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October 8, 2025
To Applicants for the JLPT in December 2025:
From among the JLPT applicants, a random draw was held to invite the selected applicants for JLPT Practice Test.
The application must arrive at the Japan Foundation no later than Friday, October 24.
We are looking forward to your application.
* You cannot apply by email.
* We cannot answer whether your application was accepted or not.
the JLPT Practice Test
Test Date
- Monday, November 24, 2025
Test Sites
| Level | Test Sites | Directions |
|---|---|---|
| N1 | Vision Center Grande Tokyo Hamamatsucho |
About 1-minute walk from Daimon Station (Toei lines) About 7-minute walk from Hamamatsucho Station (JR lines) |
| N2 | Tokyo Electronics College | About 8-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station (JR lines, Tokyo Metro lines, Tobu Tojo Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line) |
| N3 | Jissen Women’s University Shibuya Campus |
About 12-minute walk from Shibuya Station (JR lines, Tokyo Metro lines, Tokyu lines, Keio Inokashira Line) |
Doors open between 11:45 and 12:30.
(You will not be able to enter the test room before 11:45.)Test starts at 12:30.
Test Sections and Test Times:
| Level | Test Sections (Test Time, including explanation time.) | Test End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) & Reading (About 90 min.) |
Listening (About 50 min.) |
Around 16:00 |
|
| N2 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) & Reading (About 80 mins) |
Listening (About 50 min.) |
Around 16:00 |
|
| N3 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary) (About 35 min.) |
Language Knowledge (Grammar) & Reading (About 70 min.) |
Listening (About 50 min.) |
Around 16:30 |
*The schedule shown above is subject to change. Please read your test voucher carefully.
*Test time of each section in the Practice Test is not same as that of JLPT in December. The test formats are similar.
*Examinees will not receive any cash rewards.
*Examinees will not be allowed to enter the test room once the test hours have begun for any test section.
*Whether or not you take the Practice Test has nothing to do with the result of the JLPT in December.
*Test questions and answers are not published. Do not take the question booklets and answer sheets with you after the test.
Items that examinees should bring on the day of the test
① est voucher of the Practice Test
*Please make sure you do not confuse the Practice Test voucher with the voucher for the JLPT on December 7.
② Writing instruments (HB pencils/mechanical pencils and plastic erasers taken out of their cases) *Ballpoint pens are NOT available.
③ Wristwatch without a memory function (Time display of mobile phones/smart phones, smartwatches, alarm watches, pocket watches and table clocks are not allowed.)
④ Personal identification document (You may be requested to show an original certificate (before the expiration date) with your face photography such as passport or a residence card.)
Test Result
This test is a Practice Test, not the JLPT. Therefore, a ‘Certificate of Japanese-Language Proficiency’ and a ‘Certificate of Result and Scores’ will not be issued. Those who participate all the test sections will receive the test results, indicating the ‘Correct Answer Rate’ for each section, by mail around Tuesday, December 30.
*The ‘Correct Answer Rate’ is not a point score, but a percentage of the test questions answered correctly.
* The “Scaled Scores” and “Reference Information” that are notified for the JLPT will not be notified for the Practice Test.
Others
We protect personal information.
Personal information and test result data obtained from the Practice Test may be used by the sponsors (The Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services) in a way that does not identify you personally.
The Japan Foundation will not intentionally reveal identifying information collected from applicants to a third party, except in the following three cases:
・If there is a legal obligation to supply such information and when it is recognized to be appropriate to disclose the information
・If the consent of the owner of the information is obtained
・If it must be revealed to an external service provider contracted by The Japan Foundation to provide information processing service. In such cases, information is revealed only within the scope necessary for the performance of the said work.
Requests for notifications concerning usage purposes of personal information obtained from the Practice Test, disclosure, correction of details, addition or deletion of information, stoppage of use, complete deletion, as well as stopping provision to third parties shall be handled in accordance with The Japan Foundation privacy policy.
Those who have taken the Practice Test are assumed to have agreed to all the conditions and contents of the invitation letter.
When the test date approaches…
Should the test be cancelled due to a natural disasters or epidemic diseases, the information will be posted on this website (https://www.jlpt.jp/mogiinfo/). Visit our website before the test to confirm whether or not there has been a cancellation.
For inquiries
The Japan Foundation, Center for Japanese-Language Testing
Website: https://www.jlpt.jp/mogiinfo/
E-mail (Japanese/English): jlptinfo＠jpf.go.jp
(When sending an e-mail, please enter a half-width character "@" instead of a full-width character "＠." )
*We cannot answer any questions about the content of the test.
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