Mina-san, Blogging at JapanesePod101.com has just reached a whole new level. And if saying so isn't enough, we even gave our blog its own new website. That's right, JapanesePod101.com Blogs has arrived. The new blog features a fresh, clutter-free design, an infrastructure that can support several independent blogs, and a completely new category structure. We have a number of individual contributors who will be writing about various topics related to Japan and the Japanese language from their own unique vantage points. Max in Shanghai features Max, a student of Chinese and a JapanesePod101.com listener, discussing his Japanese learning adventures while living in China. Megumi's Matters features the thoughts and musings of... Show more

Mina-san, As many of you heard in the Saturday's news, JapanesePod101.com will be taking five days next week, February 19th through the 23rd, to take a look at everything that we've done over the past year, and then shuffle it all into order. Things are non-stop around here, with a small team constantly working to bring you, the listeners, high-quality content, released daily. With such a rush, it's easy for things to get a bit messy! That's why it's time to do a little spring cleaning here at JapanesePod101.com. Not only will we be getting things in order behind the scenes, but the improvements to our web site just keep continuing. Our blog, long neglected, will be brought back to life in a whole new way, with a whole new design. We... Show more

On Saturday, January 27th, 2007 from 12am to 3am EST, we will be releasing version 2.0 of the Premium Learning Center. During this time, the JapanesePod101.com will not be available! The next generation Learning Center will feature an entirely new layout, an improved user interface, and superior site organization. For questions concerning this upcoming release, please contact us by email at support@japanesepod101.com or post a comment here. We appreciate your understanding as we continue to improve the JapanesePod101.com site. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Eran

All, Although I said I would post my next blog this week, the truth is, I'm already away from Tokyo on vacation for the New Year holidays. I will be taking a brief hiatus and should return with a new entry on January 11th. Please check back then. Thanks for your understanding! Nathan

Mina-san, We have successfully (we hope) completed the migration of our server to a new and improved platform. The JapanesePod101.com website should now be accessible again. If you experience any issues or notice something out of the ordinary, please post a comment or send us an email at support@japanesepod101.com. A big thank you to Marvin, our new Intern and technical guru, for his help with the upgrade and to our entire community for their patience during the upgrade process. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Eran

Mina-san, On Sunday, November 12th from 12am to 6am EST, we will be upgrading our server environment to improve the performance, speed, and reliability of our site and to support our growing community of listeners. During this window, the JapanesePod101.com site will be unavailable. For questions or concerns with regard to this maintenance, please contact us by email at support@japanesepod101.com or post a comment here. We appreciate your understanding while we continue to improve the JapanesePod101.com service. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Eran JapanesePod101.com

Mina-san, This Sunday (10/29/06) between 4am and 6am EST we will be upgrading our membership system. During this time, the JapanesePod101.com site will not be available. Please accept our apologies in advance for this inconvenience. Thank you, JapanesePod101.com

Update: We have postponed the server upgrade until further notice. We hope to re-schedule it as soon as possible and will post a new maintenance window when it becomes available. In an effort to improve the performance, speed, and reliability of our site and to support our growing community of listeners, we will be upgrading our server environment this weekend. A maintenance window has been scheduled for Sunday, August 27th between 12am and 12pm EST. During this time, the JapanesePod101.com site will be available intermittently. We will do our best to minimize any disruptions or downtime. Please accept our apologies in advance for this inconvenience. Thank you for all your support. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Eran ... Show more

皆さん、in order to improve the level of content in our podcasts, we are switching to a bi-weekly newscast on Saturdays. We feel this move will benefit the content of all our podcasts, as this will allow us to concentrate more on each individual podcast. Thank you again for your understanding. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

Hello everyone, just a quick post to let everyone know that the armadillo brigade is on to bigger and more prestigious prey. This time they have decided to bypass us and take down libsyn! While brash and ambitious, the early results seem to indicate libsyn has also underestimated their strength, quickness and the power in numbers factor. We're currently sharing intelligence with libsyn, but at the moment there is no estimated time of libsyn correcting the issue. We're thinking hours here, and we'll keep you posted. Update: It appears that libsyn has rectified their problems. Please let us know if you are still unable to access our media files.