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The Dept of Japanese Studies at Kansai College has up to 21 different levels of classes. Your class level will be determined according to the placement tests given during the orientation period. The curriculum at Kansai College is composed of the 4 basic Japanese skills, (reading, writing, comprehension, and speaking). Students can choose their own curriculum and electives in accordance to their own educational goals. Furthermore each class has it own homeroom teacher who follows your programs and counsels according to your specific needs and wants.

	1953	Tennoji Preparatory School, Kansai College’s sister school was established
	1967	Tennoji English Academy, the forerunner of Kansai College, was established
	1969	Those two schools were intergraded into the Tennoji Academy Group
	1971	A new campus was built
	1976	Tennoji English Academy was authorized as a vocational college by the government of Osaka prefecture
	1987	The school was renamed to Tennoji Academy of Business and Languages
	1989	Tennoji Academy established the Dept of Japanese Studies for international students in Kansai College and started to accept international students who wants to study Japanese Tennoji Academy established Kansai International High School
	1994	The school was renamed to Kansai College of Business and Languages and International Students Center was established President Akira Hayahara was awarded the Medal with a Blue Ribbon by the Emperor of Japan for his activities of training 'World Citizens'
	1995	Fujiidera International House was opened
	1996	The Ministry of Education designated the Dept. of Japanese Studies for the School of Highly Advanced Education Research Programs because of producing own text books
	1997	Over 100 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies
	1998	Over 200 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies
	1999	New campus was built, and over 300 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies
	2000	Over 400 international students enrolled in the Dept. of Japanese Studies (The school became the largest full time Japanese language institute in Japan)
	2001	Original textbook, "Enjoyable Learning Beginner's Japanese Vol.1" and "Enjoyable Learning Advanced Japanese" were published
	2003	Guest teacher program Australia' was entrusted by the government of Osaka prefecture to provide trainings to the Australian teachers for teaching Japanese The Dept. of Japanese Studies was moved to Annex building

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