Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin

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Nihongokyoiku Tsushin provides Japanese-language teachers, in particular those overseas, with information on teaching materials, teaching ideas for the classroom, current topics in Japan, the situation of Japanese-language education both in Japan and abroad, and so on.

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Nihongo Kyoiku News

Updated on April 1, 2026

CEFR level to be added for reference to JLPT score reports

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Current Report on Japanese-Language Education

Updated on February 2, 2026

Carried by a Gentle, Quiet Flow: Japanese Language Education and the Making of Nihongo in Laos(available in Japanese only)

NAKAI Chiharu (Japanese-Language Education Adviser, the Japan Foundation, Yangon)

The covers of the Japanese language textbooks [Nihongo 1-7] are lined up.

Japanese-Language Education for Children Connected to Japan

New!Updated on May 1, 2026

Nurturing “Language” and “Connections” in Islamabad — A Circle of Learning Created by Parents and Children Together (available in Japanese only)

SHIRAI Mariko (Islamabad Nihongo Club, Representative of the Club)

Eleven children from the Japanese Club against a backdrop of floral wallpaper

Ideas for Japanese-Language Classrooms

Updated on July 1, 2025

Let's make a poster with a world timeline! (available in Japanese only)

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Research on the Japanese Language & Japanese Language Education

Updated on December 1, 2025

Expanding the Possibilities of Japanese-Language Education through CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning (available in Japanese only)

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View Language Through the Japanese

Updated on December 2, 2024

Thinking about Voice in Japanese Grammar (2): The Forms and Meanings of Transitive and Intransitive Verbs (available in Japanese only)

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Enjoy Japanese Grammar

Updated on March 31, 2017

How to Express One's Feelings and Thoughts -Adversative-(available in Japanese only)

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Columns

Nihongo Kyoiku News / Ideas for Japanese-Language Classrooms / View Language Through the Japanese / Enjoy Japanese Grammar / Research on the Japanese Language & Japanese Language Education / Current Report on Japanese-Language Education

Past columns

Bookshelf / The First Step for Teaching Japanese / Aspects of Japan Today in Newspapers and Magazines / Cover Essay / Japanese Life as Seen in Photographs / Japanese Language-related Projects Implemented by the Japan Foundation / Teaching Materials Created or Subsidized by the Japan Foundation / Japanese Language Teaching Around the World / Overseas Japanese-Language Education Q & A / Useful Web Sites for Teachers / Nippon Report / Working in Japanese / Other / Miscellaneous News & From the Editors

Nihongokyoiku Tsushin Booklet

No.70-No.74 , No.64-No.69 , No.58-No.63 , No.52-No.57 , No.46-No.51 , No.40-No.45 , No.34-No.39 , No.28-No.33 , No.1-No.27

[Contact Us]

The Japan Foundation Language Institute, Urawa
Research and Development Section
5-6-36, Kita-Urawa, Urawa-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Tel: 048-834-1183 Fax: 048-831-7846
E-mail: tsushin＠jpf.go.jp
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