After I got married, my Japanese got better and I could understand more.

Typhoons strike Japan every year.

But, if by that, morale drops wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the exercise?

It is foreseen that, due to the decline in grain production, China will quickly become a world leading grain importing country, overtaking Japan.

For some reason economic booms have names taken from Japanese mythology given to them.

Japan has a surplus of rice, Europe of wine.

Two books stand out among the dozens recently published on the Royal Family.

That quilt is really quite a piece of work with all its fine craftsmanship.

The university paid my way to Japan.

We would be happy to send our book to you when it is published.

Professor Brown is very pleased about getting his book published.

You're an arrogant dirty foreigner who claims your dictionary is correct even though you don't understand the nuances of Japanese.

You will be paid a stable base salary plus commissions on sale.

A high savings rate is cited as one factor for Japan's strong economic growth because it means the availability of abundant investment capital.

As communism has collapsed, capitalism is now accused of trying to "dominate the world."