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Your aunt? Get her an itchy sweater. Brother? Father? Itchy sweaters. Hey, it’s winter – a sweater is perfectly sensible gift. But a Japanese language lover, like you? Someone on a mission to be awesome at Japanese!? Someone that devours podcasts, workbooks, and textbooks like a Japanese learning monster and roars “MORE!”!? Don’t get sweaters! Get MORE! More Japanese! And here are 10 ways to do so! We’re counting down the holiday season with 10 days of the 10 BEST deals of the year! Deals like 55% Off Premium! 50% Off Basic, 50% Off Apps and More! Today's Deal Lasts Only 24 Hours! Click To Get It! Starting from December 12th until the 23rd – not including the weekend – there will be a daily deal, each 24 hours long.... Show more

Hello Listener, What’s Cyber Monday you ask? Why, it’s the Internet’s busiest shopping day of the year. Deals are everywhere – minus the crowds! Everyone’s at home, click-click-clicking! You see, moms are buying shoes, dads are buying TV’s and… Language Learners? They’re looking for deals to spend less and learn more Japanese! But we’re not going to stop at just one day of hot deals on subscriptions. We slashed the price of everything we’ve got by 30% for an entire week! Welcome to Cyber Week : JapanesePod101 Style. All Basic Subscriptions - Only $42 for 1 Year! All Premium Subscriptions - $54 OFF for 1 Year! All iPhone Apps - As low as .99 or FREE! All Audiobooks - As low as $6.99! The 30% OFF Coupon has been... Show more

Has anyone said “Thank you” to you today? If not, we’d like to be the first! And we’d like to say it in 26 different languages. So listener, thank you for being a part of the Innovative Language family and for learning with us! Even though Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in many parts of the world, everyone, everywhere loves hearing “thank you.” Click here to visit our Thank You Page and get your Free video lesson: ‘Learn how to say thank you in 26 different languages.’ One day, when you travel the world, that’s the one phrase that will put a smile on other people’s faces. Click Here For Your Free Thank You Video Lesson But...that’s not all! Looking to learn more Japanese? From November 20th to the 25th – Get... Show more

Better than Black Friday. That comes once a year. This offer is once in a millennium. Good through Monday: Click here to get 1-Month Premium for $11.11 (55% OFF the regular price) or Click here to get 1-Year Premium for $111.11 (43% OFF the regular price) That’s every single one of our audio and video lessons, PDF Lesson Notes, My Flashcards, My Word Bank, Core Word Lists, Lesson Quizzes, Review, Dialogue Only and Expansion tracks and so much more - for $11.11 for a single month, or $111.11 for an entire year! Don’t let this once in a millennium chance pass you by - it expires Monday, November 14th at midnight! Just pick your deal and get started with our fun and effective Japanese language learning system... Show more

Hello Listener, Seen that iPhone 4S? It’s pretty smart and all. But is it making you smarter? Our new MyFlashcards are smarter now – but their goal is to make you smarter in too! If you’re a Premium Member, you know all about our spaced repetition system for learning lots and lots of vocabulary. However, we’ve recently made some BIG changes to the MyFlashcard system. Quick Overview: The Good Stuff In short MyFlashcards eliminates the “Where do I start?” “When should I study?” and “How much should I study?” by assigning you the words and dates. MyFlashcards 2.3 Update makes learning more efficient by: assigning you the words due today marking your progress, overall and by word stopping you when you’ve done enough ... Show more

Click on it! It’s super effective! As requested by users, we’re introducing Explore Curriculum, and it is indeed super effective! That’s because it answers two big questions users have: 1) What is this series about? 2) What will I learn? Whether you want to preview, view, or review a season and the lessons inside, use Explore Curriculum. How’s it super effective, you ask? It addresses a big issue in learning language: spending time on something you’ve already learned before. If you already know it, isn’t the time better spent on something you don’t know? You can’t skip what you already know in a classroom, but at JapanesePod101, you can! Explore Curriculum does just that. It provides a snapshot of seasons and their lessons... Show more

Hello Listener, Once in a while, we like to pop in out of nowhere and ask: How you doin’?! As in, how is your Japanese progress going? How has JapanesePod101 helped you with learning Japanese, school, traveling abroad, or with your Japanese grandmother? We love stories from our listeners about why they started learning Japanese, the adventures they’ve been on, and how Japanese has become a regular part of their lives. Similarly, we also want to hear about your results and progress! Whether you have a crazy story for us or just want to drop a few thoughts on how JapanesePod101 improved your language skills – we want to know. Tell us your story – email us at testimonials@japanesepod101.com For stories from our... Show more

Oh. Don’t act cute with us. We both know WTF means Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. In fact, it’s a holiday that was recently invented by us. Why? September is a relatively dry month – it marks the beginning of a new school year. It is the Monday of Months. We’re celebrating the WTF Holiday with a 30% OFF Sale on all premium subscriptions. WTF means the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 30% OFF Sale from 9/21 until 9/23. By sheer coincidence, it also means Where’s the Fridge, and Welcome To France. Strange, we know. Click here and use Coupon Code WTF for 30% OFF. The fun and educational audio lessons are what our subscribers love the most! At 30% OFF for all premium accounts, you get to enjoy your favorite series with more of the... Show more

Hi Listener, Remember getting smileys on your homework? Where have those days gone? Smiley face stickers in first grade evolved into nasty red-inked comments from college professors. Learning should be fun and rewarding. Here’s your chance to practice Japanese and win prizes with JapanesePod101! You won’t get stickers, but something bigger and better to help you be awesome in Japanese. There’s no such thing as too much practice. So, if you’ve been studying hard or easily breezing through, we want to give you an extra push. Join the Facebook Japanese Only Challenge & Win Prizes Why? 1. You’ll become amazing with lots of practice. 2. Hint: Big Prizes for participants 3. Why not? On... Show more

Hello Listener, (For maximum impact, read in Old Spice Guy’s voice) Look at our homepage. Now back to us. Now back to our homepage. Now back to us. Look different? It should! With the help of our wonderful users, like you, we’ve listened to your feedback and came up with this. Designing the homepage has been like watching a baby grow. Our iTunes logo has also changed. You can see it on our Facebook and Twitter accounts! So when you download our free audio lessons on iTunes and see a new logo… do not be alarmed. It’s still JapanesePod101. The Old The New We’ve decided it was time for a change here at JapanesePod101. Why the change? Well, We’re not just a podcast website - but a language learning system. ... Show more