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Words and phrases
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Translation
The Japan Foundation (had) announced (by) Oct. 10th that it conducted a survey on the number of schools providing Japanese language education abroad in fiscal 2018, and 18,604 institutions were confirmed, with the number of students reaching about 3.85 million. Both figures are up from the previous survey in fiscal 2015. The number of institutions jumped 3.7 times in Vietnam and nearly tripled in Myanmar, both emerging among the top 10 (countries).
The foundation is an independent administrative institution that provides support for Japanese language education overseas. According to the survey results, Japanese language institutions in Vietnam and Myanmar are 818 and 400, respectively. The highest number was in South Korea at 2,998, followed by Indonesia and China in that order.
Answers
1) How many overseas Japanese language institutions were there in the 2018 fiscal year?
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18,604 institutions.
2) How much did the number increase in Vietnam and Myanmar since the 2015 fiscal year?
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About three times.
3) Which country has the highest number of Japanese language institutions?
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South Korea.

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