{"id":16,"date":"2019-05-21T10:09:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T17:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/furutak\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-11-14T02:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:45:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"padding-left: 40px;text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u3088\u3046\u3053\u305d\uff01Welcome to the Official VIU Japanese Program Website!<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VIU Japanese Language Program\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_DiuiZaTk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/school_jugyousankan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1019 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/school_jugyousankan-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/school_jugyousankan-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/school_jugyousankan-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/school_jugyousankan.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"480\"><em>Here at VIU, we offer a variety of first- and second-year Japanese language courses at the Nanaimo Campus. Our courses are beginner-friendly, with opportunities for more advanced studies as well. To see a full list of classes, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viu.ca\/programs\/courses\/japanese\">here<\/a> to visit our official VIU course listings page.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"651\"><em>Even if you have no prior experience with Japanese language or culture, or are entirely new to learning a language, our program welcomes students from all backgrounds.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/culture-art.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1025\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/culture-art-300x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/culture-art-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/culture-art-768x650.png 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/culture-art.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><em>VIU also gives students the opportunity to obtain a Certificate of Proficiency in Language and Culture, more information is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viu.ca\/programs\/arts-humanities-social-sciences\/proficiency-language-and-culture\">here<\/a> on the official VIU website! You can click here to download our programs flyer which has additional details by clicking this link [<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2014\/05\/Certificate_Asian-Studies.pdf\">Download the PDF here<\/a>]!<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: right\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/japan-itstoya-blah.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1032 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/japan-itstoya-blah-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/japan-itstoya-blah-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/japan-itstoya-blah-272x182.png 272w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/files\/2025\/11\/japan-itstoya-blah.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: left\" align=\"justify\"><em>Planning on taking Japanese courses? Are you not sure if you have registered for the right level of course? Don&#8217;t know how to register?<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Check our <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/japanese\/course-registration-guide\/\">Japanese Language Course Registration Guide<\/a> to find out what course is best suited for you to register into!<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>What motivated other people to study Japanese? \u00a0Here are some of the answers: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpf.go.jp\/e\/project\/japanese\/education\/voice\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Message from People Studying Japanese of the World \u2015 It\u2019s fun to study Japanese!<\/a>&#8221; courtesy of the Japan Foundation website.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<div id=\"rikaichan-window\" lang=\"ja\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3088\u3046\u3053\u305d\uff01Welcome to the Official VIU Japanese Program Website! 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