About NINJAL
NINJAL is the international hub for research on Japanese language, linguistics, and Japanese-language education for non-native speakers. We disseminate the research results throughout Japan and worldwide.
News
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Nov 5, 2026
Jobs
Academic Employment Opportunities at the Research Department.
Open until 24 November 2026 at 16:00 p.m. (JST) - Nov 5, 2026 News On Nov. 9 and 10, the Research Library will inspect the library collection.
- Nov 2, 2026 Database "Japanese Case Particle Bank" has been released.
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Oct 26, 2026
Event
The 166th NINJAL Colloquium "Japanese Language Education for Work amid Japan’s Policy Shift: The 'Realities' of Vietnamese Technical Intern Trainees"
Speaker: MICHIGAMI Fumie (Ritsumeikan University) Date(s): December 1, 2026 (15:10-17:10)
Venue: NINJAL, Online -
Oct 26, 2026
Event
The 309th NINJAL Salon "A Quantitative Analysis of Japanese Words Derived with Sino-Japanese Affixes: Focusing on Database Construction and Affixhood"
QIN Zhouhan (SOKENDAI) Date(s): November 24, 2026 (15:10-16:10)
Venue: NINJAL, Online
Upcoming Events
- Nov 7, 2026 Celebrating 20 Years of ChamaMe: WebChamaMe Meetup Online
- Nov 10, 2026 The 307th NINJAL Salon "On one more source of Old Japanese o₁" NINJAL, Online
- Nov 10, 2026 ILAS–NINJAL Joint Conference on Semantics Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
- Nov 11, 2026 - 12 LLU 2026: Language Learning and Understanding for AI Scientists and Linguists Academia Sinica, Taipei
- Nov 17, 2026 The 308th NINJAL Salon "The Development of Semantic Concepts and Syntactic Competence in Language Learning: The Roles of Age, Input, and Language Experience" NINJAL, Online
- Nov 24, 2026 The 309th NINJAL Salon "A Quantitative Analysis of Japanese Words Derived with Sino-Japanese Affixes: Focusing on Database Construction and Affixhood" NINJAL, Online
- Nov 25, 2026 Joint Lecture by Otemachi Academia and NIHU Online
- Nov 28, 2026 2026 NINJAL Seminar for Teachers of the Japanese Language (Overseas) Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln (Germany), Online







