Professional Development and Training
To respond to Tokyo’s need for continuing professional development opportunities, TUJ has developed a robust profile of courses aimed to help individuals enter or advance within particular fields, such as law, teaching, interpretation and translation, the nonprofit sector and more. Certificate programs in many of these specialized areas aim to develop a full suite of knowledge and skills needed to establish oneself in the field.
- Legal Assistant Studies
- Professional Writing
- Education
- Social Sciences
- NGO Management
- Translation and Interpretation
Legal Assistant Studies
- Legal English (LLE101)
- Legal Writing (LLW101)
- Introduction to Paralegal Studies (IPS101)
- Introduction to American Law (IAL101)
- Introduction to Business Law (8 Weeks) (IBL101)
- Basic Primer on Contracts (8 Weeks) (BPC101)
- Intellectual Property (8 Weeks) (INP101)
- Legal Translation Skills (LTS101)
- Introduction to Japanese Law (IJL101)
- Japanese Labor/Employment Law (8 Weeks) (JLL101)
Professional Writing
- Financial Media Literacy (FIL101)
- Effective Business Writing (BWT101)
- Business Report and Technical Writing (BWT202)
- Creative Writing:Telling the Story (ICW102)
- Copy Editing Skills (CES101)
- Article Writing for Online and Print Media (MFW101)
- Legal Writing (LLW101)
- Writing for the Communications Professional (WCP101)
Education
- Constructivist Pedagogy (EDU102)
- Effective Language Teaching (12 Weeks) (TEJL-1)
- Teaching Vocabulary and Reading (12 Weeks) (TEJL-3)
- Language Course Design and Assessment (12 Weeks) (TEJL-4)
- Teaching Young Learners (12 Weeks) (TEJL-8)
Social Sciences
- Exploring Bilingualism (BIL101)
- Winnie the Pooh: The Magic of Psycholinguistics (LIN103)
- Introduction to Psychology (PSY100)
- Understanding Japanese Society (UJS101)
- Cognitive Psychology: Understanding the Human Mind (8 Weeks) (PSY107)
- Social Psychology (PSY103)
- Basic Counseling Skills (BCS101)
- Basic Counseling Skills for Managers and Team Leaders (BCS103)
- Journalism Studies (JRN101)
- Introduction to Western Civilization (IWC101)
NGO Management
- Global Issues and How International NGOs Tackle Them (8 Weeks) (NGO201)
- SDGs: Issues in Sustainable Development (5 Weeks) (SDG101)
- Social Issues Through Drama (8 Weeks) (SID101)
- Japanese Society & Nonprofit Organizations (8 Weeks) (NGO212)
- Fundraising for NGOs: Practical Hints (One-day Workshop) (PWW102-SP)
- Conflict Resolution and Transformation (CRT101)
Translation and Interpretation
- Basic Interpretation Skills (8 Weeks) (BIS101)
- Translation Skills (8 Weeks) (JSL401)
- Intermediate Japanese Translation Skills (JSL501)
- Interpretation for Business Purposes (IBP101-S)
- Grammar for Translators (One-day Workshop) (GFT101-SP)
- Business Translation Skills (5 Weeks) (BTS101)
- Translation for Advertising (One-day Workshop) (ADT101-SP)
- Legal Translation Skills (LTS101)