About KAI

Address: Miyuki Bldg., 1-15-18, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan Z/C 169-0072Telephone: +81-3-3205-1356

I established the school with some friends 30 years ago when working as a Japanese language instructor, with the aim of realizing our ideology. The keyword in our ideology was ‘happiness’. Happiness for us as Japanese language instructors is ‘good students, good fellow instructors, and a good environment’, and these go on to produce a good curriculum and results. ‘Good’ here means highly motivated rather than ‘superior’ – motivated students, motivated instructors and staff and an environment which stimulates motivation. Students and instructors can be ‘happy’ only when these three elements come together. How should we go about achieving this? One of the answers we came up with to thisquestion was a ‘multinational […]

Overview Management BodyKAI Co., Ltd.Location1-15-18, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo [ Location ]RepresentativeHiroko Yamamoto, PresidentNumber of Employees64 as of January, 2019 History February 1987Foundation of KAI Japanese Language SchoolMay 1987Approved by the Ministry of JusticeAugust 1987Authorized by the Foreigner Education AssociationMay 1988Certified visa proxy by the Ministry of JusticeMay 1989Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education – Maintenance MemberOctober 1997Japanese Teacher Oversea Training Program beginsJanuary 1998Re-form the above program into a domestic programJanuary 2005Authorized by CSN (The Swedish National Board of Student Aid)April 2005Open Monthly Course (Current Practical Conversation Course) beginsMay 2005Authorized by IALC (International Association of Language Centres)May 2005NAFL 5-day Teacher Training Program beginsMarch 2008KAI Homestay Program beginsSeptember 2013KAI Annex opensJuly 2014Japanese […]

KAI’s Ideology and Educational Policy KAI’s ideology is ‘to support student’s self realization taking innovation as the keyword’. We constantly grasp the needs of our students and to this end we explore the necessary teaching methodologies and strive to implement innovative initiatives. Value as a Foreigner Simply being a foreigner ‘who is good at Japanese’ will not make you any different to a Japanese person. Rather it is important to acknowledge that not being Japanese in itself is of great added value. One of the reasons why Japanese companies employ foreigners is said to be to ‘internationalize the company’. In reality internationalization is something that is obtained by overcoming numerous […]

KAI teachers have abundant expertise and experience All the teachers at KAI fulfill at least one of the conditions below and have expertise in Japanese language teaching. Has passed the Japanese Language Teaching Competency TestHas finished a Japanese teacher training course (420 hours)Has finished Japanese teaching at a university or graduate school as a main or sub major KAI has about 50 teachers, including experts with more than 10 years of teaching experience, as well as new, young teachers full of motivation. Teacher demographics as of July 2018. The ratios of years of teaching experience teacher_years10 yearsor longer42.6%Shorter than5 years33.3%5 to 10 years24.1% A lot of KAI teachers have experiences […]

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Teaching materials and publications developed by KAI material develoment team, staffs and teachers. Materials and Publications for Learners Ohayoo – Asado kun to manabu nihongo General Editor: Hiroko Yamamoto Authors: Yamashita Atsuko, Nakamura Kazuhiro, Oyama ShianoCover Design, Character Design and Illustration, Translatio: Reda Lemeden Elementary Japanese textbook for Arabic-speaking children. With the navigator Asado-kun, the same character from the kana workbooks, children can enjoy learning Japanese language and culture. Nihongo o kakoo! – Hiragana for Arabic Children by Hiroko YamamotoCover design, illustrations, Arabic translation and image production: Reda LemedenIllustrations of vocabruaries: Mitsuki Yanagihara Hiragana workbook for Arabic-speaking children. Hiragana characters are introduced with Arabic sounds and image. Nihongo o kakoo! – […]

Around 200 students from about 40 countries study Japanese language at KAI Japanese Language School at all times. Would you like to work in such an international environment?KAI Japanese Language School is hiring a few part-time school administrative and reception staff.  School Administrative Director (Full-time employee) Location: KAI Japanese Language School (Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) Job description:Recruitment of students from all over the world, correspondence in English with overseas agents, etc., participation in overseas workshops, immigration application work, student management, supervision and management of　administrative staff, and all administrative tasks required to run the school. Opportunities for international business trips are available a few times a year. Requirements: Educational history: 4-year university graduate […]

KAI Co., Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as ‘KAI’) respects the privacy of our students and recognizes that carefully protecting personal information regarding customers is a heavy commitment, and acts in accordance with the following stance with regard to the handling of personal information. Compliance with Laws and Regulations Relating to the Protection of Personal Information KAI shall comply with laws and other regulations relating to the protection of personal information and shall handle personal information appropriately. Acquisition of Personal Information When obtaining personal information KAI shall endeavor to clarify the intended use and shall obtain personal information using appropriate and fair means. Use of Personal Information ‘Personal Information’ referred to […]

For College Student Visa Applicants Cancellation of course after visa application documents is submitted to the Immigration Authority of TokyoThe visa application fee will be retained by the school no matter whether “Certificate of Eligibility” is issued. Cancellation of course after the “Certificate of Eligibility” is issued, but before school fees is paidThe visa application fee will be retained by the school. Cancellation of course after the “Certificate of Eligibility” is issued and school fees is paid, but before commencement dateThe visa application fee and registration fee will be retained by the school under all circumstances. The tuition fee will be refunded upon receipt of the original “Certificate of Eligibility” […]

KAI Japanese Language School is proud to be accredited by the organizations below. Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education was established in 1989 for the purpose of improving Japanese language institutes in quality and letting foreign students study Japanese comfortably and at ease. KAI Japanese Language School is a member of the association and we have been certified that we comply with their third-party assessment standards, which is their newly established certification with stricter requirements. The result of the third-party assessment can be viewed here. IALC (International Association of Language Centres) IALC is an international quality association to accredit and represent private, […]

KAI Japanese Language School accepts students of various nationalities without bias toward any particular country. Please take a look at our annual report, which shows the ratio of nationalities, regions, and age groups of students enrolled in each course.