
As a Japanese learner, JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test or 日本語能力試験) is not something new. Every year thousands of people worldwide are taking this exam to prove their ability in Japanese Statistics from Japanese Foundation (JF)*, in 2009 it was approx. around 770,000 people were taking JLPT in 54 countries around the globe. In Malaysia, based on my observation, most of the JLPT candidates consist of Chinese candidates. This, without a doubt is due to the vast similarities (but not exactly the same) as well as connection between Japanese Kanji and Chinese hanzi. Because of that fact, I really have a very high respect to the determination shown by those non-Chinese candidates that sit for this exam.
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