Applications for certain levels of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, widely used as a requirement for foreign nationals' employment or study in Japan, have closed ahead of schedule, the ...

Visitors to Japan will no longer be permitted to take the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test in the country beginning this year. Japan Educational Exchanges and Services said that, as a general rule, ...

In a move set to impact foreign workers in Japan, the government has decided to require proof of Japanese language proficiency for individuals applying for visa statuses related to professions such as ...