Cautions upon Taking the 2025 EJU (1st Session)

1. Confirm that the Name, Date of Birth and Other Data on Your Examination Voucher Are Correct

2. Confirm Your Examination Site

  • 1.Please confirm your examination site on your examination voucher.
  • 2.Using the guide map on the EJU web site "2025 EJU (1st Session) Examination Sites (In Japan)", please check the location of your examination site.
  • 3.Some universities of the examination sites have multiple campuses other than the campuses used for the exam sites. Because of this, be sure to confirm the location of your own examination site campus. You cannot take the exam other than the designated examination site.
  • 4.Until the day before the examination day, please make sure the route to the examination site, public transportation departure/arrival time, and other travel details so that you can arrive on time. Please note that you cannot enter the venue building prior to the examination day, nor make direct inquiries to the venue.
  • 5.To access to your site, please use the public transportation, i.e., trains, buses.
    * It is not possible to use parking lots (for vehicles, bicycles) on the testing sites or in the vicinity. Additionally, no information or services for other parking lots can be provided at the testing sites.
    * When we get complaints from universities or other institutions of the examination sites resulting from your illegal parking of shuttle buses or cars, or find any other disturbance, you may not be able to take the exam. In that case, no refunds of examination fees can be made.
  • 6.Examinees must take the test at the assigned examination sites printed on their examination vouchers. You will be unable to take the examination if arriving at the wrong site on the day of exam. No refunds of examination fees can be made as well.

3. Things to Bring on the Examination Day

(The following listed in 1 - 3 below may be placed on your desk during the examination.)

  • 1.Examination Voucher
    * Do not write anything on the examination voucher.
    * If you lose or forget to bring your examination voucher, please print out the form of “Temporary Examination Voucher” from EJU Online, and bring it to the “Temporary Examination Voucher Counter” at your examination site as early as possible on the examination day.
    * You have to present your original photo identification at the counter.
  • 2.Writing Tools (HB pencils, plastic erasers, pencil sharpeners)
    * Mechanical pencils, pencil caps, electric pencil sharpeners, large pencil sharpeners or knives (for sharpening pencils) may not be allowed to use.
  • 3.Watch (Not allowed for items with functions such as dictionaries, calculators, terminals, etc., or items that are difficult to identify whether such functions that are available or not.)
    * Cancel the alarm sound settings in advance.
    * Make sure you bring your own watch since no clock is installed in the examination rooms.
    * Do not use a mobile phone, smartwatch or other device as a watch.
  • 4.Original Photo Identification (Residence card or passport)
  • 5.Lunch
    * If you take test(s) only in the morning/afternoon, you don’t have to bring your lunch.
    * Since the exam date falls on Sunday, restaurants at the examination site or in the neighborhood may not be opened.
    * Please take your lunch garbage home. No garbage/litter is not allowed to discard in the trash cans of the examination sites.

Notes:

  • *You cannot use earplugs since they may disturb you in listening to instructions, etc., of the proctor.
  • *At some venues, it is impossible to adjust room temperature. Therefore, please wear temperature-adjustable clothing.

4. Personal Identity Confirmation (Important)

Before entering the examination room, Original Photo Identification (Residence cards or passports) and examination vouchers will be used to identify the examinees. Cases when such personal ID is not presented or it otherwise proves impossible to confirm personal identity will be treated as a prohibited behavior, and notification of scores will not be made.

5. Examination Time

  • 1.The examination time is printed on your examination voucher. This includes the period used to explain the examination and distribute the question booklets and answer sheets. However, it does not include the time spent collecting and checking the question booklets and answer sheets after the examination has finished.
  • 2.Examinees may enter the examination site from 9:00 a.m. Please enter the room by the scheduled starting time for each subject you are to take. Also, please allow enough time to arrive because of verification procedures when entering the examination room, using your original photo identification and examination voucher.
  • 3.No one is allowed to enter the examination room when arriving after 9:40 a.m. for “Japanese as a Foreign Language”, or 20 minutes after the start time of other subjects.

6. Requests Concerning Infectious Diseases

  • 1.From approximately one week before the examination day, please take your body temperature every morning (or other time possible) and watch your health. In case you have a fever, cough or other symptoms, go see a doctor.
  • 2.If you have come down with the flu, norovirus, COVID-19 or other infectious diseases, and are hospitalized, in self-quarantine or under treatment on the examination day, please refrain from taking the exam in terms of preventing the spread of infection to other examinees or the examination staff.
  • 3.At the examination site, if you do not feel well and have a fever, cough or other symptoms, please inform the examination staff of your symptoms immediately. Depending on how high your body temperature is or other situation considered, you may be requested not to proceed with the exam.

7. Cautions on Examination Day

  • 1.If you cannot use public transportation (i.e., trains, buses) due to accidents or strikes, etc., please call Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Testing Division (03-6407-7457) after 7:30 a.m. on the examination day.
  • 2.On the day of the examination, be sure to follow the instructions of the examination staff and the information displayed at the testing site (information boards, designated eating areas and use of wastebaskets, etc.).
  • 3.Examinees are not permitted to use cars, motorcycles or bicycles to get to the examination sites.
  • 4.Other than examinees, no one is permitted to enter the examination rooms or the buildings in which those rooms are located. (Excludes the approved cases of testing accommodations).
  • 5.All examination sites are completely non-smoking. Do not smoke in and around the sites.
  • 6.When entering the examination room, please show the examination staff your examination voucher and original photo identification (Residence card or passport) .When you wear a facial mask or a hat, take it off temporarily for verification.
  • 7.In the examination room, sit in the seat numbered the same as your examination registration number and put your examination voucher on the desk. You cannot take the examination in a seat with the different number.
  • 8.The only items that may be placed on your desk are the examination voucher, writing tools and wristwatch. Please put any other items (including the envelope containing your examination voucher) in your bag.
  • 9.Hats cannot be worn during the exam. If wearing a hat is absolutely necessary, the examinee must inform a proctor before the exam begins. If any suspicious behavior related to hats is observed, proctors may order the examinee to remove the hat.
  • 10.No eating or drinking is permitted during the examination. In addition, please do not place any foods or beverages on your desk. If it is absolutely necessary to rehydrate, please raise your hand and explain your need to the proctor and follow the instructions given.
  • 11.Switch the power to “OFF” for all mobile phones, smartphones or other electronic devices (refer to 2 of section 10 below for details), and put those devices in your bag. Such items may not be kept in the pockets of your clothing.
    Please remember that activating the alarm function on mobile phones or other devices can cause the alarm even if the power is switched off. To avoid this, deactivate the alarm setting and then switch the power to “OFF.”
  • 12.After the answer sheets are handed out, check the name and examination registration number on the answer sheet are the same as those on your examination voucher. If that information is clearly not yours, please notify the examination staff immediately. If you write answers on an answer sheet that is not yours, or if you correct the name and examination registration number by yourself without notifying the examination staff, your answers will not be graded.
  • 13.After the examination begins, no one is allowed to leave the examination room until an announcement is made that “examinees may now leave.” If you need to use the restroom or step outside due to feeling unwell before that time, please raise your hand. However, during the audio portion of the “Listening Comprehension” and “Listening-Reading Comprehension” sections of the Japanese as a Foreign Language test, even if you receive permission to visit the restroom or leave the examination room due to feeling unwell, you will not be allowed to return to the room until after those sections have concluded.
  • 14.During the Japanese as a Foreign Language test, “Listening Comprehension” and “Listening-Reading Comprehension” sections, do not ask questions, speak or cause loud noises.
  • 15.If you cannot properly hear the recorded audio played during the Japanese as a Foreign Language “Listening Comprehension” and “Listening-Reading Comprehension” testing due to noises or other reasons, please raise your hand after the recording finishes and inform the examination staff of the problem.
  • 16.This testing cannot be repeated due to interference from everyday noises that may occur during the test. This includes footstep sounds of proctors walking around the room, conversations required to administer the test, sounds of passing airplanes or automobiles, wind and rain, air conditioning, coughing, sneezing or nose blowing by other examinees in your vicinity, short-term ringing of mobile phones, watches or other devices, noises from nearby buildings or other distractions.
  • 17.Once the testing begins, proctors may determine that repeated harsh coughing or other conditions exhibited by examinees severely interfere with the testing process. Individuals exhibiting such symptoms may be asked to stop answering questions and temporarily leave the testing room. In such cases, no extension of test time, rescheduling of the exam, or other measures will be provided.
  • 18.During the examination, the examination staff may request to confirm your identity by comparing your face to the photo on your examination voucher. You may be asked to remove your facial mask and glasses temporarily at that time.
  • 19.There may be occasions when outside groups, the schools or other parties distribute leaflets or other materials near the examination sites. Please be aware that such activities and information are not connected to EJU in any way.
  • 20.Because your examination voucher is required upon applying to universities or other institutions, it should be carefully kept even after the examination has finished.

8. Answering Method

The answering method is mark-sheet. Make sure you use an HB pencil to blacken the number for the answer. You cannot use a ball-point pen or mechanical pencil. Numbers that are blackened too lightly will not be marked.
Examination scores are calculated by totaling the points for all correct answers. No points are subtracted for incorrect answers.

9. Your Name and Examination Registration Number on the Answer Sheet

Your name (in alphabet) and examination registration number will be pre-printed on your answer sheet that will be provided on the examination day. When you are given the answer sheet, first of all, check that the name and examination registration number on the answer sheet are the same as those on your examination voucher. If the name and examination registration number on the answer sheet are obviously not yours, notify the examination staff immediately.
If you write answers on an answer sheet that is not yours or if you correct the name and examination registration number by yourself without notifying the staff and then write in the answers, your examination will not be scored.

10. Prohibited Behavior

If you behave in the following ways, it will be regarded as prohibited behavior. Accordingly, you will be ordered by the examination staff to leave the examination room, and your answers in all of the subjects that you took will be invalidated. (Examination fees will not be refunded.)

  • 1.When your electronic devices such as mobile phones, etc. that make sounds or alarms or generate vibration noise during the examination. (Including a wristwatch generating alarm sounds.)
  • 2.Not putting electronic devices in your bag, leaving them on the desk or chair, holding them, wearing them or using/operating them during the exam. (Even just turning the power on will be considered as cheating.)
    Examples of electronic devices: mobile phones, smartphones, personal computers, wearable devices (e.g., smartwatches), IC recorders, audio players, digital cameras or other devices with photographing, video/audio recording or communication functions, game machines, electronic dictionaries, calculators, etc. (Even just putting earphones or headphones around your neck or wearing eyeglasses with electronic functions will be regarded as prohibited behavior.)
  • 3.Having someone take the examination on your behalf. Not being able to verify that the examinees themselves have taken the examination or verify their identity with their photo identification.
  • 4.Writing answers intentionally on an answer sheet which is not yours or exchanging your question booklet or answer sheet with another examinee at the examination site.
  • 5.Speaking with other examinees, giving answers to other examinees, receiving answers from other examinees or committing other acts of cheating (looking at reference books, crib sheets, newspaper, leaflets/handbills/brochures or the answer sheet of another examinee) during the examination.
  • 6.Attempting to take or actually taking the question booklets or answer sheets out of the examination room during or after the examination. (Including acts of copying, photographing or audio recording the questions or answers from the question booklets or answer sheets using electronic devices).
  • 7.Removing or attempting to remove a page or portion of the question booklets.
  • 8.Using a memo sheet/ note paper or any other kind of paper that you brought to the site during the examination. This includes writing on the items which you are allowed to put on the desk (i.e., examination voucher), its envelope, the examination registration number seal, the desk, etc. (Do not write anything even if being unrelated to the exam. Such actions will be considered prohibited behavior.)
  • 9.Leaving the examination room without permission of the examination staff.
  • 10.Opening the question booklet or starting to answer before the proctor says, "Please start."
  • 11.Not stopping writing on the answer sheet when the proctor says, "Please stop."
  • 12.In the Japanese as a Foreign Language test, looking at questions from a different section or answering those questions. For example, responding to “Reading Comprehension” questions during the “Writing” section.
  • 13.Looking at and/or answering the actual questions in the “Listening-Reading Comprehension“ or “Listening Comprehension“ sections during the instructions or practice exercises of those sections in the Japanese as a Foreign Language test.
  • 14.Leaving the examination room before the examination staff has collected and checked the question booklets and the answer sheets after the examination is over.
  • 15.Creating disturbance to other examinees. (Including the acts of distributing of leaflets or other promotional materials, solicitation to participate in specific groups or any other such activities at the testing site or in the general vicinity of the site).
  • 16.Making false statements concerning the examination which are advantageous to yourself or other examinees.
  • 17.When the examination staff determine that you have behaved improperly in any way not listed above, or if you fail to follow the directions given by the examination staff. Committing any act that may undermine the fairness of the examination.

Notes

  • : Any items which are used for the prohibited behavior (memo sheets/ note paper, crib sheets, electronic devices etc.) will be confiscated on site and not returned.
  • : If you engage in any act listed in 2 above, the examination staff will check e-mails and chat history on your smartphone or other electronic devices, and the contents of data folders (images, video, audio, etc.) on the spot and save those records.
  • : Examinees who engage in cheating, such as stealing examination questions or taking examination by proxy, will be reported to the police for fraudulent obstruction of business and they may also be prohibited from taking the examination in the future. In addition, upon inquiries from universities or other institutions concerning scores, JASSO reserves the right to provide notification of the details of such violations.

11. Copyrights of Examination Questions

The examination questions of EJU are confidential information and the copyright of JASSO, and are protected by laws and regulations. You are prohibited from conveying a part or all of the examination questions without permission to a third party in whatever form, such as disclosure (e.g., disclosing inappropriately obtained examination questions or providing flash reports on answers), revelation, dictation, transmission, etc. through web site or other means by copying, recording on video tape or audio tape, writing, memorizing (storing), etc. Violation of this rule may result in notification to the police or legal actions.
Please be aware that you are also prohibited to memorize and replicate examination questions as well as to watch these contents or divulge them. During the past examinations, several examinees were arrested for such violations.

12. About Cheating

JASSO will continue to take strict measures against cheating. In addition, information of malicious cheating may be provided to universities.

13. About Problems and Other Events Which Occur during the Examination

The Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) pledges to do everything in its capacity to ensure that the examination is offered in proper fashion. However, upon occurrence of events during the exam which interfere with your ability to respond or otherwise threaten to impact your scores, please immediately inform a proctor of those circumstances. Our proctors (or other staffers) will confirm the details and deal with the specific situations.
During the Japanese as a Foreign Language test Listening Comprehension and Listening-Reading Comprehension questions, in cases when noises or other occurrences interfere with your ability to adequately hear the audio contents, please raise your hand and immediately inform a staffer of the situation after completion of the Listening Comprehension and Listening-Reading Comprehension audio.
If not satisfied with the actions taken by our staffers at such times, you may directly appeal to the supervisors at each examination site. Please note, however, that the final judgments on such matters will be made by JASSO.
Likewise, please be aware that issuing requests after completion of the examination may prevent you from retaking the tests or benefiting from other relief measures.

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