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Program Activity Summaries
Summary of Japanese-Language Education Overseas Programs
1. Promoting the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education
- JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education website accessed approximately 266,000 times in 12 months
- ‘Minna no Can-do’ Website accessed approximately 297,000 times in 12 months
- Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture published overseas edition in 2 levels in 2 countries
- Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan enhanced contents with word lists and PDFs with audio files, etc.
- Broadcast and distributed ひきだすにほんご Activate Your Japanese! (coproduced with NHK Educational)
- Broadcast and distributed NHK WORLD JAPAN’s Easy Japanese (supervisory role)
- Providing information at various online seminars and training sessions in Japan and overseas
2. JF Language Course
- Language courses held in 28 cities in 26 countries/regions
3. Online Educational Tools
- Approximately 292,000 registered users for JF Japanese e-Learning Minato
- Approximately 54,000 registered users for Irodori Japanese Online Course
- ‘Minna no Kyozai’ Website accessed approximately 1.44 million times in 12 months
- MARUGOTO website accessed approximately 5.72 million times in 12 months
- MARUGOTO Plus websites accessed approximately 9.85 million times in 12 months
- Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan website accessed approximately 2.19 million times in 12 months
- Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese website accessed approximately 750,000 times in 12 months
- Japanese in Anime & Manga website accessed approximately 1.17 million times in 12 months
- NIHONGO eな website accessed approximately 1.03 million times in 12 months
- Nihongo de Care-Navi website accessed approximately 650,000 times in 12 months
- ”Erin’s Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese.” Contents Library website accessed approximately 1.99 million times in 12 months
- Challenge with Erin - Japanese Language Test - (beginner-level learning app) downloaded approximately 10,000 times in 12 months
- HIRAGANA Memory Hint (character learning app) downloaded approximately 100,000 times in 12 months
- KATAKANA Memory Hint (character learning app) downloaded approximately 50,000 times in 12 months
- KANJI Memory Hint 1, 2 & 3 (character learning app) downloaded approximately 60,000 times in 12 months
4. Tests for Assessing Japanese-Language Proficiency
- Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
1st Test (July 4):
Overseas: Held in 93 cities in 25 countries/regions, with 142,289 examinees.
Japan*: Held in 47 prefectures, with 193,626 examinees.
2nd Test (December 5):
Overseas: Held in 175 cities in 68 countries/regions, with 173,365 examinees.
Japan*: Held in 47 prefectures, with 175,627 examinees.
*In Japan, the test is run by Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES). - The Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese (JFT-Basic)
6 times a year, 16 cities in 9 overseas countries, and 47 prefectures in Japan with 30,596 examinees
5. Surveys and Provision of Information Relating to Japanese-Language Projects
- The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Education Bulletin issued annually
- Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin (updated monthly) accessed approximately 500,000 times in 12 months
- Operation of website Nihongo Kyôiku Kuni·Chiikibetsu Jôhô (Information on Japanese-language education by country/region; available in Japanese)
6. Japanese-Language Education Overseas Programs of Overseas Offices and the JF Nihongo Network (“Sakura Network”)
- Projects by Japan Foundation’s overseas offices and Japan Center for Human Resources Development (Japan Center) branches: 260 projects in 28 countries
- JF Nihongo Network (“Sakura Network”): 357 organizations in 102 countries/regions
Support for overseas Japanese-language education institutions (grants): 652 grants in 95 countries/regions
7. Dispatch of Japanese-Language Specialists
Dispatch of Japanese-Language Specialists and other personnel
- Japanese-Language Senior Specialists: 29 posts in 21 countries
- Japanese-Language Specialists: 78 posts in 39 countries
- Japanese-Language Assistants: 12 posts in 12 countries
- Japanese Language Education Assistant Program (J-LEAP): 7 posts in 1 country
8. Training Programs for Overseas Teachers
Training Programs for Teachers of the Japanese Language
- Basic (online): 32 people in 25 countries
(Basic (Autumn): 31 people in 25 countries)
(Basic (Winter): 21 people in 18 countries) - Teaching Methods (online): 20 people in 15 countries
- Online Training Program for Secondary School Teachers of the Japanese- Language from Republic of Korea: 18 people in 1 country
- Online Training Program for Secondary School Teachers of the Japanese- Language from People’s Republic of China: 7 people in 1 country
- Specific Theme: 96 people from 17 countries/regions
(JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (online): 21 people from 11 countries)
(Japanese-Language Education and Culture (online): 25 people from 13 countries)
(Teaching Reading Comprehension (online): 26 people from 12 countries)
(Rethinking of Teaching Japanese Grammar (online): 14 people from 7 countries)
(Teaching Business Japanese: Understanding Learner's Needs (online): 12 people from 9 countries) - Japanese-Language (online): 27 people from 14 countries
- Japanese Teaching Methods Program for Teachers of Specified Skilled
(Workers Candidates: 61 people from 6 countries)
(Session 1 (online): 16 people from 5 countries)
(Session 2 (online): 15 people from 4 countries)
(Session 3: 13 people from 4 countries)
(Session 4 (online): 17 people in 6 countries) - The Online Guest Teacher Program for teachers from Queensland, Australia (online): 14 people from 1 country
- Irodori Japanese Online Course utilization seminar 1(online): 108 people from 18 countries
- Irodori Japanese Online Course utilization seminar 2 (online): 142 people from 26 countries
- Introductory seminar on video production for Japanese-language teachers (Applications) (online): 64 people from 18 countries
9. Training Programs for Overseas Learners
Japanese-Language Program for Specialists
- In FY2020 (continued from FY2020 to FY2021)
Foreign service officers and public officials (online): 28 people from 28 countries - In FY2021
Foreign service officers and public officials (online): 33 people from 29 countries Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields / 2-month course (online): 10 people from 6 countries
Japanese-Language Programs for Overseas Students
- Lee Soo-Hyun Youth Exchange Program (online): 14 people from 1 country
10. Japanese-Language Education Training Program for Candidates for Nurses and Certificated Care Workers Related EPAs
6-month Preparatory Japanese-Language Training Programs for Prospective Nurses and Certificated Care Workers implemented in Indonesia and the Philippines
- EPA-related training: 4 programs in 2 countries
FY2020(continued from FY2020 to FY2021): 274 from Indonesia / 227 from the Philippines
FY2021 (new): 302 from Indonesia / 250 from the Philippines
11. Commissioned Training Programs
Training for Teachers
Cancelled due to the impact of the spread of COVID-19
Training for Learners
- Japanese-Language Program for Indonesian University Students (Commissioned by Osaka Gas Foundation of International Cultural Exchange) (online): 2 university students from 1 country
- Japanese–Language Program for Students of Griffith University (online): 10 people from 1 country
12. Other Training Programs
- Japanese-Language Program for JET Participants in Osaka
Session 1 (online): 39 people from 4 countries
Session 2 (online): 26 people from 7 countries
Session 3: 21 people from 5 countries - JET Online Training Program for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language 16 people from 9 countries
13. Libraries of Japanese-Language Institutes
- The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa received 1,758 visitors (reserved books rental service was available during the temporary closure)
- The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai received 4,332 visitors