Japanese language, school, education

I. Trends of the Japanese Language School Industry

1. Japanese Language Institutions /Japanese Language Schools Covered in This Report

1-2. Recent Trends of Japanese Language Education

1-2-1. The “Act on Promotion of Japanese Language Education” Came into Force

1-2-2. Japan Aims to Have 300,000 International Students by FY2027

1-3. Data on Japanese Language Education Schools and Institutions

1-3-1. Changes in the Number of International Students

1-3-2. Changes in the Number of International Students Studying at Japanese Language Education Institutions

1-3-3. Market Size of Japanese Language Education Institutions (Reference Values)

1-3-4. The Number of Japanese Language Education Institutions (Schools Officially Certified and Notified by the Ministry of Justice)

II. Facts about Leading Businesses (Case Studies)

1. Kyoshin Language Academy (KLA) / Kyoshin Co., Ltd.

- Management of Kyoshin Language Academy

- History of Kyoshin Language Academy

- KLA’s special features: “reaching,” “joint events,” and “safety measures”

- Management of Yangon Japanese Language School, a Japanese language education business overseas

- After the relaxation of restrictions on entering the country, approximately 1,800 students entered Japan by the end of May 2022

- Provided online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic to secure sales

- Management of 10 Japanese language schools in Japan and 1 overseas

- Assigning teachers and staff in charge in each country or area; Worked on online activities during the COVID-19 pandemic to attract potential international students

- Challenges the Japanese language school industry is facing are piling up

2. Japanese Language Institute / International Education Center

- Japanese Language Institute was established in 1967

- Started offering English language education immediately after the end of the war at Nichibei Kaiwa Gakuin

- Conducted international educational exchange and cross-cultural understanding promotion projects and language education projects including English and Japanese

- Operating Nichibei Kaiwa Gakuin and Japanese Language Institute in a new building in Yotsuya, Tokyo

- Completely updated the website of Japanese Language Institute

- Showed a recovery trend despite the continuing impact of coronavirus in the fiscal year ended March 2022

- Expanding the business mainly among corporations remaining stable; Japanese Language Institute reopened as the COVID-19-related restrictions were eased

3. Linguage Japanese Language School / Zenken Corporation

- Promoting Japanese language education to help international human resources settle in Japan

- Opened Linguage Japanese Language School with the aim of “connecting the world through language.”

- Providing Japanese language education for foreign people who graduated from universities to find jobs

- Restarted full-scale activities in FY2022

- Operating Linguage Japanese Language School by a small group of staff

- Focusing on information provision from the school

- Utilizing online classes and LMS

- Securing entry and exit points is a challenge

- Contributing to the development of human resources who can contribute to the future of Japan

4. Sendagaya Japanese College / Yoshioka Educational Foundation

- Long-established Japanese language education institution in business for over 40 years

- Sendagaya Japanese Institute Group having a total capacity of 2,728 students

- Believing Japanese language education is useful for true international exchange

- History of Sendagaya Japanese Institute Group

- Globally renowned as a Japanese language school providing high-quality Japanese language education and supporting students to enter the next level of education

- Schools in China and Vietnam

- The immediate issue is to address the COVID-19 infections

- Japan’s attractiveness is declining

- Responding to diversified needs

5. WasedaEdu Language School / Kabushiki Kaisha WasedaEdu

- Japanese language school founded in 1988

- Aims to nurture internationally-minded young people who can build bridges between people having different cultures

- Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Meiko Network Japan Co., Ltd. on October 30, 2014

- Offering graduate school entry guidance, practical art skills, and EJU preparation courses

- Major records in advancement to higher level education

- Japanese language school business sales in the second quarter of the fiscal year ended August 2022 (Meiko Network Japan Co., Ltd.)

- New international students entered the school in April and July 2022 after the relaxation of restrictions on entering Japan

- Worked on video streaming and promotion overseas to gather potential new international students

- Decreasing number of people who want to study in Japan is a challenge

III. Japanese Language Schools and Institutions in Tokyo (249 Schools and Institutions)