I have written about Rikaichan before and how it is one of my favorite tools for reading and learning Japanese. It allows even a someone with a basic understanding of Japanese to read like a pro. Well, for all those who use Google’s chrome, a port has been made called Rikaikun. Since the current release of Chrome doesn’t handle plugins you will need to...

So you finally figured out how to read and write Japanese on your computer (if you haven’t, do this right away). The problem is that the standard fonts for Japanese aren’t very good. In addition to just being plane bad looking or difficult to read, there may occasionally be characters that don’t show up. Since you will see Japanese words written...

Since the weekend is almost here, there is plenty of time to sit in front of the computer watching YouTube videos. Why not turn this little activity into Japanese learning time as well. Setting up your YouTube page to easily find Japanese videos and even read Japanese is very simple and can easily be changed back at any time. 1. Open up YouTube 2. In the upper left...

We spend a lot of time in front of our computers. So the better it is set up for Japanese, the more likely we will be to actually view Japanese. Over the next few posts I will be showing you how to setup your browser to make it easy  to view and read Japanese pages like a pro even if you just starting to learn. The starting point is the Internet browser...