Sakura Network

The JF Nihongo Network (Sakura Network)

Since the fiscal year 2008, the Japan Foundation has been building up the JF Nihongo Network (“Sakura Network”) with the cooperation of Japanese language education institutions worldwide.

The Japan Foundation expects the “Sakura Network” members to play a significant role in terms of enhancing the Japanese language education in their region or country by utilizing various programs provided by the Japan Foundation.

We hope that this network will develop and prosper in every part of the world, just like beautiful cherry blossoms, hence the name “Sakura Network.”

The Japan Foundation will work together in cooperation with the member organizations of the “Sakura Network” to enhance the quality of overseas Japanese language education and provide opportunities to learn the Japanese language.

Sakura Network Members in the US as of January 1, 2025

Nationwide Japanese Teacher's Association

     American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)

Regional Japanese Teacher's Associations

1. Alaska Association of Teachers of Japanese (AKATJ)
2. Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon (ATJO)
3. California Association of Japanese Language Teachers (CAJLT)
4. Japanese Teachers Association of Texas (JTAT)
5. Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese (HATJ)
6. Association of Florida Teachers of Japanese (AFTJ)
7. Mid-Atlantic Association of Teachers of Japanese (MAATJ)
8. Washington Association of Teachers of Japanese (WATJ)
9. Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ)
10. Japanese Language and Culture Teachers of Iowa (JLCTIA)
11. Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese (AzATJ)
12. Illinois Association of Teachers of Japanese (IATJ)
13. Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese (AITJ)
14. Wisconsin Association of Teachers of Japanese (WiATJ)
15. Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese (OATJ)
16. Teachers of Japanese in Southern California (TJSC)
17. Northern California Japanese Teachers Association (NCJTA)
18. Guam Nihongo Teachers' Association (GuNTA)
19. Kentucky Association of Teachers of Japanese (KAJLT)
20. Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese (GATJ)
21. Delaware Valley Teachers of Japanese (DVTJ)
22. Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan (JTAM)
23. Minnesota Council of Teachers of Japanese (MCTJ)
24. Colorado Japanese Language Education Association (CJLEA)
25. Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ)

For additional information, please visit the website of the Japan Foundation's World Headquarters below.

https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/project/japanese/education/network/