The Japan Foundation provides the JF Language Course targeting the general public at our overseas offices and some other venues around the globe in 28 cities. Approximately 16,000 people studied Japanese through the JF Language Course in 2022.,

The JF Language Course offers the Japanese-language courses in compliance with the JF STANDARD FOR JAPANESE-LANGUAGE EDUCATION (*), which defines Japanese language proficiency, level classification, goal setting, evaluation methods, and others. The JF Language Course has prepared textbooks “Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture” to learn Japanese society and culture as well as Japanese language. Also, the JF Language Course offers the online courses using “JF Japanese e-Learning Minato”.

We expect the JF language course to be a good model of Japanese-language education, which leads to improving the educational environment for learners and teachers. We hope the JF language course enables us to welcome a larger number of Japanese learners.

*For more details on the "JF STANDARD FOR JAPANESE-LANGUAGE EDUCATION" , please visit here.

JF Language Course around the world (As of June 2023)

The JF Language Course Site List (As of June 2023)

Region	Country	City	Organizer
East Asia	Korea	Seoul	The Japan Foundation, Seoul
	Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Mongolia-Japan Center
Southeast Asia	Indonesia	Jakarta	The Japan Foundation, Jakarta
	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center
	Thailand	Bangkok	The Japan Foundation, Bangkok
	The Philippines	Manila	The Japan Foundation, Manila
	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
	Vietnam	Hanoi	The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
		Ho Chi Min City
	Laos	Vientiane	Laos-Japan Human Resource Development Institute
South Asia	India	New Delhi	The Japan Foundation, New Delhi
Oceania	Australia	Sydney	The Japan Foundation, Sydney
North America	Canada	Toronto	The Japan Foundation, Toronto
	USA	Los Angeles	The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
Central & South America	Mexico	Mexico City	The Japan Foundation, Mexico
	Brazil	Sao Paulo	The Japan Foundation, Sao Paulo
Western Europe	Italy	Rome	The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome
	Germany	Cologne	The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne
	France	Paris	The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris
	Spain	Madrid	The Japan Foundation, Madrid
Eastern Europe	Hungary	Budapest	The Japan Foundation, Budapest
	Russia	Moscow	The Japan Foundation, Moscow
	Ukraine	Kyiv	Ukraine-Japan Center
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	The Uzbekistan-Japan Center For Human Development
	Kazakhstan	Almaty	Kazakhstan-Japan Center
		Astana
	Kyrgyz Republic	Bishkek	Kyrgyz Republic-Japan Center for Human Development
Middle East/ Africa	Egypt	Cairo	The Japan Foundation, Cairo