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Firefighters and defense helicopters sprayed water but the blazes in the two prefectures had not been extinguished as of Monday afternoon. Finally, a growing uncertainty for the future of U.S. policy on the global agenda under the second Trump administration can present a challenge in sustaining U.S.-Japan policy coordination on global issues. For instance, how the two countries will continue to coordinate their development assistance priorities remains in flux following U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of foreign aid cuts, the decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the integration of the development assistance management into the State Department. Along with emerging domains, economic security is another area that has become increasingly important in the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Many cheap chain eateries have vending machines where you buy a ticket and give it to the server. At many of these restaurants, you’ll have to be able to read Japanese or match the price from models or picture menus, along with some of the kana (characters) to the choices at the machine. Some other places have all-you-can-eat meals called tabehōdai (食べ放題), byuffe (ビュッフェ, « buffet »), or baikingu (バイキング « Viking », because « smorgasbord » would be too hard to pronounce in Japanese).

There are no sizable structural plains and peneplains (large land areas leveled by erosion), features that usually occur in more stable regions of the Earth. The mountains are for the most part in a youthful stage of dissection in which steep slopes are incised by dense river-valley networks. Rivers are mostly torrential, and their valleys are accompanied by series of river terraces that are the result of movements in the Earth’s crust, as well as climatic and sea-level changes in Holocene times (i.e., the past 11,700 years). Recent volcanoes are juxtaposed with old and highly dissected ones. The shores are characterized by elevated and depressed features such as headlands and bays, which display an incipient stage of development.

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• The Japanese government translates Tōkyō-to (東京都, toːkʲoꜜːto) as « Tokyo Metropolis » in almost all cases, and the government is officially called the « Tokyo Metropolitan Government ».
• On the other hand, many are not used to dealing with foreigners (外人 gaijin, or the more politically correct 外国人 gaikokujin) and are more reserved and reluctant to communicate.
• Izakaya, bars and snacks typically have cover charges (カバーチャージ kabā chāji), usually around ¥500 but on rare occasions more, so ask if the place looks really swish.
• Courier services (宅配便 takuhaibin) are useful for sending packages, documents, and even luggage to/from airports, cities, and hotels.
• The police are generally helpful (although they rarely speak English), so ask if you get lost or have any trouble.

Asumui in Kongo Sekirinzan Park is a large rock formation believed to be the oldest land in the area. As a religious site, shaman used to come here to speak with the gods. The Shimabara Rebellion, a Christian uprising, led to the ousting of the Portuguese and Catholic practices from Japan, along with approximately 37,000 beheadings of Christians and peasants. In Shimabara, you can visit the ruins of Hara Castle, where the Christians gathered and were attacked. Oyano’s Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall explains the Shimabara Rebellion and the persecution of Christians.

Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan, it has been and is still sometimes spoken elsewhere. When Japan occupied Korea, Taiwan, parts of the Chinese mainland, and various Pacific islands during and before World War II, locals in those countries were forced to learn Japanese. As a result, there were many people in these countries until the 1970s, who could speak Japanese in addition to the local languages. Japanese emigrant communities (the largest of which are to be found in Brazil) frequently employ Japanese as their primary language.

But, it’s quite complicated so I haven’t gotten around to it yet. We’ll fill in this section with that guide in the near future, but for now don’t use my slowness as an excuse. If you do, ordering will, for the most part, naturally fall into place if you follow the « know 80% of all new things » philosophy. It will take around 2-6 months to get through most beginner Japanese textbooks. Though, this does depend on how much time you have to spend on your studies and what grammar method you choose. You can even go through a couple different textbooks at the same time, if you want.

The « r » of the Japanese language is of particular interest, ranging between an apical central tap and a lateral approximant. The « g » is also notable; unless it starts a sentence, it may be pronounced ŋ, in the Kanto prestige dialect and in other eastern dialects. Japanese dialects typically differ in terms of pitch accent, inflectional morphology, vocabulary, and particle usage. Some even differ in vowel and consonant inventories, although this is less common. Early Middle Japanese is the Japanese of the Heian period, from 794 to 1185. It formed the basis for the literary standard of Classical Japanese, which remained in common use until the early 20th century.

It was created during post-World War II food shortages to help people fill up on available and affordable cuts of meat. Once born of necessity, eating motsu is now mainstream, with restaurants that specialize in offal appearing in Tokyo around the year 2000. Japan’s Ministry of Defense has been forthright in acknowledging that the demographic crisis will affect national security. It outlined, in its new security strategy in 2022, how the rapid population decline would require a more efficient use of its budget and labor force. The Japanese military has tried to adapt its operations to a smaller force, including by retrofitting vehicles and ships to operate with fewer people and relying on advanced technology to carry out tasks traditionally assigned to people. In December 2024, the Ishiba government approved funding within its 2025 fiscal budget to increase wages and implement new measures to improve work-life balance in the armed forces.