Whether you are learning the Japanese online or taking Japanese classes you should be making sure that you are in fact learning. Studying Japanese can become a very time consuming endeavour if you don’t make a strong conscious effort to learn. As Japanese is a fairly complex language many students suffer form information overload and struggle to make progress. Before going out a joining a school or paying hundreds of dollars for an audio program go to Youtube a take some lessons. Find out if learning Japanese is really for you.