The Department of Japanese was evolved from the discipline of Japanese, set up by the School of Foreign Affairs in 1956. At present, the Department of Japanese has two teaching levels—undergraduates and graduates.
There are four majors: Japanese language, Japanese literature, Japanese society &culture and Translation. The Department of Japanese has 291 undergraduate students, 6 foreign students included, 50 graduate students and 6 doctoral students.
The Department of Japanese has maintained communication with lots of universities such as Waseda University, Aoyama Gakuin University, Rikkyo University, Daito Bunka University, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Kobe Shoin Women's University, Nagasaki Junshin University, Asahi University and so on.
There are 22 teachers, including 6 professors, 11 assistant professors and 5 lecturers. In addition, 2 Japanese experts and a number of foreign teachers are invited to work at the Department of Japanese every year. The teacher-student ratio is approximately 1:12.