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Egypt Starts Japanese Language Classes for 400 Students

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC · How we work

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Egypt launched Japanese-language classes for junior high and high school students at the new school year’s start.
The program follows a 2016 Egypt-Japan Schools agreement signed by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
About 400 students at ten schools now study Japanese as a second foreign language after English.
In Suez, 49 first-year junior high students practiced Japanese self-introductions and phone calls with a Japan-Foundation-trained teacher.

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Egypt launched Japanese-language classes for junior high and high school students at the new school year’s start.
The program follows a 2016 Egypt-Japan Schools agreement signed by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
About 400 students at ten schools now study Japanese as a second foreign language after English.
In Suez, 49 first-year junior high students practiced Japanese self-introductions and phone calls with a Japan-Foundation-trained teacher.