Center for Foreign Languages

Learning a new language is an enthralling journey. Japanese language, the 6th widely spoken eastern Asian language in the world among 128 million people is known as Nihongo in Japan and thousands are learning Japanese to enhance their career prospects or to understand the Japanese culture.

Japanese is a tenacious, mora timed language with phonotactics and pure vowel and consonant sound system. Japanese words are mostly based on verbs, nouns and particles; it has a lexically significant pitch ascent. If someone wants to learn Japanese, then he/she has to move step by step which shall include reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Benefits of Learning Japanese Language

1. The first benefit of learning Japanese is it sets you apart from the crowd. It is different because it isn’t an uncomplicated language to embrace.

2. Secondly, if we look at the career options after learning Japanese language, Japanese language is the 5th top most language preferred. Japanese investors are the most influential investors in India and are leading in automobile, electronics, semiconductor, shipbuilding, and optical media. Top career options after learning the Japanese language include job of translators and interpreters, Japanese trainers, Japanese teachers, jobs in Japanese Embassies, jobs in the aviation sector, jobs in travel and tourism, and IT Sector.

3. Last but not the least, it has a vast and vigorous culture. As of today, Japanese is the most popular choice among East Asian Languages, and the reasons are apparent.

4. This will help you to pursue your higher studies in top ranked Japanese Universities.

Japanese Language Centre at MKCE

MKCE organizes Japanese language classes for various level like N5, N4 and N3 (Q5, Q4 and Q3) with language experts. Well-established Japanese Language teaching methodology, with a lot of activities & audio-visual content and lecture halls that makes the MKCE students to learn the language in a pleasant way. We prepare our students for both JLPT/NAT certifications. MKCE is one of the approved centre for JLPT examination.

Level (JLPT/NAT)	2016-17(Prelims)	2017-18(Prelims)
N5/Q5	80-100 hours	Kanjis: 120, Vocabulary: 800
N4/Q4	80-100 hours	Kanjis: 320, Vocabulary: 2000
N3/Q3	100-120 hours	Kanjis: 600, Vocabulary: 3000

Till now the following no. of students have cleared their Japanese certificates

Certificate Holder Details
Batch	N5	N4	N3	N2
2013-2017	9	0	0	0
2014-2018	90	9	0	0
2015-2019	45	19	0	0
2016-2020	42	26	11	1
2017-2021	49	6	6	0
2018-2022	8	9	0	0
2019-2023	0	5	0	0
2020-2024	40	3	0	0

Students who have Japanese exam certificates got placement in TCS, WIPRO, CTS, Infosys, Fujitsu, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nissan, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd and Toyota.

Other than the placement offers, students also pursing their higher studies in Shizuoka University with scholarships and also got their interns under Sakura Science Program (JST).