Important Information
- Our office will be closed from August 12 until August 14 due to summer vacation.
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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Aug 4, 2026
Event
A Special Lecture on Japanese Language Sciences / The 165th NINJAL Colloquium "What is the Difference Between a Mother Tongue and a Heritage Language? — Considering Language Education for Children with Foreign Roots"
Speaker: TAKAHASHI Tomoko (Kindai University) Date(s): September 8, 2026 (15:10-16:40)
Venue: NINJAL, Online - Aug 3, 2026 Database "The Japanese Basic Verb Bank" has been released.
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Jul 27, 2026
Event
International Symposium "Documenting and Revitalizing Endangered Languages: Perspectives from Psycholinguistics and Digital Humanities"
Date(s): September 1, 2026 (9:30-17:15), September 2, 2026 (9:00-19:00)
Venue: NINJAL - Jul 24, 2026 Publication "NINJAL Research Papers" No. 31 was issued.
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Jul 24, 2026
Event
The 305th NINJAL Salon "The Possibility that ‘Sō nan da ne’ Became Established Earlier in Written than in Spoken Japanese"
Speaker: ISHIKAWA So (NINJAL) Date(s): September 15, 2026 (15:10-16:10)
Venue: NINJAL, Online
Upcoming Events
- Aug 8, 2026 AJAPE-NINJAL Project Film Screening and Talk: "In Between: In Search of Native Language Spaces" Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship
- Aug 10, 2026 - 11 The 5th Hands-on Seminar on Measurement Techniques for Speech Production KEIHANNA PLAZA
- Aug 20, 2026 - 21 Language Resources Workshop 2026 Online
- Aug 27, 2026 NINJAL Seminar for Collaborative Research 2026 Online
- Sep 1, 2026 - 2 International Symposium "Documenting and Revitalizing Endangered Languages: Perspectives from Psycholinguistics and Digital Humanities" NINJAL
- Sep 8, 2026 A Special Lecture on Japanese Language Sciences / The 165th NINJAL Colloquium "What is the Difference Between a Mother Tongue and a Heritage Language? — Considering Language Education for Children with Foreign Roots" NINJAL, Online
- Sep 12, 2026 2026 NINJAL Seminar for Teachers of the Japanese Language (Overseas) 'How Should Learners’ Compositions Be Evaluated ? - With a Focus on French Speakers' Université Paris Cité, Online
- Sep 14, 2026 - Sep 16, 2025. Evidence-based Linguistics Workshop 2026 NINJAL








