Makoto Japanese Language & Culture Magazine Issue 100 (June 2026)
Story-driven reading and listening practice for learners of Japanese
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With sure and steady moves, Sai and Hikaru are making a name for Hikaru Shindo as the one who might possibly beat the venerable Akira Toya. Wait. Who are we kidding? Hikaru: sure and steady...? Yeah……続きを見る
Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal schoolboy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's……続きを見る
The Library Forces have decided that a censored author, Toma, must defect. But as he and the LF attempt to leave the courthouse, the roads are blocked by Media Betterment Committee troops!
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When the director of the Kanto Library Base gets sick, a temporary replacement is assigned, according to regulations. But Iku and her roommate Asako discover a trail of missing books that leads back……続きを見る
The war between the Library Forces and the government’s censorship committee heats up! Iku Kasahara, once a lowly Library Forces recruit, is now a high-profile militia member, undercover and off the……続きを見る
Library Forces member Iku Kasahara has plans to go out for tea with her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, but just figuring out what to wear puts her in a tailspin. When an urgent call comes in abo……続きを見る
Fighting censorship at her hometown art museum, Iku Kasahara and her fellow Library Forces team members are involved in a fierce skirmish in which several ranking officers are severely injured. The ……続きを見る
The Media Betterment Committee has silenced a famous writer, and Library Forces member Iku Kasahara and her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, must fight to protect his right to speak…and live! As t……続きを見る
Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Forces ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore when she was younger. But now that……続きを見る
There’s a groper in the library and Library Force members Iku and Shibazaki are sent in as bait! Iku’s undercover outfit makes her vulnerable…will she be able to defend herself if the pervert target……続きを見る
From the best-selling authors of Welcome to Consent and Welcome to Your Period comes this****warm, funny, indispensable guide for tweens and teens on navigating the highs and lows of friendship – in……続きを見る
Enjoy and Fully Understand 25 haiku by 芥川龍之介(あくたがわ りゅうのすけ)Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892–1927)
Everyone knows Akutagawa Ryūnosuke the short story writer ー 「羅生門」(Rashōmon), 「藪の……続きを見る
Makoto Japanese Language & Culture Magazine Issue 98 (April 2026) Story-driven reading and listening practice for learners of Japanese
Makoto is a monthly digital magazine for beginner to intermedia……続きを見る
Unpacking Japanese Words - Exploring Japanese word origins for learners of Japanese
Volume 1: Reading Mackerel and Other Curious Japanese Sayings
By Clay & Yumi Boutwell
“Waitーdid you say reading m……続きを見る
Makoto Japanese Language & Culture Magazine
Issue 97 (March 2026)
Story-driven reading and listening practice for learners of Japanese
Makoto is a monthly digital magazine for beginner to intermedia……続きを見る
Most vocabulary books teach you words. This one teaches you words in action.
Restaurants are where your Japanese gets tested in real time. No pause button, no dictionary under the table ー just you,……続きを見る
Welcome to the third volume in our series covering essential Japanese idiomatic expressions.
In this volume, we continue our exploration of Japanese idioms, categorizing them into four thematic sect……続きを見る
Makoto Japanese Language & Culture Magazine Issue 94 (December 2025)
Fun, culturally rich reading and listening practice for learners of Japanese
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A series of amusing interactions between an otaku woman and delinquent boy.
Saeki Kazuko is your average adult otaku who also happens to dislike men and delinquents. Yet her neighbor, Aikawa Ryuou, ……続きを見る
A series of amusing interactions between an otaku woman and delinquent boy.
Saeki Kazuko is your average adult otaku who also happens to dislike men and delinquents. Yet her neighbor, Aikawa Ryuou, ……続きを見る