Japan: The world's best one-stop shop for Nihongo

[Francis Hult]

The Japan Times

 

The world's best one-stop shop for Nihongo

 

"The number of people learning Japanese has increased and is currently estimated to be more than 3 million worldwide," says Nobuyuki Suzuki, deputy manager of a very special store in Tokyo.

 

"Four years ago, 350,000 people took the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)," he adds. "Last year the figure was over 600,000, owing mainly to the rise in candidates from Asia."

 

That's a lot of students. And there's no one-size-fits-all service to help them reach their goal. Every student of language is at a different level of proficiency and has different needs. To plug the gaps in their knowledge, nothing beats having the right study materials.

 

Full story:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20090722a1.html

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