Please read "EJU Bulletin" and "Cautions upon Taking EJU" carefully for cautions regarding the examination.
Things to Bring on the Examination Day
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1.Examination Voucher
*Do not write anything on the examination voucher. -
2.The Original of Your Personal Identification Document (any one of the following: Residence Card, Passport, or My Number Card (an Individual Number Card))
* If you forget your personal identification document or bring anything other than the original, you will not be able to take EJU. -
3.Writing Tools (HB pencils, a plain plastic erasers (remove the eraser case), pencil sharpeners)
* Please do not use anything other than HB pencils for writing because there is a possibility that
the mark sheet may not be readable.
* Retractable erasers, pencil caps, electric pencil sharpeners, large pencil sharpeners, and knives (for sharpening pencils) may not be allowed to use. -
4.Watch (Neither watches with functions like dictionaries, calculators, or terminals, nor items in which it’s difficult to determine if such functions are available, nor small clocks or pocket watches are allowed.)
* 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. -
5.Lunch
* If you take the test(s) only in the morning/afternoon, you don’t have to bring your lunch.
* Since the exam date falls on Sundays, restaurants in the examination venue or in the neighborhood may not be opened.
* Please take your lunch garbage with you. Garbage/litter is not allowed to throw away in the trash cans of the examination venues.
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.
Examination Venues
Personal Identity Confirmation (Important)
Before entering the examination room, the original of your personal identification document and your examination voucher will be used to confirm your identity. The personal identification documents to be used are limited to the original, valid Residence Card, Passport, or My Number Card (Individual Number Card) only. Copies or digital images of identification documents, as well as receipts for documents under renewal (such as Residence Cards), cannot accepted as valid identification. If you do not present the original of your personal identification document, or if the examinee's identity cannot be confirmed, you will not be allowed to take the test.
- * If you are in the process of renewing your residence period, etc. online, please present the original Residence Card along with the "Certificate of Application for Renewal" issued by the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (printed from the online application page).
- * Submissions will not be accepted after the exam.
Requests Concerning Infectious Disease
- 1.From approximately one week before the examination day, 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.On the examination day, if you have come down with the flu, norovirus, COVID-19 or other infectious diseases, and been hospitalized, in self-quarantine or under treatment, please refrain from taking the exam in terms of preventing the spread of infection to other examinees or examination staff.
- 3.At the examination site, if you do not feel well and have a fever, a cough or other symptoms, inform staff members 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.
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. For more details of answering method, refer to EJU Bulletin's “11. Answering Method”
About Cheating and other malicious prohibited behaviors
JASSO will continue to take strict measures against cheating. In addition, information of malicious cheating may be provided to universities.
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.
