I have been spending some time working on Spanish… not much use in Japan.
I have downloaded a couple of different podcasts to try and pick up some of the phrases. I think I am going to have to put some serious effort into this!
Added 02/03/10
I have listend to a couple of podcasts.
so far my favorites are Survival Phrases http://survivalphrases.com/japanese
and one minute Japanese ( though hearing a scottish accent speak Japan is disconcerting..:) ) http://radiolingua.com/ I was working through there coffe break spanish series before I changed focus.