Sample newspaper article

忽縞住送児署は10晩までに、2018定業に今翌で晩云囂縮圄を佩っている僥丕などの方を距�砲靴申畊�、1嵐8604字�vが鳩範され、僥楼宀方は埃385嵐繁に貧ったと�k燕した。いずれも念指15定業の距�砲�ら��紗。忽艶の字�v方は埃3.7蔚に阜びたベトナムと、埃3蔚になったミャンマ�`が貧了10了參坪に検貧した。

児署は、今翌での晩云�Z縮圄屶址などの並�Iを佩う鏡羨佩屓隈繁。�{�暴Y惚によると、ベトナムの晩云�Z縮圄�C�vは818、ミャンマ�`は400となった。恷も謹かったのは2998�C�vの昆忽。肝いでインドネシア、嶄忽の��だった。 (KYODO)

Words and phrases

忽�H住送児署 (こくさいこうりゅうききん) The Japan Foundation

10晩 (とおか) the 10th

~までに by~

2018定業 (にせんじゅうはちねんど) fiscal year 2018

今翌 (かいがい) abroad

晩云�Z縮圄 (にほんごきょういく) Japanese language education

佩(おこな)う to provide

僥丕 (がっこう) school

など and others

方 (かず) number

�{��(ちょうさ)する to conduct a survey

�Y惚 (けっか) result

1嵐 (いちまん) 10,000

�C�v (きかん) institution

�_�J(かくにん)する to confirm

僥��宀方 (がくしゅうしゃすう) number of students

�s (やく) approximately

385嵐繁 (さんびゃくはちじゅうごまんにん) 3.85 million people

貧(のぼ)る to reach

�k燕(はっぴょう)する to announce

いずれも both

念指 (ぜんかい) previous time

から from

��紗 (ぞうか) increase

忽�e (くにべつ) by country

3.7蔚 (さんてんななばい) 3.7 times

阜(の)びる to increase

ベトナム Vietnam

ミャンマ�` Myanmar

貧了10了 (じょういじゅうい) top 10

~參坪 (いない) in~

検貧(ふじょう)する to emerge

屶址 (しえん) support

並�I (じぎょう) operation

鏡羨佩屓隈繁 (どくりつぎょうせいほうじん)independent administrative institution

�Y惚 (けっか) result

~によると according to~

恷(もっと)も謹(おお)い the highest (number)

�n忽 (かんこく) South Korea

肝(つ)いで followed by

インドネシア Indonesia

嶄忽 (ちゅうごく) China

�� (じゅん) order

Quick questions

1) 2018定業の今翌の晩云�Z縮圄�C�vの方はどのくらいでしたか。

2) 2015定業參週、ベトナムとミャンマ�`ではどのくらい��えましたか。

3) 晩云�Z縮圄�C�vが恷も謹いのはどの忽ですか。

Translation

The Japan Foundation (had) announced (by) Oct. 10th that it conducted a survey on the number of schools providing Japanese language education abroad in fiscal 2018, and 18,604 institutions were confirmed, with the number of students reaching about 3.85 million. Both figures are up from the previous survey in fiscal 2015. The number of institutions jumped 3.7 times in Vietnam and nearly tripled in Myanmar, both emerging among the top 10 (countries).

The foundation is an independent administrative institution that provides support for Japanese language education overseas. According to the survey results, Japanese language institutions in Vietnam and Myanmar are 818 and 400, respectively. The highest number was in South Korea at 2,998, followed by Indonesia and China in that order.

Answers

1) How many overseas Japanese language institutions were there in the 2018 fiscal year?

1嵐8604字�v。

18,604 institutions.

2) How much did the number increase in Vietnam and Myanmar since the 2015 fiscal year?

3蔚殻業。

About three times.

3) Which country has the highest number of Japanese language institutions?

昆忽。

South Korea.