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Japan educational support for foreign children

Overview

The Japanese government is expanding educational support for foreign children to address a growing student population requiring Japanese language instruction. An expert panel for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) recommended that the central government take a “lead role” in establishing national standards and “pre-class” language models to help students adapt to school life.

Following these recommendations, the ministry announced plans to upgrade Castanet, a digital portal for foreign students, in fiscal 2027. While the portal currently offers materials in approximately 30 languages, it is presently only available in Japanese. The upgrade will introduce multi-language support, including Chinese and Portuguese, and expand teaching materials to accommodate various proficiency levels to assist both students and teachers.

Entities

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology · Japan · Immigration Services Agency · Himawari · Yokohama

Timeline

  1. 23 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Japan to upgrade Japanese-learning portal for foreign children

    Japan's education ministry will upgrade its Castanet portal in fiscal 2027 to better support the record number of foreign children requiring Japanese language instruction.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources
    Japan to expand language support for foreign children

    Japan plans to expand Japanese language support and

Sources

czechschool.sk · japantimes.co.jp