Get Involved in Japanese Language

2025/1/27

Get Involved in Japanese Language


Become a Japanese Language Teacher

 

Volunteer

This section will give you the tools to share your love of Japan and the Japanese language with others in your local communities and schools.

  • GLOBALIZE DC: JAPANOpen a new window
    You can volunteer at this after school Japanese language program for DC high school students in many ways through tutoring, mentoring, coaching, presenting or providing administrative support. Learn more and sign up!
  • Study Japanese in Arlington (SJA)Open a new window
    This local organization is based in Arlington, Virginia and advocates for Japanese language in the Arlington community by offering Japanese language workshops and fun activities for children and adults in community centers. Join and volunteer!Open a new window
Advocate

Would you like the opportunity to study the Japanese language in your community? The Japan Foundation has created a comprehensive resources page with facts about why studying Japanese is worthwhile and tips on how to encourage your community and local schools to offer Japanese language classes! Also, get inspired by checking out JFLA’s database of advocacy projects across the United States!


Embassy Initiatives

  • Nihongo Roundtable

    In 2018, the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. started the Nihongo Roundtable to better understand the issues affecting Japanese language education in the DMV. The Roundtable consists of a quarterly community forum of Japanese language teachers and invested community members where participants share updates and challenges in local communities within Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

  • Webinar

    The Embassy of Japan hosts webinars to promote the career development of Japanese language learners as well as Japanese language education in the United States.

Japan-U.S. Careers Webinar

Japan-US Careers Webinar
July 18, 2024 8:00PM ET
Cohosted by the Embassy of Japan and the Kizuna Across Culture
Panelists:
Kasia, Founder, Ikigai Connections
Ashley Hayes, Executive Assistant, Crunchyroll
Colin Timmerman, Legislative Affairs Officer, U.S. Institute of Peace
Karen Lee, U.S. Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Seoul

Japan Awaits: Study & Work Opportunities for Japanese Language Learners

Japan Awaits: Study & Work Opportunities for Japanese Language Learners
December 4, 2024 8:00PM ET
Cohosted by the Embassy of Japan, the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, and the Kizuna Across Culture in cooperation with Consulate-Generals and Consulars Offices of Japan in the U.S.
Panelists:
ANDO Hiroshi, Counsellor at the Education Embassy of Japan
Ambassador James Zumwalt
Nichole Mayfield, South Lakes High School
Pavel Martinez, former MEXT scholarship recipient Megan Bernard, Nintendo of America