[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":44},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-language-school-150-hours-no-longer-accepted-en":3},{"data":4},{"slug":5,"published_on":6,"announced_on":7,"effective_on":8,"is_pre_effective":9,"source_url":10,"updated_on":11,"verified_at":6,"title":12,"summary":13,"sum_what":14,"sum_when":15,"sum_who":16,"sum_todo":17,"body":11,"effective_note":18,"source_org":19,"source_title":11,"update_note":11,"content_lang":20,"exams":21,"purposes":28,"locales":32},"language-school-150-hours-no-longer-accepted","2026-10-01","2026-01-23","2026-07-01",false,"https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/10_00258.html",null,"Language school admission: \"150 hours of study\" alone is no longer accepted as proof","Japanese ability at A1 level or above must now be shown by a test certificate or an interview.","Proving A1-level ability only with \"150+ hours of study\" is no longer accepted; a test certificate or an interview is required.","Certificate of Eligibility applications from October 2026 (autumn intake); change/renewal applications from 1 July 2026.","People entering Japanese language institutions.","Plan an accepted test such as JLPT N5 or JFT-Basic A1 early.","From 1 July 2026 (change/renewal) / October 2026 (Certificate of Eligibility)","Immigration Services Agency of Japan","en",[22,25],{"slug":23,"name":24},"jlpt","Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)",{"slug":26,"name":27},"jft-basic","JFT-Basic (Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese)",[29],{"key":30,"title":31},"study-language","Study abroad — Enrol at a Japanese-language institution",[33,20,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43],"bn","fil","id","ja","ko","my","ne","si","th","vi","zh-CN",1793099967719]