて、すわれなかった (The train was too crowded to get a seat).

Ayumu Hirano and Taku Hiraoka earned Japan's first medals at the Sochi Winter O lympics on Feb. 11 by taking silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's snowboard halfpipe.

Satori no Sedai," or "Generation Resignation," is a term used to describe those born around the time the economy started to slide two decades ago.

Buckingham Palace is advertising for a new housekeeping assistant, whose duties include running the royal baths and arranging the tea service.

Today we will introduce the usage of the two nouns that are homonyms but are written with different kanji, かんしん（感心）and かんしん（関心）, and their related expressions.

Tokyo's hosting of the 2020 O lympic Games will generate up to ¥20 trillion in spillover effects for the economy, according to a projection released by a think tank on Jan. 6.