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JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test)

The July 2025 JLPT application period and capacites have been announced. The Test Guide PDF is now available.

Test results for the JLPT 2024 (DECEMBER) are available online until 5:00 pm on March 31 (Mon) (Japan Time), 2025. Details are further below.

• If you need assistance, please send an email – we do not help with confidential matters over the phone. If you already emailed then please wait for a reply. Unless you created an invalid 8-digit passcode, it will probably be faster if you follow instructions on this page and recover your own details.

*All details are subject to possibility of change. It is also not yet determined if future tests will continue to follow this exact pattern of availability.

About The JLPT

The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is the largest-scale Japanese language test in the world. Since 1984, The Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services have continued to offer the JLPT as a reliable means of evaluating the Japanese proficiency of non-native speakers. The JLPT is widely recognised across corporate and government sectors as a benchmark for proficiency measurement, and is also a strong motivator for students of Japanese language.

  • Held worldwide on the first Sunday of July and first Sunday in December of each year, but not at all locations.
  • July Test application period announced around early February with application anticipated to start in March (see below).
  • December Test application period announced around mid July with application anticipated to start mid or late August.
  • Application for the JLPT in Australia is entirely online. Registration links to a ticketing website (Eventbrite) become available from this page when the time approaches.

Capacity for some cities and some levels may become booked out very quickly on the application opening day. For news on precise application periods, please check this website daily from late January and daily from early July. No emailing list is in use and potential applicants will need to monitor news for themselves.

 Next JLPT: July 6 (Sun), 2025.

• Application periodMarch 4 (Tue) 9am AEDT – March 20 (Thu) 5pm AEDT or until capacity is reached, whichever occurs first.

There is no waiting list nor standby.

Capacity:

Cost

  • N1, N2 and N3 ⇒ $95 Test fee + $$6.27 Eventbrite booking fee.
  • N4 and N5 ⇒ $85 Test fee + $5.74 Eventbrite booking fee.

All prices are inclusive of GST.

The Test Guide Is Mandatory Reading

  • Australia-specific information is at the beginning, on pages (i – vi).
  • Contains useful information about dates, procedure, sections, scoring, expected timing, how to fill in answer sheets, etc.
  • Photograph submission and paper applications are not necessary. The JLPT in Australia accepts online applications only. Postal applications are not allowed.
Test Guide (Australia) – July 2025
Test Guide (Australia) – December 2024

Test Results (Dec 2024)

Available for viewing from 10:00 am on January 31 (Fri), 2025, to 5:00 pm on March 31 (Mon) (Japan Time), 2025.

Online Results

You will need your:
Examinee Registration Number. This is found on your Test Voucher PDF that was emailed a month prior to the Test
8-digit passcode. All examinees created one on their application form during registration and payment. All of your application form answers (including passcode) are viewable by logging into Eventbrite and checking your ticket history for your past JLPT order form. The steps will appear different depending device (app / phone / computer) but as a rough outline: go to “tickets”, then “past orders”, then expand the details to see all of your application form answers. On a computer, that final expanding link is labelled “View complete attendee info”.

If you have already been trying and failing to log in, many times in a short period of time, then you might be locked out. This is temporary. Please wait and try again later.

The online results webpage does not stay permanently available. It applies only to the most recent test and remains accesible for a couple months after opening.

Postal Address Corrections

Postage of physical result certificate(s) commences February/March.
For address corrections, notify your Host Institution as soon as possible and ideally by mid February.

Effective from April 2025, duplicate reissuance of JLPT Certificate of Result and Scores will incur charge. Details here:
https://www.jlpt.jp/e/topics/202411281732777015.html

Older notice: https://www.jlpt.jp/e/topics/202405011714545856.html

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