Activity Reports

Main Activities

Surveys, Research, and Publications

• Country and Regional Information
• Bulletin and Report
• Japanese-Language Inst., Urawa, Library

Japanese-Language Specialists Dispatch Program

Training Programs

Find Teaching Materials

• Minna no Kyôzai
• Nihongo de Care-navi
• Internet Japanese Test

Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

Grant and Support Programs

Events

The JF Nihongo Network

FAQ

In addition to producing its own educational materials, the Foundation also provides aid to overseas educational organizations for the development of textbooks, dictionaries, audio-visual teaching materials, and teacher's manuals. Also, textbooks and video teaching materials are donated to overseas Japanese-language organizations that do not have sufficient Japanese-language education teaching materials.

*Please see "Publications and Goods"-> “Japanese Language Education” for all lists of the publication concerning Japanese-language education.

*Please see also “List of Japanese-Language Teaching Materials Developed by the Japan Foundation” and “List of Japanese-Language Teaching Materials Developed with the Assistance of the Japan Foundation” in The Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa website.

The Japan Foundation launched the Minna no Kyôzai Japanese version in May 2002 and the English version in November 2004. The Japan Foundation is aiming to help Japanese-language teachers from all over the world produce teaching materials that are suited to every local learner.

A growing number of young people are studying Japanese language because they are attracted to Japan’s “cool” culture. For these young people, The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa, has developed the series “Erin’s Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese.”

Japanese-English / English-Japanese dictionary with useful expressions in nursing and caretaking scenes for supporting your Japanese Language learning.

Japanese anime and manga are really popular with young people all over the world today. This is an e-learning website for those who want to learn Japanese from anime and manga. Users can study expression distinctive of characters with audio playback or words used in specific genre, such as LOVE, through quizzes. It’s a fun way to learn Japanese!

 

Anyone, anytime, can have fun testing his or her Japanese language ability without pressure and at no charge. (Learners taking the test will have to register as members at first.) This test is directed mainly at junior and senior high school learners of Japanese who still find Level 4 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test to be still difficult.

 

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