"Introduction to Easy Japanese: Talking with Foreigners in Japanese" Now Available

Dentsu Inc. Diversity Lab's Akira Yoshikai's book "Introduction to Easy Japanese: Talking with Foreigners in Japanese" (published by ASK Publishing) was released on July 30.
This book focuses on easy Japanese as a communication method to "become friends with foreigners," centered around tips anyone can easily practice and exercises.

Ask Publishing, 200 pages, ¥1,700 + tax, ISBN 978-4-86639-352-0

The author, who serves as a Simple Japanese Producer at Dentsu Inc. Diversity Lab, launched this social awareness initiative in her hometown of Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, in 2016. She was appointed as a Yanagawa Tourism Ambassador in 2020.

【Table of Contents】
Chapter 1: What is Easy Japanese?
Chapter 2: Japanese as a Foreign Language
Chapter 3: The Birth of Yanagawa Easy Japanese Tourism
Chapter 4: Tip 1: Simplify Sentence Structure
Chapter 5: Tip 2: The Waseda Scissors Rule
Chapter 6: AI Translation Utilization Techniques
Chapter 7: Let's Practice
Chapter 8: Applying to Foreign Language Learning
Chapter 9: Simple Japanese That Even Japanese People Need
Chapter 10: Easy Japanese Holds Dreams

[Author's Comment]
Currently, approximately 3 million foreigners reside in Japan. It is said that these individuals actually find simpler Japanese easier to understand than English. "Easy Japanese" is the concept that encourages Japanese speakers to communicate in easier-to-understand Japanese for such people. Based on lessons learned from the Great Hanshin Earthquake, this movement has developed through efforts like revising expressions in disaster prevention/mitigation and administrative documents.

【Author Profile】
Akira Yoshikai
Easy Japanese Producer, Dentsu Inc. Diversity Lab
Representative, Easy Japanese Tourism Research Group
Yanagawa Tourism Ambassador

Publisher Link:https://www.ask-books.com/978-4-86639-352-0/