Start out with Michel Thomas' Japanese course. It's just speaking/listening, no reading/writing. I learned more from that in two hours than I did in a month o

Start out with Michel Thomas' Japanese course. It's just speaking/listening, no reading/writing. I learned more from that in two hours than I did in a month of self-study using other programs. You can probably find it for free on Youtube. The venerable Mr. Thomas is no longer with us, unfortunately.