Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley and co-writer Yukari Takenaka. The lessons and techniques used in this series have been taught successfully for over ten years in classrooms throughout the world. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners.

Features of Book 1 include an integrated workbook with answer key, over 800 new words and expressions, learning to read and write hiragana, easy-to-understand example dialogues, culture points about Japan, bilingual glossaries with kana and romaji, and much more!.