Program Details

5 Program for Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields

Application Form: KC-G
Division in Charge: Educational Training Section, the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai

With the aim of providing support to specialists who require Japanese language proficiency in order to smoothly execute their
specialist work and research activities (such as researchers, graduate students, librarians, and museum and art museum
curators), this program provides training for the acquisition of practical Japanese language proficiency through a curriculumthat is tailored to the characteristics of the respective specialist work, conducted at the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai.
[Two-month course]This course focuses on general Japanese-language proficiency and aims to assist participants to improve speaking, listening, reading, andspecialized work/research. The course also includes social events with the Japanese graduate school students, etc. Participants are required
to make a presentation about their research themes at the end of the course.
Duration
From mid-January 2022 to early March 2022
[Five-month course]
The five-month course is a course where participants work on increasing their level of functional Japanese, and especially the required
language abilities for conducting actual specialized work/research. During the training course, participants will independently conduct

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writing skills. There are also classes aimed to improve Japanese skills necessary to gather and output information for the participants'

interviews with specialists in their field as well as plan their own trips to visit related facilities and, as they gather and understand researchmaterials, they will be able to acquire the skills needed to exchange, collect, and report information in Japanese. The participants will needto independently plan their activities with an explicit theme. Participants are required to make a presentation about their research themes
as their accomplishments of the course and specialized activities conducted during their stay in Japan at the end of the course.
Duration
From mid-July 2021 to mid-December 2021
Eligibility[Basic requirements common to both courses]
Individuals must fulfill the following to apply:(1) Individuals who fulfill A or B and need Japanese-language proficiency to smoothly carry out their specialized work and research
activities.
A. Individuals who fulfill at least one of the following requirements and have an employment relationship with the organization they
are currently affiliated with, at the time of participation in the program. It is expected that participants will continue working in theaforementioned affiliated organization after completing this program.
a. Individuals who carry out research activities as teachers (professors, instructors, teaching assistants, etc.), researchers, etc., atinstitutions of advanced education, such as universities, research centers, or other research organizations outside Japan.
b. Individuals who are engaged in a job of specialized research work in public sector organizations, such as government agencies,
think tanks, etc., outside Japan.
c. Individuals who are currently employed as full-time librarians by universities, colleges, other institutions of advanced education,
academic research institutions, cultural exchange organizations, or public libraries.
d. Individuals who are full-time curators of museums outside Japan currently working for international exchange programs thatconcern Japan.
B. Individuals who are officially registered as full-time students in a Master's or Doctoral course of a graduate school outside Japan at
the time of participation in the program (excluding non-degree students)＊ and planning to write their Master's or Doctoral
dissertation on a subject related to Japan and need to learn the Japanese language in order to carry out the research necessary toaccomplish that purpose.
(2) Individuals applying for this program must obtain the permission of the representative of their affiliated organization mentioned above.
(3) Individuals must be in a field of Japan-related social sciences or humanities.
(4) Individuals who are nationals of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan.
＊Taiwanese are eligible to apply for this program.
(5) Individuals who have NOT received compulsory education in Japan for more than three years.
(6) Individuals in good physical and mental health.
(7) Individuals who have a proficiency in Japanese of Level N4 in the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), Level 3 of the old JLPT,A2 level in the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education, or their equivalent (please view the official website of JLPT [https://www.jlpt.jp/e/about/levelsummary.html], or the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education website [https://jfstandard.jp/top/ja/

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render.do] to find the summary of linguistic competence required for each level).
(8) Applicants must not have participated in Teacher Training Programs organized by the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute,
Urawa in the last five years as of December 1, 2020.
(9) Individuals who have NOT participated in the "Japanese Language Program for Librarians," "Japanese Language Program for
Researchers and Postgraduate Students," or "Japanese Language Program for Specialists (in Cultural and Academic Fields)" organizedby the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai.
(10) Individuals who are NOT scheduled to come to Japan for study or training under other programs, at the time of participation in theprogram.
[The special conditions of a two-month course]＊On (1) B, concerning undergraduate students of universities and colleges that issue a Master's degree upon graduation, applicants will beconsidered to fulfill this requirement, if they are in the final year and their age is 22 or older as of December 1, 2020.
[The special conditions of a five-month course]＊On (1), individuals who have a specific and detailed theme related to Japan in their study or work, and plan to make a presentation on
the achievements.
＊On (3), Japanese-language study and Japanese-language education majors are excluded.
＊On (9), the applicants who have participated in a two-month or four-month program and it will be more than five years since theircompletion of the program as of December 1, 2020, the application can be considered to fulfill the above eligibility.
Course Venue
The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai (JFJLI, Kansai) (Tajiri-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka, Japan)
Benefits(1) Accommodations, meals during the program, insurance for sickness and injury during the training period.
(2) For those who have nationality of, and will be residing in from the countries marked

in the table of Appendix 2 (p. 38) upon thecommencement of the program, the Japan Foundation will provide the followings. (However, those who do not reside in the above saidcountries upon application will not be applicable):a. Round-trip air tickets (discount economy class) to and from the nearest international airport from home residence;b. Airport tax, foreign travel tax;
c. Set amount of in-kind allowances (to cover expenses necessary for participation in the program):＊Residents in China who hold a BNO or Hong Kong SAR passport, and Macau residents in China who hold a Macau SAR passport have tobear these expenses.
＊On the occasion of training participation, he/she cannot visit Japan accompanied with family.
Number of Participants (Reference)
24 out of 70 applications for FY 2020
Selection Policy(1) See p. 3 for the selection policy common to all programs:(2) The criteria peculiar to this program is as follows: applicants' needs for Japanese-language training and the possibility of improvement intheir language skills, achievements in their specialized fields, expected achievements and ripple effects by participating in this program,possibility of success in their specialized fields.
Application Deadline
December 1, 2020
Notification of Results
Late April 2021
Remarks(1) This course is primarily a language course for participants requiring Japanese-language proficiency for specialized work and research
activities. Professional education in their specific areas of expertise is not included in the curriculum.
(2) Participants must attend all classes and activities in the curriculum.
(3) Please be aware that this program may be cancelled depending on the situation of coronavirus cases, even after the selection.
Specialized activities may be restricted due to the same reason, even if the course is duly implemented.

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