About the NIHONGO Partners Program

This program dispatches Japanese citizens as NIHONGO Partners mainly to secondary schools in Asia in order to support the local Japanese-Language teachers and students. The assignment of NIHONGO Partners is not only to support the educational activities of the local Japanese-Language teachers but also to spread the charms of the Japanese language and cultures through their learning support and cultural activities in and outside the classroom. Simultaneously, it is an opportunity for NIHONGO Partners to learn about their assigned country through exchange with their students, teachers, and the people of the community. This program aims to deepen mutual understanding and expand exchanges between Japan and other countries in Asia.

Achievements

Number of Dispatched NIHONGO Partners in FY2024-FY2033

Country or Region
/Fiscal Year
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 Total
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia 10 10
Myanmar
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand 30 30
Phillipines
Vietnam
Number of People 40 40

・The data is as of June 30,2024.

・The number of people includes NIHONGO Partners(short-term) and NIHONGO Partners in collaboration with Japanese Universities.

Number of Dispatched NIHONGO Partners in FY2014-FY2023

Over 3,000 people were dispatched as NIHONGO Partners from FY2014 to FY2023.

Country or Region
/Fiscal Year
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total
Brunei - 1 1 1 1 1 0 - - 12 17
Cambodia - - 2 6 7 1 0 1 1 24 42
China - - 5 86 93 32 0 2 2 39 259
Indonesia 48 74 156 165 167 168 0 30 83 71 962
Laos - - 1 8 3 4 0 0 10 4 30
Malaysia 8 20 38 38 42 64 0 18 20 14 262
Myanmar - 1 5 4 6 18 0 0 - - 34
Singapore - 1 1 1 1 1 0 - - - 5
Taiwan - - 5 77 88 36 0 13 49 89 357
Thailand 29 52 99 114 128 127 0 45 73 76 743
Phillipines 5 9 10 15 14 14 0 0 14 18 99
Vietnam 10 12 41 76 85 49 0 14 27 34 348
Number of People 100 170 364 591 635 515 0 123 279 381 3,158

・The number of people includes NIHONGO Partners(short-term) , NIHONGO Partners in collaboration with Japanese Universities, and NIHONGO Partners of Centers for "Face-to-Face Exchange" for China.

・No dispatches in FY 2020/2021 due to the spread of COVID-19.