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Program Activity Summaries
Summary of Japanese-Language Education Overseas Programs

1. Promoting the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education

Expanded language offerings for JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education introductory pamphlets
Published Marugoto Intermediate 2 (B1)
Implemented 27 activities such as holding various seminars in Japan and overseas, providing information through training sessions, etc., and providing advice for joint research

2. JF Language Course

Language courses held in 31 cities in 28 countries/regions

3. Online Educational Tools

(1) The online version of Erin's Challenge! I can speak Japanese accessed 4.73 million times in 12 months
(2) The Minna no Kyozai website accessed approximately 1.51 million times in 12 months
(3) Approximately 33,000 registered users for JF Japanese e-Learning Minato
(4) Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese website accessed approximately 300,000 times in 12 months
(5) Listen Together: The Songs of Japan website accessed approximately 110,000 times in 12 months
(6) MARUGOTO Plus websites accessed approximately 3.43 million times in 12 months
(7) Japanese in Anime & Manga website accessed approximately 1.13 million times in 12 months
(8) NIHONGO eな website accessed approximately 1.03 million times in 12 months
(9) The Nihongo de Care-navi website accessed approximately 780,000 times in 12 months
(10) The HIRAGANA/KATAKANA Memory Hint (character learning app) downloaded approximately 110,000 times in 12 months
(11) The KANJI Memory Hint 1&2 (character learning app) downloaded approximately 100,000 times in 12 months

4. Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

1st Test (July 2)
Overseas: Held in 127 cities in 35 countries/regions, with 314,140 applicants (262,930 examinees).
Japan*: Held in 47 prefectures, with 152,267 applicants (141,176 examinees).
2nd Test (December 3)
Overseas: Held in 226 cities in 76 countries/regions, with 379,501 applicants (317,774 examinees).
Japan*: Held in 47 prefectures, with 181,203 applicants (165,500 examinees).

* In Japan, the test is run by Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES).

5. Surveys and Provision of Information Relating to Japanese-Language Projects

The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Education Bulletin issued annually
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: 230 projects in 28 countries
Sakura Network: 288 member organizations in 92 countries
Sakura Network Member Japanese-language Study Tours: 37 participants from 1 country
Support for overseas Japanese-language education institutions (grants): 568 grants in 89 countries/regions

7. Dispatch of Japanese-Language Specialists

Dispatching of Japanese-language specialists and other personnel
Senior Specialists: 38 posts in 24 countries
Specialists: 66 posts in 35 countries
Assistants: 16 posts in 15 countries
J-LEAP: 20 posts in 1 country
Short-term dispatching of Japanese-language specialists: 2 (Myanmar)

8. Training Programs for Overseas Teachers

Training Program for Leading Teachers of the Japanese Language

Graduate Program in Japanese Language and Culture (Master's Course): 7 people (2 new, 5 continuing) from 6 countries

Training Program for Teachers of the Japanese Language

Long-term: 40 people in 27 countries

Short-term: 70 people in 35 countries/regions

Short-term (Summer): 36 people in 24 countries/regions
Short-term (Winter): 34 people in 19 countries (Japanese descendants: 1 person in 1 country)

"Sakura Network" Basic Training Program for Teachers of the Japanese Language: 14 people in 5 countries
Training Program for teachers of JF Language course: 9 people in 9 countries
South Korean secondary school teachers: 36 people
Chinese university teachers: 18 people
Chinese secondary school teachers: 20 people
Thai secondary education civil servant Japanese-language teachers: 50 people
Japanese Speakers' Forum: 37 people from 6 countries
Project-based: 4 people from 2 countries

Theme-based: 17 people from 12 countries/regions

Theme-based (course design): 10 people from 8 countries/regions
Theme-based (teaching materials development): 7 people from 5 countries

Intensive Japanese-Language Training Program for Australian Teachers invited by Osaka Prefectural Government: 5 people
Sakura Network Member Institutions (teachers): 14 people from 7 countries
Southeast Asian Japanese-Language Teachers' Training College Course in Japan (teachers)
Indonesia: 15 people Vietnam: 9 people
Japanese language Training for Thai Teachers: 13 people

9. Training Programs for Overseas Learners

Japanese-Language Programs for Specialists

Programs for foreign service officers and public officers in FY2016 (ongoing)

Foreign service officers: 29 people from 28 countries
Public officials: 9 people from 8 countries

Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields 6-month course: 17 people from 10 countries

Programs for foreign service officers and public officers in FY2017

Foreign service officers: 27 people from 27 countries
Public officials: 7 people from 7 countries/regions

Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields

2-month course: 16 people from 10 countries/regions
6-month course: 19 people from 11 countries

Japanese-Language Programs for Overseas Students

Japanese-Language Programs for Overseas Students (outstanding students): 49 people from 49 countries
Japanese-Language Program for University Students and Japanese Language Institutions in Brazil: 20 people
Lee Soo-Hyun Youth Exchange Program: 20 high school students from South Korea
Japanese-Language Program for Outstanding Students of JF
Japanese-Language Courses: 32 people from 28 countries
Sakura Network Member Institutions (students): 7 people from 7 countries
Japanese-Language Program for JET participants in Osaka: 33 people from 8 countries

Japanese-Language Education Capacity Building

Japanese-Language Program for Southeast Asia Teacher's Training College Course in Japan (students)
Indonesia: 15 people Vietnam: 18 people

10. Japanese-Language Pre-training Program for Candidates for Nurses and Certificated Care Workers under EPAs

6-month preparatory Japanese-language training programs for prospective nurses and certificated care workers implemented in Indonesia and the Philippines

4 EPA-related training programs implemented in 2 countries

FY2016 (ongoing): 326 from Indonesia / 323 from the Philippines
FY2017 (new): 329 from Indonesia / 317 from the Philippines

11. Commissioned Training Programs

Training for Teachers

Preparatory Training in Japan for Overseas Teachers of Hakuho Scheme for a Global Children's Japanese Language Network (Hakuho Foundation): 14 teachers from 13 countries/regions
Preparatory training program prior to dispatch to Russia (Japan Russia Youth Exchange Center): 16 young Japanese-language teachers from 1 country
In Country Training Program for Japanese Language Teachers of New Zealand: 7 teachers

Training for Learners

Canon Vietnam Japanese-Language Program: 1 person
Japan Latvian Society in Kansai Japanese-Language Program: 1 person
Japanese-Language Program for Indonesian University Students: 2 university students
Chonburi Technological College Trip Program: 14 students
New Zealand's Nelson High School Trip Program: 20 students
New Zealand's Kaikoura High School Trip Program: 6 students

12. Libraries of Japanese-Language Institutes

The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa received 18,005 visitors
The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai received 15,265 visitors