With the aim of providing support to specialists who require Japanese-language proficiency in order to smoothly execute their specialist work and research activities (such as researchers, graduate students, librarians, and museum and art museum curators), this 6-month Japanese-Language program provides training for the acquisition of practical Japanese-language proficiency through a curriculum that is tailored to the characteristics of the respective specialist work, conducted at the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai.

Application deadline is 1 December 2026(JST).
Visit website for more details and application instructions.

https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/program/japanese.html (under no. 4)