Department of Applied Japanese

The department plans to cultivate students with fluency in Japanese and capabilities in Japanese tourism.

Our faculty members are experienced in Japanese teaching, and are certified tour guides/leaders with practical experience.

The department has signed up collaboration contracts with Ooyama Yume Koubou where students can practice internships during every summer and winter vacation.

The department recruits overseas study groups, partially sponsored by the school, to our sister Japanese schools during every summer and winter vacation.

The department facilitates “Japanese Self-study Center,” “Japanese Activities House,” “Introduction to Tourism Classroom” and “Live Japanese Classroom” with a variety of Japanese books, magazines, dictionaries, comics, online interactive Japanese learning websites, Japanese cable TV programs, Sing-and-Learn Japanese DJ system (up to 30000 Japanese songs) and Japanese Wii Interactive Video Games.

The department holds various activities each semester, such as Corporation Visiting, Employment Conferences, Japanese Speech and Read-out Contests, Japanese Culture Week, Japanese Drama Contest, One-Hundred-Men Collaboration Japanese Song Contest, Department Sports Contest, Flowing-Water Noodle, Japanese Song Contest, Japanese Tea Manners Convention, Making Japanese Rice Ball, and Making Japanese Mochi, etc.

After graduation from the department, students can choose advanced domestic or overseas studies in Japanese or other commercial or leisure activities related graduate schools, or serve as Japanese business assistant, secretary, tourist guide, tourist group leader, or Japanese translator.

1. To train students with Japanese skills well enough to pass Japanese Proficiency Tests, Level One or Two when they graduate from the department.
2. To guide and assist students in attending various Japanese proficiency tests and acquiring professional certificates in Tourist Guide and/or Group Leader.

1. Japanese Education
2. Japanese Literature
3. Japanese Linguistics
4. Tourism Industry
5. Oral and Written Japanese Translation