TOKYO -- An increasing number of Japanese localities are offering classes on Japanese language and culture to help foreigners better integrate into the communities as the population of foreign residents hits a record high.
Japan immigration
More Japanese towns offer classes to help foreign residents adjust
Education ministry aims to expand language and culture classes nationwide
Foreign residents of Hasami, a town in Nagasaki prefecture, practice Japanese with instructors at a Nov. 10 class. (Photo by Yusuke Sakurai)
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