At the end of last year, news emerged that Japan, struggling with a continuous labor shortage, is considering a plan to eliminate the residency period for foreigners with specific skills. As a result, ...

Takeshi at Saigon kara kita tsuma [サイゴンから来た妻] writes about his Vietnamese wife who took the Japanese Language Proficiency Test [en] [日本語能力試験, nihongo nōryoku shiken] today, as do thousands of other ...

Each year, the Center for Asian Studies manages the administration of the JLPT on the CU Boulder campus. The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) was developed in Japan, and has been offered ...

TOKYO -- The Japan Foundation has temporarily stopped administering a Japanese language proficiency test in Japan for people hoping to work in the country, citing cases of fraud. About Sponsored ...

Registration for this year's JLPT ends in one week! Each year on the first Sunday in December, the Center for Asian Studies sponsors the Colorado-area Japanese Language Proficiency Test. This year's ...

The NihongoUp Blog gives an in-depth explanation of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) – “It is a Japanese language test for non-native speakers, held twice a year in East Asia and once a ...