Business Japanese Proficiency Test
The Business Japanese Proficiency Test (BJT) (ビジネス日本語能力テスト, Bijinesu Nihongo Nōryoku Tesuto) is a Japanese language proficiency test designed to objectively measure a person's practical communicative skills in communicating and responding to information in a Japanese-language business environment. Unlike its counterpart Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) which focuses more on general Japanese, BJT is not designed for measuring Japanese language knowledge nor business knowledge but instead, BJT is designed to measure a person's practical communicative ability to utilize and respond to given information, ability to express thoughts and opinions, and at the same time promote ideas or projects to people of different backgrounds and expertise.
| Acronym | BJT |
|---|---|
| Type | Computer-based language test |
| Developer / administrator | Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Public Interest Foundation (since 2009) Japan External Trade Organization (formerly) |
| Knowledge / skills tested | Japanese language proficiency for business communication |
| Year started | 1996 |
| Duration | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Score / grade range | 0 to 800 |
| Countries / regions | Over 16 countries |
| Website | www |
The BJT is not only engineered to measure a person's verbal communicative skills, but also the ability to understand and use Japanese with the aid of text, diagrams, photographs and any other available information in emails or faxes, etc. and at the same time to appropriately perform tasks and workloads suited to a Japanese-language business environment.
The Business Japanese Proficiency Test covers the full range of events or situations that may arise on a Japanese-language business environment.