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Listen & Speak Series
"Listen & Speak Series" ─ completely free, no ads, no tracking, no in-app purchases. Native audio on every example, fully offline.
🌏 Multicultural Learning Support Network
Connecting people
Connecting people
through language and culture.
safa-lang is a multicultural learning support network helping foreign residents and Japanese people understand each other. Through completely free language apps, a cultural blog, and partnerships with support organizations across Japan, we lower the language barrier ─ gently.
Our Mission
Our mission
So that foreign residents can live comfortably in Japan.
So that Japanese people can build bridges across cultures.
We deliver a "safety net of language and culture" ─ for free, to anyone.
Not through flashy gimmicks or excessive gamification,
but quietly, deeply, and reliably ─ standing alongside each learner.
3 Pillars
Three pillars of mutual understanding
Free apps, cultural content, and partnerships ─
all working together to support foreign residents and Japanese people alike.
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Cultural blog
Travel, culture, and practical information from the source, in both Japanese and English.
Useful for travelers, residents, and the Japanese people around them. Two articles per month.
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Partnerships
We work with Japanese language schools, NPOs, municipalities, and companies
to deliver support that crosses language barriers, nationwide.
All learning resources are free for partners to use.
Our Approach
What we care about
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Completely free
No financial barriers to learning. No ads, no in-app purchases.
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Privacy first
No data collection, no account required. Learning history stays on your device.
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Works offline
Designed for any environment. Keeps working where there's no signal.
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Quiet design
No overbearing gamification. A calm experience you'll want to open every day.
Special Focus
Supporting foreign residents
through language.
Within our broader multicultural learning network, what we are focusing on most right now is Japanese language support for foreign residents in Japan.
Using the learning method we proved with our "Listen & Speak Nepali" prototype, we are now reversing the direction ─ building the "Listen & Speak Japanese" series so that Nepalese, Bangladeshi, and Vietnamese residents (and more) can learn Japanese from their native language.
By working with support organizations and educational institutions on the ground, we want to make sure that fewer people get stuck at the language barrier.
For Partners
Organizations we want to work with
We welcome any organization committed to multicultural coexistence.
Zero adoption cost, no contracts required ─ ready for use at the front line.
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Japanese language schools & education
A free supplementary resource that lets international students and technical intern trainees preview and review Japanese in their native language. Not the school's own app ─ a free resource students can use at home. Currently exploring partnerships with major schools like ISI and Akamonkai.
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NPOs, NGOs, support organizations
For daily-life support for foreign residents, pre-arrival and continuing study for technical intern trainees, or supplementary material for volunteer Japanese classes. Route users to the appropriate native-language edition.
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Municipalities & international centers
Supplementary material for local Japanese classes, and an extension of multilingual life information. Coverage in newsletters and on official websites is welcome ─ no referral fees.
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Companies (foreign worker employers)
Support for foreign employees' Japanese learning, pre-employment education, and ongoing study on the job. Free to offer as a benefit. Welcoming employers of technical intern trainees, specified skilled workers, and highly skilled professionals.
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Media & influencers
Coverage on the Nepalese, Bangladeshi, and Vietnamese communities in Japan, multicultural coexistence initiatives, and examples of free learning resources in action. Cultural content collaborations welcome.
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Individual volunteers
Japanese teachers, foreign-resident community leaders, volunteers at local Japanese classes. We welcome recommendations to learners and feedback from the field.
Roadmap
Language roadmap
Prototype proven. Now rolling out the main effort ─ "Listen & Speak Japanese" for foreign residents in Japan.
🧪 Prototype ・ Proven
Listen & Speak Nepali
For Japanese speakers learning Nepali ─ validating the method
1,800 conversations ・ 600 grammar ・ 1,000 words ・ Native audio everywhere ・ Fully offline
🎯 Main effort ・ For foreign residents
Listen & Speak Japanese
A series so foreign residents can learn Japanese in their native language
- ✅ Live 🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt UI View
- 📅 Planned 🇬🇧 English UI Details
- 📅 Planned 🇳🇵 नेपाली UI Details
- 📅 Planned 🇧🇩 বাংলা UI Details
- 📅 Planned 🇰🇷 한국어 UI Details
- 📅 Planned 🇨🇳 中文 UI Details
- 📅 Planned 🇵🇭 Tagalog UI Details
- 📅 Planned 🇮🇩 Indonesia UI Details
Same method as the prototype ・ Completely free ・ No ads ・ No account
Tell us about the language needs of the communities you support, so we can prioritize ─ [email protected]
Support foreign residents,
together with your organization.
Adoption, coverage, joint initiatives, social media features, partnership inquiries ─
we welcome any kind of collaboration. Please get in touch.