Young people aged 15 or over who came to Japan after completing compulsory education in their home country are currently unable to transfer to a public junior high school in Japan. If they wish to enter high school in Japan, they have to pass the high school entrance exam on their own. If they do not have a place to learn, there will be many obstacles in their way to entering high school.

So, Tsutamaru supports those young people by offering them a “place to study” and a “place to belong.”

We support young people who wish to take online Japanese lessons with the YSC Global School’s NICO PROJECT, which is managed by the NPO Youth Support Center in Tokyo. As part of that project you can have fun learning Japanese efficiently in a short period of time. These lessons are not video lessons, they are “interactive”. You can learn Japanese in the same style as in-person lessons at school, where you and teachers talk interactively during class.

You can take lessons either at Tsutamaru’s office using our PC and other equipment, or you can take the lessons at home. You can also borrow a tablet device.

Tsutamaru staff members and supporters help you with your homework, and talk with your parents through an interpreter. So, you can prepare yourself for your high school entrance exam without worries.