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Program Activity Summaries
Summary of Japanese-Language Education Overseas Programs

1. Promoting the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education

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 approximately 4.04 million times in 12 months
  2. The Minna no Kyozai Website accessed approximately 1.62 million times in 12 months
  3. Approximately 62,000 registered users for JF Japanese e-Learning Minato
  4. Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese website accessed approximately 350,000 times in 12 months
  5. MARUGOTO Plus websites accessed approximately 3.70 million times in 12 months
  6. Japanese in Anime & Manga website accessed approximately 1.02 million times in 12 months
  7. NIHONGO eな website accessed approximately 1.05 million times in 12 months
  8. The Nihongo de Care-navi website accessed approximately 970,000 times in 12 months
  9. The HIRAGANA Memory Hint (character learning app) downloaded approximately 60,000 times in 12 months
  10. The KATAKANA Memory Hint (character learning app) downloaded approximately 40,000 times in 12 months
  11. The KANJI Memory Hint 1,2&3 (character learning app) downloaded approximately 70,000 times in 12 months
  12. Challenge with Erin –Japanese Language Test– (beginner-level learning app) downloaded approximately 10,000 times in 12 months

4. Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

1st Test (July 1)
Overseas: Held in 135 cities in 40 countries/regions, with 361,361 applicants (300,903 examinees).
Japan*: Held in 46 prefectures, with 182,828 applicants (169,176 examinees).
2nd Test (December 2)
Overseas: Held in 232 cities in 76 countries/regions, with 410,559 applicants (343,241 examinees).
Japan*: Held in 47 prefectures, with 213,252 applicants (195,754 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)
Implemented "The Survey on Japanese-Language Education Abroad 2018"

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 29 countries
Sakura Network: 292 member organizations in 93 countries/regions
Support for overseas Japanese-language education institutions (grants): 547 grants in 93 countries/regions

7. Dispatch of Japanese-Language Specialists

Dispatching of Japanese-language specialists and other personnel
Senior Specialists: 38 posts in 24 countries
Specialists: 70 posts in 37 countries
Assistants: 11 posts in 11 countries
J-LEAP: 11 posts in 1 country
Japanese-Language Supporters (Grassroots Exchange Network - Japan): 6 posts in 1 country

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): 6 people (4 new, 2 continuing) from 6 countries

Training Program for Teachers of the Japanese Language

Long-term: 42 people in 29 countries

Short-term: 69 people in 32 countries/regions
Short-term (Summer): 34 people in 20 countries/regions
Short-term (Winter): 35 people in 21 countries/regions (Japanese descendants: 2 people in 1 country)

"Sakura Network" Basic Training Program : 16 people in 8 countries
South Korean secondary school teachers: 35 people in 1 country
Chinese secondary school teachers: 19 people in 1 country
Philippines secondary school teachers: 28 people in 1 country
Project-based: 5 people from 2 countries

Theme-based: 18 people from 12 countries
Theme-based (teaching Japanese grammar): 10 people from 8 countries
Theme-based (course design): 8 people from 5 countries

Japanese-Language Training Program for Queensland Teachers invited by Osaka Prefectural Government: 5 people from 1 country
Japanese-Language Program for Sakura Network Training Member Institutions (teachers): 10 people from 4 countries
Southeast Asian Japanese-Language Teachers' Training College Course in Japan (teachers)
Indonesia: 13 people Viet Nam: 7 people
Training Program for The Japanese Teachers Association in Thailand (JTAT): 10 people from 1 country

9. Training Programs for Overseas Learners

Japanese-Language Program for Specialists

Programs for foreign service officers and public officials in FY2017 (ongoing)
Foreign service officers: 27 people from 27 countries
Public officials: 7 people from 7 countries
Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields 6-month course: 19 people from 11 countries
Programs for foreign service officers and public officials in FY2018
Foreign service officers: 27 people from 27 countries
Public officials: 5 people from 5 countries
Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields
2-month course: 11 people from 9 countries
6-month course: 16 people from 7 countries

Japanese-Language Programs for Overseas Students

Japanese-Language Program for Overseas Students (outstanding students): 45 people from 45 countries
Japanese-Language Program for Japanese-Language Instructors in Brazil: 15 people from 1 country
Lee Soo Hyun Youth Exchange Program: 20 high school students from South Korea
Japanese-Language Program for Outstanding Participant of the Japanese-Language Speech Contest in Indonesia (University students/General Category): 1 person from 1 country
Japanese-Language Program for Sakura Network Member Institutions (students): 5 people from 4 countries
In country Program for ESSEC Business School Students: 17 people from France

Japanese-Language Education Capacity Building

Southeast Asia Teachers' Training College Course in Japan (students)
Indonesia: 12 people Viet Nam: 14 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
FY2017 (ongoing): 329 from Indonesia / 317 from the Philippines
FY2018 (new): 334 from Indonesia / 323 from the Philippines

11. Commissioned Training Programs

Training for Teachers

10th Preparatory Training in Japan for Overseas Teachers of Hakuho Scheme for a Global Children's Japanese-Language Network (Hakuho Foundation): 14 teachers from 12 countries/regions
13th Hakuho Japanese Research Fellowship: 1 person from 1 country
Preparatory training program prior to dispatch to Russia (Japan Russia Youth Exchange Center): 18 young Japanese-language teachers from 1 country
In Country Training Program for Japanese-Language Teachers of New Zealand: 7 teachers from 1 country

Training for Learners

Canon Viet Nam Japanese-Language Program: 1 person from 1 country
Japan Latvian Society in Kansai Japanese-Language Program: 1 person from 1 country
Japanese-Language Program for Indonesian University Students (Commissioned by Osaka Gas Foundation of International Cultural Exchange): 2 university students from 1 country
In country Program for Chonburi Technological College: 14 students from 1 country
New Zealand's Karamu High School Trip Program: 27 students from 1 country
New Zealand's Heretaunga College Trip Program: 13 students from 1 country

12. Other Training Programs

Japanese-Language Program for JET Participants in Osaka: 47 people from 6 countries
JET Training Program for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language: 37 people from 10 countries
Skill-up Training for Japanese Teachers Abroad: 18 people from 1 country

13. Libraries of Japanese-Language Institutes

The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa received 16,757 visitors
The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai received 13,631 visitors