Useful Information

Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (Nihongo Nōryoku Shiken), or JLPT, is held twice a year in Japan and selected countries (on the first Sunday of July and December).

The application period for the July test is usually from late March to mid-April.

The application period for the December test is usually from late August to mid-September.

Website for Foreign Nationals as Residents to Learn Japanese Language

This website is intended for:

People who live in Japan and have no opportunity to study Japanese
People who have just moved to Japan and are learning the Japanese language for the first time

Features

The purpose of this website is to learn basic Japanese phrases and terms.
This website specializes in everyday situations of foreign nationals living in Japan.
Videos are provided as the main contents, which allow you to see in which situations the words you learn are utilized.

Bookstores in Sapporo

Books Kinokuniya

North 5, West 5

10:00 - 21:00

Japanese textbooks are on the second floor.

MARUZEN and Junkudo Bookstore

South 1, West 1

10:00 - 21:00

Japanese textbooks are on the second floor.

BOOKS SANSEIDO

North 5, West 2, Sapporo Stellar Place 5F

10:00 - 21:00

Japanese Conjunctions list

Employment Service for Foreign Workers

This service desk is specialized to support foreign nationals and international students who are eager to find regular employment and /or part-time jobs in Japan.

It provides guidance for creating job application documents and correction service.

A Foreign Employment Management Advisor and Chinese/English/Korean interpreters are available on prescribed dates. (Please ask Hello Work Plaza Sapporo about the schedule in advance.)

[April 2019 to March 2020]

HELLO WORK PLAZA SAPPORO

TEL: 011-200-9923

Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chūō-ku, Kita 4 Jōnishi, 5-chōme−1-4 (Taiju Seimei Sapporo Kyodo Bldg., 5F)

Legal Information for Foreign Nationals

Houterasu (Japan Legal Support Center) provides multilingual information services.

Ask us about: Loan, divorce, labor, accident, visa, natural disaster, etc.

We provide information on Japanese legal system, bar associations and relevant organizations at no cost.