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Program Activity Summaries
Summary of Japanese-Language Education Overseas Programs

1. Promoting the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education

JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education website accessed approximately 245,000 times in 12 months
'Minna no Can-do' website accessed approximately 350,000 times in 12 months
Providing information at various seminars and training sessions in Japan and overseas
Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture published overseas edition in 6 levels in 4 countries
JF Can-do for Life in Japan and new teaching material Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan were released
Supervised NHK World Japan's Easy Japanese

2. JF Language Course

Language courses held in 29 cities in 27 countries/regions

3. Online Educational Tools

(1) The online version of "Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese." accessed approximately 3.50 million times in 12 months
(2) 'Minna no Kyozai' website accessed approximately 1.70 million times in 12 months
(3) Approximately 142,000 registered users for JF Japanese e-Learning Minato
(4) Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese website accessed approximately 550,000 times in 12 months
(5) MARUGOTO Plus websites accessed approximately 5.55 million times in 12 months
(6) Japanese in Anime & Manga website accessed approximately 950,000 times in 12 months
(7) NIHONGO eな website accessed approximately 1.08 million times in 12 months
(8) The Nihongo de Care-navi website accessed approximately 780,000 times in 12 months
(9) The HIRAGANA Memory Hint (character learning app) downloaded approximately 80,000 times in 12 months
(10) The KATAKANA Memory Hint (character learning app) downloaded approximately 50,000 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 20,000 times in 12 months

4. Tests for Assessing Japanese-Language Proficiency

(1) Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

1st Test (July 7)
Overseas: Held in 147 cities in 46 countries/regions, with 423,604 applicants (347,517 examinees).
Japan*: Held in 47 prefectures, with 220,500 applicants (202,931 examinees).
2nd Test (December 1)
Overseas: Held in 238 cities in 75 countries/regions, with 458,684 applicants (381,933 examinees).
Japan*: Held in 47 prefectures, with 259,349 applicants (236,154 examinees).
Accumulative total of overseas applicants 10,840,746 (9,110,178 examinees)
Accumulative total of applicants in Japan 3,557,057 (3,244,232 examinees)

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

(2) The Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese (JFT-Basic)

8 times a year, 6 overseas countries, 9 cities, with 8,334 applicants (7,971 examinees)

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)
Aggregation of data from the Survey on Japanese-Language Education Abroad 2018, announcement of preliminary data (press release), prepared a report

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: 256 projects in 29 countries
Sakura Network: 292 member organizations in 93 countries/regions
Support for overseas Japanese-language education institutions (grants): 569 grants in 82 countries/regions

7. Dispatch of Japanese-Language Specialists

Dispatching of Japanese-language Specialists and other personnel
Senior Specialists: 32 posts in 24 countries
Specialists: 82 posts in 37 countries
Assistants: 12 posts in 12 countries
Japanese Language Education Assistant Program (J-LEAP): 12 posts in 1 country
Japanese-Language Supporters (Grassroots Exchange Network – Japan: GEN-J): 7 posts in 1 country (U.S.)

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): 4 people (4 ongoing) from 4 countries

Training Programs for Teachers of the Japanese Language

Basic Training: 42 people in 31 countries

Teaching Methods: 60 people in 30 countries/regions

Teaching Methods (Summer): 34 people in 25 countries/regions

Teaching Methods (Winter): 28 people in 17 countries/regions

Intensive Training Program for Secondary School Teachers of the Japanese Language from Korea: 35 people in 1 country
Intensive Training Programs for Secondary School Teachers of the Japanese Language from China: 18 people in 1 country
Training Program for the Japanese Teachers Association in Thailand (JTAT): 14 people from 1 country

Theme-based: 36 people from 24 countries/regions

Theme-based (21st century skills): 15 people from 13 countries/regions

Theme-based (business Japanese): 11 people from 8 countries

Theme-based (course design): 10 people from 9 countries

Japanese Language: 21 people from 16 countries
Japanese Teaching Methods Program for Teachers of Specified Skilled Worker Candidates: 81 people from 8 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): 8 people from 5 countries
Southeast Asian Japanese-Language Teachers' Training College Course in Japan (Indonesia) (teachers): 12 people from 1 country
Grassroots Exchange Network-Japan Program (GEN-J) (teachers): 4 people from U.S.

9. Training Programs for Overseas Learners

Japanese-Language Program for Specialists

Programs for Foreign Service Officers and Public Officials in FY2018 (ongoing)

Foreign service officers: 27 people from 27 countries

Public officials: 5 people from 5 countries

Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields

6-month course: 16 people from 7 countries

Programs for Foreign Service Officers and Public Officials in FY2019

Foreign service officers: 29 people from 29 countries

Public officials: 2 people from 2 countries

Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields

2-month course: 9 people from 6 countries

6-month course: 10 people from 8 countries

Japanese-Language Programs for Overseas Students

Japanese-Language Programs for Overseas Students (outstanding students): 46 people from 46 countries
In Country Program for People in Brazil who wish to study in Japan: 10 people from 1 country
Lee Soo-Hyun Youth Exchange Program: 17 people from Korea
Japanese-Language Program for Outstanding Participant of the 48th Japanese-Language Speech Contest in Indonesia: 1 person from 1 country
Japanese-Language Program for Sakura Network Member Institutions (students): 5 people from 5 countries
In Country Program for ESSEC Business School Students: 7 people from 1 country (France)
Grassroots Exchange Network-Japan Program (GEN-J) (students): 20 people from U.S.

Japanese-Language Education Capacity Building

Southeast Asia Teachers' Training College Course in Japan (Indonesia) (students): 13 people from 1 country

10. Japanese-Language Education Training Program for Candidates for Nurses and Certificated Care Workers Related 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

FY2018 (ongoing):334 from Indonesia / 323 from the Philippines

FY2019 (new): 322 from Indonesia / 340 from the Philippines

11. Commissioned Training Programs

Training for Teachers

Hakuhodo Foundation Japanese Language Exchange Program
11th Training Program in Japan for Overseas Teachers: 10 people from 10 countries/regions
Hakuho Japanese Research Fellowship: (13th) 1 person from 1 country (ongoing)
(14th) 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: 6 teachers from 1 country
In Country Training Program for Japanese-Language Teachers of Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico: 4 teachers from 1 country

Training for Learners

Japan Latvian Society in Kansai Japanese-Language Program: 1 person from 1 country
In Country Training Program for Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST): 5 people 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 Training Program for Griffith University (Australia): 7 students from 1 country
In Country Training Program for Honda R&D Americas: 3 people from 1 country

12. Other Training Programs

Japanese-Language Program for JET Participants in Osaka: 47 people from 7 countries
JET Training Program for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language: 29 people from 12 countries

13. Libraries of Japanese-Language Institutes

The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa received 15,863 visitors
The Library of the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai received 12,656 visitors