BYU's Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages

03/26/2024

https://hum.byu.edu/jeff-peterson-wins-teacher-of-the-year-award

Peterson’s dedication and love for teaching earns him recognition as one of the best language instructors in the state.

01/09/2024

https://news.byu.edu/intensely-prepared-byu-japanese-majors-make-perfect-candidates-for-japanese-companies

For the past two years, through a semester-long, one-credit-hour course, BYU Japanese professor Steve Moody has meticulously prepared a group of seven to eight students to attend the Boston Career Forum for Japanese-English bilinguals. Big-name companies that regularly participate include Amazon,…

01/08/2024

https://news.byu.edu/intellect/a-mother-a-mission-a-major-two-minors-and-a-lot-of-plants

It was an Education Week workshop that gave Alyssa Bagoyo the courage to major in chemical engineering and pay tribute to her late mom’s BYU degree and heritage by minoring in business and Japanese.

12/11/2023

https://youtu.be/jrRk9CQsRKM?si=aB6V1nC_2NacUcpe

2023 Korean Modern StoriesNov. 20 at Brigham Young UniversityThe Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (Director Sangwon Jung) hosted the "Korean Modern Stor...

08/07/2023

03/01/2023

10/04/2022

Help BYU raise $150,000 for the Kate Holbrook Endowed Scholarship Fund.

06/16/2022

Check out our new course being offered this Fall!

06/13/2022

Cantonese classes will be offered this Fall, click below to see what class will be like:

05/23/2022

Congratulations to the winners of the Sun Scholarship!

03/03/2022

Congratulations to Dr. Peterson!

The Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeff Peterson (Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese, Brigham Young University) is the recipient of the 2022 Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching. Dr. Peterson has a backgroun...