The number of test-takers has grown significantly year after year. Even in 2017, the number of JLPT registrations is over 1 million. To date, the exam has been administered in approximately 95 countries and territories around the world. The JLPT was first administered in only 15 countries and only about 7,000 people took the test. This test was established in 1984 by the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES). JLPT is the abbreviation for “Japanese-Language Proficiency Test”, the Japanese name of which is 日本語能力試験 (ni-hon-go-nō-ryoku-shi-ken).
