Yuki Tanaka
Head of JFT-Basic
Native speaker and certified Japanese language teacher. Seven years preparing SSW candidates.
About us
We only teach one thing, and we teach it properly
JFT Sensei exists for people with a specific goal and a real deadline: pass the exam, get the visa, go to Japan. Everything we do is shaped by that.
Why we started
Most of our students are not studying Japanese for pleasure. They are studying after a full shift, on a phone, with a test date and a plane ticket riding on the result. General Japanese courses are not built for that. They move at the pace of a textbook, not the pace of a deadline.
So we built the opposite: a course that starts from your test date and works backwards, taught in a language you already think in, by teachers who have marked thousands of mock papers and can tell you within one mock exactly which section is costing you the pass.
We also tell students when they are not ready. A test fee is real money, and booking too early is the most expensive mistake we see.
How we teach
Honest about the timeline
If you need nine months, we will say nine months. Nobody is served by an optimistic answer that costs you a test fee.
Bilingual by design
New grammar is introduced in your language, practised in Japanese, and reviewed in both. Confusion should come from the Japanese, not from the explanation.
Measured, not guessed
Mock scores drive the study plan. If listening is your weak section, your week changes — we do not keep teaching the syllabus in order.
Built for working people
Evening and weekend classes in your timezone, a recording of every lesson, and drills short enough to do on a commute.
Teachers
Ram Thapa
JLPT N4 / N3 lead
N1 certified. Teaches in Nepali and English, and sat the same exams himself.
Sari Wibowo
Indonesian programme
N1 certified, based in Jakarta. Specialises in listening and the Conversation section.
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