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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Jun 29, 2026
Event
AJAPE-NINJAL Project Film Screening and Talk: "In Between: In Search of Native Language Spaces"
Date(s): August 8, 2026 (14:00-16:00)
Venue: Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship -
Jun 26, 2026
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2026 NINJAL Seminar for Teachers of the Japanese Language (Overseas) 'How Should Learners’ Compositions Be Evaluated ? - With a Focus on French Speakers'
Date(s): September 12, 2026 (9:30-12:40 CEST, 16:30-18:30 JST)
Venue: Université Paris Cité, Online -
Jun 23, 2026
Event
Evidence-based Linguistics Workshop 2026
Date(s): September 14, 2026 (9:30-17:15)
Venue: NINJAL - Jun 18, 2026 Database The Bibliographic Database of Japanese Language Research has been updated with 1,778 additional items.
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Jun 17, 2026
Event
2026 NINJAL International Symposium A Hot Summer of Learner Corpora: The World of Japanese Learners’ Writing as Seen through Language, Culture, and Development
Date(s): July 31, 2026 - August 2, 2026
Venue: NINJAL
Upcoming Events
- Jul 4, 2026 NINJAL Open House "NIHONGO TANKEN 2026" NINJAL
- Jul 7, 2026 The 302nd NINJAL Salon "Various Aspects of Awareness of Multilingualism: A Case Study of Hiroshi Shoji" NINJAL, Online
- Jul 8, 2026 AJAPE-NINJAL Project Film Screening and Talk: "Bunka: Exploring Food, Family, and Cultural Heritage across Generations" Yamato City Shibuya Learning Center
- Jul 14, 2026 The 303rd NINJAL Salon "An Information-Theoretic Approach to Human Sentence Processing" NINJAL, Online
- Jul 21, 2026 A Special Lecture on Japanese Language Sciences / The 164th NINJAL Colloquium "What Does Understanding Words Consist In?: From the Perspective of the Later Wittgenstein" NINJAL, Online
- Jul 26, 2026 2026 NINJAL Seminar for Teachers of the Japanese Language (Domestic) "Cooperative Writing Education Using TEachOtherS: A Support System for Cooperative Writing Activities" NINJAL
- Jul 31, 2026 - Aug 2 2026 NINJAL International Symposium A Hot Summer of Learner Corpora: The World of Japanese Learners’ Writing as Seen through Language, Culture, and Development NINJAL
- Aug 8, 2026 AJAPE-NINJAL Project Film Screening and Talk: "In Between: In Search of Native Language Spaces" Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship








