Review by Nico A.F.M. Poppelier

30 lessons in the modern language, with every lesson divided in: kanji+kana reading section, grammar, vocabulary, conversation. Cassette tapes for the book can be bought separately (details and price unknown).

Review by Ken DeLong

A somewhat uninspired text, I found it useful as a complement to the Mizutanis' book. Going through both texts together enabled me to get two different explanations of most topics.

Review by Paul Denisowski

Japanese for Today ... is really not a good beginner's textbook -- the grammar explanations are fairly weak and the excerises are almost non-existent. It does work very well as a beginning to intermediate level reader, with furigana for new kanji and english translations for the passages. The ... read more