A Study Of Confucius Institute (Class) In Japan

The economy globalization has accelerated its speed across the world since the1990s.Along with China’s increasing development of economy and the raise of world position, the“Chinese Hot” has become an irreversible trend in the world today. Meanwhile, theinternational promotion of Chinese has elevated a new stage. As a main mechanism,Confucius institute (class) has become the major channel to “let Chinese language go to theworld” at the present time.Japan has had a close cultural exchange with China since ancient times. Nowadays,the Chinese learners in Japan account for a large proportion in the world. The researchobject of this paper is Confucius institute (class) in Japan. Based on the Chinesepromotion, the paper adopts literature research and comprehensive analysis as the mainmethods to discuss the present situation of Confucius Institute from the followingaspects—organization, teaching objects, curriculum settings, teaching materials,faculties and extracurricular activities, and point out some current problems andrelevant solution such as the shortages of curriculum features, educational materials,training and arrangement of native Chinese teachers and others. In addition, it also putsforward the prospect of future development of Japanese Confucius Institute (class). Therecord of Japanese Confucius Institute (class) not only can show the importance ofConfucius Institute in our educational history, but also provide a multi-learning andinnovative version for other Institutes in the world. From the perspective of Chinesepromotion, the research has great significance in the enrichment of research content andthe decision-making of in international promotion of Chinese. In21th century, china haschange its age from culture input to culture output. And under the intimate Sino-Japanesefriendship, it will become unique scenery in the history of communication between chinaand Japan with increasing Confucius Institute in Japan.