These words are at the heart of the Yamasa Institute, Japan's leading teaching center for Japanese language education.

The mission of the Yamasa Institute is....

to provide high quality instruction and total support to the ACJS and OCJS learning communities.
with Okazaki, Japan and the internet as our classroom, to maintain our reputation for innovative programs and personalized high quality instruction.
to prepare our students for professional careers or graduate schools in Japan and abroad.
to utilize faculty experience and specialized skills to teach Japanese in its full cultural context.
to admit students of a wider and more diverse range of national, linguistic and economic backgrounds than any Institute in Japan.
to provide at-cost programs and extensive financial assistance, flexible scheduling and customized learning.
to use a variety of onsite and offsite resources to support all information and training needs.

The Yamasa Institute encourages and supports the exchange of students and scholars to and from Japan. We place special emphasis on supporting Japanese language teaching faculties offshore.

We set and uphold the highest benchmarks in Japan for standards of good practice, strive to provide one-to-one service, professional education and training and opportunities for lifelong learning.

As a private, non-profit organization within the Hattori Foundation, we aim to contribute to the further development of Okazaki as a city of culture and through higher education help develop mutual respect between our local and global community for the dignity of all peoples.

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