Related Information

Information for School Teachers and Support Staff

Websites offering useful information for teaching and supporting students requiring Japanese language instruction.

Nihongo Gakushu (Japanese Language Learning)Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education

• Guidelines for the Advancement of Japanese Language Instruction
  Guidelines created as a reference for school staff to help them address various issues related to the increasing number of foreign students, and to ensure that Japanese language instruction takes root in public schools in Tokyo.
• Handbook for Instructing Students with Foreign Backgrounds
  This handbook explains concepts and approaches for teaching students with foreign backgrounds at Tokyo Metropolitan High Schools.
• Tanoshii Gakkou (School is Fun)
  This textbook is designed to enrich Japanese language studies for foreign children and students requiring Japanese language instruction and to help them adjust to school life.
• Tokyo no Gakkou Seikatsu (School Life in Tokyo)
  This is an audiovisual teaching resource that offers information useful for school life in Japan, such as about greetings and other basic expressions, as well as school events, club activities and school credits.

Tokyo Intercultural Portal Site (TIPS)Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation "TSUNAGARI"

The online portal offers information for foreign residents in Tokyo and information pertaining to interculturalism, including "easy Japanese" expressions.

CASTA-NETMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

You can search for Japanese language teaching materials and multilingual written documents you can use as notices and information to parents/guardians.

Information on Education of Returnees and Foreign Children and StudentsMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

You can watch training videos related to the systems for accepting children and students and Japanese language instruction methods, and download the necessary guidebooks for organizing and implementing special curriculums.

Residency SupportImmigration Services Agency of Japan

• Foreign Residency Support Center (FRESC)
  The Center offers all-around consulting related to foreign nationals on matters such as residential status, livelihood support, work and employment, legal matters, human rights issues, visas for Japan entry and trade.
• A Daily Life Support Portal for Foreign Nationals
  This portal offers beneficial information, such as the "Guidebook on Living and Working" for job seekers, in multiple languages for foreign nationals to enable them to feel safe and secure in Japan.

Unit for Education for Foreign National ChildrenTokyo Gakugei University

• Guidance for accepting foreign students at high schools
• Guidelines for Japanese Language Instruction and Learning Support in High Schools

JSL High School Social Studies Teaching Material PlatformJapanese Language Education Digital Innovation Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

The platform provides social studies support materials for non-native JSL (Japanese as a Second Language) students enrolled in high school and their teachers.
For each unit in the four subjects - Modern and Contemporary History, Geography, Public, and Advanced Japanese History - can be downloaded PDF materials such as teacher's guides, and worksheets written in easy Japanese.

Multicultural JapanCouncil of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)

This website is designed for the promotion of multicultural efforts jointly with local governments that support globalization. It offers multilingual manuals, information on disaster preparedness, pictograms and other materials that are appropriate for use in schools.

• Multicultural Tool Library
  You can search documents and tools useful for promoting multicultural efforts in various situations, including those suitable for use in schools.

Information for Students

Websites useful for students who need Japanese language instruction in high school to study on their own.

Connect and Enhance Your Life in Japanese (TSUNAHIRO)Agency for Cultural Affairs

This website offers free Japanese language study content (audiovisual materials) for everyday living.

Learning MaterialsThe Japan Foundation

This web page offers information related to free Japanese language study content.

• Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan
  This study material focuses chiefly on helping people acquire conversation for everyday living. You can download the textbook and accompanying study materials.
• JF Japanese e-Learning MINATO
  This website offers an online course useful for self-study in hiragana, katakana and kanji, as well as other various courses.
• Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese
  This is an audiovisual learning material featuring Erin, a high school student with a foreign background, as she learns basic language and expressions through conversation in various everyday situations at school and other places.
• NIHONGO e-NA
  You can search study tools (apps, websites, etc.) to meet your own needs for the Japanese language learner.

Services for Tokyo Metropolitan Schools

Telephone Interpretation Services, TEPRO

The service is available only for Tokyo Metropolitan Schools free of charge. For further details regarding this service, please consult the Tokyo Metropolitan School you/your student belonging to or contact TEPRO (03-5989-1571).

Spring and Saturday Japanese Courses

For further details, please contact the Global Talent Cultivation Division (Japanese Language Instruction, International Education Planning Section, telephone 03-5320-6893) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education.