Initially, the open-ended questions and private-sector English tests were supposed to be introduced for the unified university entrance exam starting this year. But many people opposed both ...

(Pool photo) A new standardized university admission exam system -- set to be introduced in the 2020 academic year -- will hold English tests multiple times a year in all prefectures so applicants ...

Preliminary figures showing the percentage of correctly answered questions in a trial of a mark sheet-style English test -- set to be introduced as part of a new standardized university entrance ...

such as the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), should ideally account for at least 20 percent of the English proficiency assessments used for university admission. The benchmark ...

In 2020 it will be renamed the Daigaku Nyugaku Kyotsu Test (no official English title is yet available, so let's translate it as the University Entrance Common Test) and test-takers will need to ...