With the aim of supporting specialists who require Japanese-language proficiency in order to smoothly perform their specialized work and research activities (such as researchers, graduate students, librarians, museum and art museum curators), this program provides training to improve their Japanese-language ability by learning practical Japanese and actually using it in their research and specialized work-related activities, conducted at the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai.
*In FY2025, only a six-month course will be offered.
Description of the Course
During the training course, participants will independently condunct interviews with specialists in their field as well as plan their own trips to visit related facilities and, as they gather and understand research materials, they will be able to acquire the skills needed to exchange, collect, and report information in Japanese. The participants will need to independently plan their activities with explicit theme. Participants are required to make a presentation about their reserach themes as their accomplishments of the course and specialized activities conducted during their stay in Japan at the end of the course.
Number of Participants (Reference)
10 out of 61 applicants for FY 2024 (six-month course)
Eligibility
Individuals must fulfill the following to apply:
1. Individuals who fulfill A or B and need Japanese-language proficiency to 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 outside of Japan they are currently affiliated with, at the time of application and participation in the program. It is expected that participants will continue working in the aforementioned affiliated organization after completing this program.
a. Individuals who carry out research activities as teachers (professors, instructors, teaching assistants, etc.), researchers, etc., at institutions of advanced education, such as universities, research centers, ot other research organizations.
b. Individuals who engaged in job of specialized research work in public sector organizations, such as government agencies, think tanks, etc.
c. Individuals who are currently engaged in full-time librarian work at universities, colleges, other insitutions of advanced education, academic research instituteions, cultural exchange organizations, or public libraries.
d. Individuals who are currently engaged in full-time curatorial work at museums or regularly involved in organizing exhibitions, and who are working for international exchange programs that concern Japan.
B. Individulas who officially registered as full-time students in a Master's or Doctoral course of graduate school outside Japan at the time of application and participation in the program (excluding non-degree students) and who are planning to write their Master's or Doctoral dissertation on a subject related to Japan.
Concerning undergraduate students of universities and colleges that issues a Master's degree upon graduation, applicants will be considered to fulfill requirement, if they are in the final year and their age is 22 or older as of December 3, 2024.
2. Individuals applying for this program must obtain the permission of representative of their affiliated organization mentioned above.
3. Individuals whose research are must be in the field of Japan-related social science or humanities. Includes interdisciplinary fields with natural and applied sciences.
4. Individuals who have a specific and detailed theme related to Japan in thier study or work, and plan to mkae a presentation on the achievements.
5. Individuals who are nationals of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan.
*Taiwanese are eligible to apply for this program,
6. Individuals who have NOT received compulsary education in Japan for more than three years.
7. Individuals in good physical and mental health.
8. Individuals who have Japanese-language proficiency that is equivalent to or higher than Level N4 in the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) , Level 3 of the old JLPT, or A2 lvel in the JFStandard for Japanaes-Language Education at the time of application (please visit the official website of JLPT ［https://www.jlpt.jp/e/about/levelsummary.html］, or the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education website［https://www.jfstandard.jpf.go.jp］to find the summary of linguistic competence required for each level).
9. Individuals who are NOT scheduled to study abroad at a Japanese educational institution, participate in other training in Japan, work in Japan, or engage in other activities during the program.
Benefits
1.) Provided to all participants:
a.) Accomodation in the Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai;
b.) Activities for all participants (lectures, cultural experiences, visits to external organizations, etc.);
c.) Weekday meals (fixed amount of cafeteria points);
d.) National Health Insurance and Overseas Travel Insurance (with upper limit on coverage)
e.) Subsidy for independent research activities (e.g. accomodation and transport costs);
2.) Provided to participants who have the nationality of, and who reside at the time of application and program start in, the countries marked in the table in the Appendix (p.68-69):
f.) Round-trip air tickets (discount aconomy class) to and from the nearest international aiport from home residence;
g.) Airport tax, foreign travel tax;
h.) Holiday meals (cafeteria points and cash);
i.) Subsidy in kind (prepaid IC card)
Venue
The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai (Tajiri-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka, Japan)
Application deadline
Apply through Online Application Portal by 1 p.m., December 3, 2024 (Japan Standard Time)
Noticifation of Results
Late April 2025
Selection policy
1.) See p.2 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 in their language skills, achievements in their specialized fields, expected achievements and ripple effects by participating in this program, possibility of success in their specialized fields.
*Lower priority will be given to those who have participated in Japanese language training for duties or research conducted by JF in the past (e.g., "Program for Specialist in Cultural and Academic Fields", "Training Program for Teachers of the Japanese Language", etc.).
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Contact information:
The Japan Foundation, Budapest
1062 Budapest, Aradi u. 8-10. Hungary
Tel.: (0036-1) 214-0775/6
Contact info: OKI Kohei (Mr.)
The Japan Foundation Budapest
T. +36-1-214-0775
F. +36-1-214-0778
Email: Kohei_Oki@jpf.go.jp