English is a mandatory subject in Japan. Students begin learning it in elementary school, often by the 3rd grade. By ...

However, the number of foreign students studying at Japanese language schools has hit a record high this year. One reason is that students are not coming to Japan just for the money.

According to the school, the town of Higashikawa has provided Japanese language lessons to visitors on tourist visas since 2009. Former school teachers worked as instructors back then, the school ...

International Exchange Program Opens an external link. Students: Private Japanese language school highly regarded by current and past UAB students. While most students are from other parts of Asia and ...

The author interviewed students and teachers at a Tokyo Japanese-language school to shed light on the challenges they face. The number of foreign students in Japan has been climbing since 2023 ...

Children with various backgrounds participating intensive Japanese course at school Himawari, in Yokohama, June 2022. The program is aimed at supporting students make a smooth transition to local ...

More and more university students are teaching children with foreign roots the Japanese language, and working to create ...

Multiple examinees who took a Japanese language test for non-native speakers in December submitted papers deemed ungradable, a source ...

surveyed institutions offering Japanese language study. It found that more than 3.7 million people were studying Japanese overseas as of 2021. Many are believed to be choosing online platforms for ...

Junichi Sumi ■ Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1973. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University with a BA in International Politics and Economics, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in ...