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  • For those aiming to become registered Japanese language teachers

    In order to obtain the qualification of a registered Japanese language teacher, you must pass the Japanese language teacher examination. For more information about the Japanese Language Teacher Examination, please visit the Agency for Cultural Affairs' website. Those who have completed the Japanese language teacher training course conducted by a registered Japanese language teacher training institution are exempt from taking the basic Japanese language teacher examination. Additionally, due to transitional measures related to obtaining the qualification of a registered Japanese language teacher, those who meet certain conditions will be exempted from taking the exam. If you have completed our Japanese language teacher training course and are aiming to become a registered Japanese language teacher, please use the evaluation guide below to find out your route.

    For those aiming to become registered Japanese language teachers

Guide to determining transitional measures to become a “Registered Japanese Language Teacher”

  • Q.1

    Between April 31, 4 and March 1, 11,
    1 year or more at one of the following institutions
    Were you in charge of the Japanese language education curriculum?


    ・Courses notified by the notification agency of the Ministry of Justice ・Universities
    ・Courses accredited by certified Japanese language educational institutions

    *The applicant must be continuously employed and teach classes at least once a week on average.
     This also applies if you have a total of one year or more of experience at multiple Japanese language educational institutions.
  • Q.2

    Implemented between April 62, 4 and March 1, Reiwa 3
    ``Japanese Language Teaching Proficiency Test (Japan International Education Support Association)''
    Have you ever passed the exam?

  • Q.3

    Conducted between April 15, 4 and March 1, Reiwa 6
    "Japanese Language Teaching Proficiency Test"
    Have you passed?

  • Q.4

    You have completed a “training course that covers 50 essential educational content items” (*1) (*2),
    And do you have a bachelor's degree or higher?


    (*1) This course corresponds to the ``training course that covers 50 essential educational content items'' and is published on the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's website.
    (*2) See “Report on the state of development and training of Japanese language educators (Report) revised edition (March 31, 3), Japanese Language Subcommittee, Council for Cultural Affairs”
  • Q.5

    You have completed a “training course that covers 50 essential educational content items” (*1) (*2),
    And do you have a bachelor's degree or higher?


    (*1) This course corresponds to the ``training course that covers 50 essential educational content items'' and is published on the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's website.
    (*2) See “Report on the state of development and training of Japanese language educators (Report) revised edition (March 31, 3), Japanese Language Subcommittee, Council for Cultural Affairs”
  • Q.6

    Have you completed a "training course, etc. that corresponds to the 12 report" (*1) (*2) and have a bachelor's degree or higher?


    (*1) This course does not correspond to the "training course that corresponds to the 12 report."
    (*2) Refer to “Concerning the Training of Teachers for Japanese-Language Education (March 12, 3) Research Collaborators Meeting on the Training of Japanese-Language Teachers”
  • Q.7

    You have completed a training course that meets the teacher requirements announced by the Ministry of Justice.
    And do you have a bachelor's degree or higher? (*)


    Since April 2017, this course has been a "training course that meets the teacher requirements announced by the Ministry of Justice."
    *Indicates that one of the following applies.
    • A person who has completed a course related to Japanese language education at a university (excluding junior college; the same shall apply hereinafter) at a university (excluding junior college) or a graduate school, has earned the required credits, and has graduated from the university or completed the course at the graduate school.
    • Those who have earned 26 or more credits in subjects related to Japanese language education at a university or graduate school, and have graduated from the university or completed the course at the graduate school.
    • Those who have a bachelor's degree and have taken and completed 420 credit hours or more of training related to Japanese language education that is deemed appropriate.

You are not eligible for transitional measures.

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Transitional measures regarding the acquisition of qualifications for registered Japanese language teachers (draft)

Transitional measures period

From April 15, 3 to March 31, XNUMX

C route

Not limited to current employees, those who have completed the course corresponding to the required 50 items (*3)

Those who have completed a training course, etc. (*50) that corresponds to the current public announcement standard teacher requirements and have confirmed that they have completed the required 3 items (*5), and have a bachelor's degree or higher.

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Registered Japanese language teacher

*31 Regarding the state of development and training of human resources for Japanese language education (Report) Revised version (March XNUMX, XNUMX) Japanese Language Subcommittee, Council for Cultural Affairs 
*1 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will confirm the training courses, etc. for (C) and (D-XNUMX) during FYXNUMX, and will publish a list of each training course.

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Transitional measures regarding the acquisition of qualifications for registered Japanese language teachers (draft)

Transitional measures period

From April 11, 3 to March 31, XNUMX

*31 Courses, universities, and certified Japanese that were notified by the Ministry of Justice notification agency between April 11, 31 (XNUMX years before the law came into effect) and March XNUMX, XNUMX (XNUMX years after the law went into effect) A person who has worked as a Japanese language teacher for one year or more at an accredited course at an educational institution or at a Japanese language educational institution designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (a course previously conducted by an accredited Japanese language educational institution)

D-1 route

Current employees*50 must have completed a course that covers the required XNUMX items ①

Training courses, etc. (*5) that fall under the current notification standard teacher requirements that have been confirmed to be implementing the five categories of educational content (listed in *4) other than C route training courses, etc. Those who have completed a bachelor's degree or higher

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Registered Japanese language teacher

*12 Regarding teacher training for Japanese language education (March 30, XNUMX) Research collaborators meeting regarding the training of Japanese language teachers 
*1 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will confirm the training courses, etc. for (C) and (D-XNUMX) during FYXNUMX, and will publish a list of each training course.

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Transitional measures regarding the acquisition of qualifications for registered Japanese language teachers (draft)

Transitional measures period

From April 11, 3 to March 31, XNUMX

*31 Courses, universities, and certified Japanese that were notified by the Ministry of Justice notification agency between April 11, 31 (XNUMX years before the law came into effect) and March XNUMX, XNUMX (XNUMX years after the law went into effect) A person who has worked as a Japanese language teacher for one year or more at an accredited course at an educational institution or at a Japanese language educational institution designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (a course previously conducted by an accredited Japanese language educational institution)

D-2 route

50 items required for current employees*XNUMX Persons who have completed the previous course ②

Those who do not fall under the C or D-1 route but have completed a training course that falls under the current notification standard teacher requirements and have a bachelor's degree or higher.

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Registered Japanese language teacher

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Transitional measures regarding the acquisition of qualifications for registered Japanese language teachers (draft)

Transitional measures period

From April 11, 3 to March 31, XNUMX

*31 Courses, universities, and certified Japanese that were notified by the Ministry of Justice notification agency between April 11, 31 (XNUMX years before the law came into effect) and March XNUMX, XNUMX (XNUMX years after the law went into effect) A person who has worked as a Japanese language teacher for one year or more at an accredited course at an educational institution or at a Japanese language educational institution designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (a course previously conducted by an accredited Japanese language educational institution)

E-1 route

Among the current employees*1, those who passed the private examination①

Those who passed the Japanese Language Teaching Proficiency Test (Japan International Education Support Association) conducted between April 62, 4 and March 1, 15.

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Registered Japanese language teacher

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Transitional measures regarding the acquisition of qualifications for registered Japanese language teachers (draft)

Transitional measures period

From April 11, 3 to March 31, XNUMX

*31 Courses, universities, and certified Japanese that were notified by the Ministry of Justice notification agency between April 11, 31 (XNUMX years before the law came into effect) and March XNUMX, XNUMX (XNUMX years after the law went into effect) A person who has worked as a Japanese language teacher for one year or more at an accredited course at an educational institution or at a Japanese language educational institution designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (a course previously conducted by an accredited Japanese language educational institution)

E-2 route

Among the current employees*1, those who passed the private examination②

Those who passed the Japanese Language Teaching Proficiency Test (Japan International Education Support Association) conducted between April 15, 4 and March 1, 6.

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Registered Japanese language teacher

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Transitional measures regarding the acquisition of qualifications for registered Japanese language teachers (draft)

Transitional measures period

From April 11, 3 to March 31, XNUMX ※ 2

*31 Courses, universities, and certified Japanese that were notified by the Ministry of Justice notification agency between April 11, 31 (XNUMX years before the law came into effect) and March XNUMX, XNUMX (XNUMX years after the law went into effect) A person who has worked as a Japanese language teacher for one year or more at an accredited course at an educational institution or at a Japanese language educational institution designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (a course previously conducted by an accredited Japanese language educational institution)

F route

Current employees other than those listed on the left *1

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum

Registered Japanese language teacher

*11 In principle, the period of transitional measures will be until 11 years after the enforcement of the law (March 50, 15), but if the universities implementing the current training courses are registered practical training institutions and registered Japanese language teacher training institutions. As a consideration for students who are enrolled before being registered, universities, etc. have delayed preparations, and from April 31, 31, immediately after the five-year transitional period ends, practical training and training courses as a registered institution will be implemented. In preparation for the start of the university, and in order to enable transitional measures for students who have been enrolled since then, we added 12 years to the standard 30 years, and added 11 items to the XNUMX items, taking into account that the period of study at universities is XNUMX years. The period for transitional measures for those who have completed the corresponding courses will be until March XNUMX, XNUMX. *XNUMX Regarding the state of training and development of Japanese language education personnel (Report) Revised version (March XNUMX, XNUMX) Cultural Council Japanese Language Subcommittee *XNUMX Regarding teacher training for Japanese language education (March XNUMX) XNUMXth) Research collaborators meeting on the training of Japanese language teachers *XNUMX (CC) and (D XNUMX) training courses will be confirmed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology during FYXNUMX, and the training courses, etc. of each We plan to publish the list.

YWCA's own original teaching materials and curriculum