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About Minato: Q1. What is Minato?

A.JF Japanese eastward-Learning Minato is a Japanese language learning platform provided past the Nippon Foundation. For further details please see here.

Q2. What does the site contain?

A.As a identify of learning it has Japanese courses, and as a place for meeting other agreeing people it has various communities. In addition, it makes available a web site and various apps developed by JF for the studying of Japanese. For further details please meet here.

Q3. What are the recommended system requirements for Minato?

A.Please refer to the 'For Beginning Fourth dimension Users' - 'Form Environs', department of the User Guide (hither).

User Registration/Business relationship Admin

Q4. The email I received contains corrupted text.

A.If the email yous received from Minato contains corrupted text, delight check the points below.

If only one department contains corrupted text
If the proper noun you registered contains one-time or unusual fonts etc., the text may appear corrupted.
If the whole email contains corrupted text
Information technology'south possible that the email software you're using is not applying the correct font encoding.
Minato sends emails using the 'Unicode（UTF-viii）' encoding format. Delight try resetting the email y'all received to the 'Unicode（UTF-8）' encoding.
(For more detailed operations regarding your email software delight refer to that product's support page etc.)

If subsequently performing the higher up operations the problems is not resolved, please contact usa here.

Q5. I don't know how to practise the user registration.

A.Please refer to the 'User Registration' - 'User Registration Process', section of the User Guide (here).

Q6. Does it price money to user annals?

A.No, user registration is free of charge.

Q7. What sort of things can I do when I register as a user?

A.You can participate in, and make use of the Japanese courses and communities that Minato provides. For details, please refer to the 'My Page' of the User Guide (here).

Q8. What will the information I register be used for?

A.We will utilize that information as a reference to allow us to provide more than useful content, and for advising of new Japanese linguistic communication courses, etc. With regard to your proper noun, this will be used every bit the recipient proper name on completion/attendance certificates. For further details, please refer to the Terms of Service (here).

Q9. Volition the information I register likewise be released to any other people?

A.There is Not-Public information, and information which can be set as Public/Not-Public. For details delight see the manual after logging in.

Q10. I completed the user registration using a mistaken e-mail accost.

A.First, delight check the points below, and then redo the user registration from here using the correct email address.

Is the email address entered with half-width fonts? (for Asian language input)
Mistakenly entered using commas (,) or dots/full-stops?
Any half-width spaces entered within or after the e-mail address?
Have the 'co.jp' or 'ne.jp' etc., been mistakenly entered?

Q11. I did the user registration but no email has arrived.

A.Please bank check the points below.

Are there any errors in the electronic mail address y'all registered?
If yous completed the user registration but no email has arrived from Minato, information technology's possible that the email accost you registered is incorrect.
Offset, delight check the points below, and then redo the user registration from here using the correct email address.
1. Is the email accost entered with half-width fonts? (for Asian language input)
2. Mistakenly entered using commas (,) or dots/full-stops?
3. Any half-width spaces entered within or after the electronic mail address?
4. Take the 'co.jp' or 'ne.jp' etc., been mistakenly entered?
Is your mailbox full?
If your email inbox etc., has no available space it's possible that no new emails can be received. Please delete whatever unwanted emails in order to increase the bachelor mailbox space.
Is your mobile phone/smartphone fix to refuse incoming messages?
If your mobile phone/smartphone etc., is set to refuse incoming messages, or has some type of anti-fraud settings, it's possible that new letters are being refused. Past changing your settings to grant permission to incoming messages from the Minato domain or e-mail address, y'all should exist able to receive emails correctly. Please refer to the instructions for your particular device on how to exercise this.
※ The domain proper name for emails sent from 'Minato' is '@minato-jf.jp'.
Has it been assigned to the Spam folder?
It's possible that the email sent past Minato has been automatically assigned to your Spam or Trash electronic mail binder by the post filtering functions of your Spider web email (Gmail, Yahoo! Post, AOL Mail, etc.), or by any e-mail or virus software functions that y'all may take. Therefore, please check that it is not in your Spam or Trash folders etc.
By adding the Minato domain and email address to your 'safe list' or 'approved list' or your address book etc., you should be certain to receive any letters.
(For details on how to make these settings, delight check the instructions for your particular product.)
※ After completing the user registration, the subject line of the e-mail sent from Minato is,
1. 'JF Japanese east-Learning Minato' Observe of concluding registration
2. 'JF Japanese e-Learning Minato' Notice of registration complete
※ The domain proper noun for emails sent from Minato is '@minato-jf.jp'.
Are messages existence blocked by your providers email filtering service?
It's possible that the e-mail filtering service of the provider you are using is blocking emails from Minato at the server, and these emails are not even reaching your Spam mailboxes etc. By using the settings of your provider to marker e-mail from Minato as approved, or required etc., you should be able to receive emails correctly. Please refer to the instructions for your particular provider on how to do this.
※ For those using an AOL electronic mail address:
When completing a user registration with an AOL electronic mail address, it's possible that due to AOL policies for receiving e-mail y'all may not receive emails sent from Minato. We recommend that you use a different e-mail address than AOL when completing the user registration.

If, after checking all the above the email nonetheless does not go far, please make an enquiry from here.

Q12. Can I change the email address I registered?

A.Yes, you tin. For details, please refer to the 'My Page' - 'Confirming/Changing Registration Details', section of the User Guide (hither).

Q13. I'd like to change the user information I registered.

A.For details, delight refer to the 'My Page' - 'Confirming/Changing Registration Details', department of the User Guide (hither).

Q14. Is it necessary to make a setting for Summer/Daylight Savings fourth dimension?

A.No, that is non necessary. It will exist set automatically based on the time zone in your contour.

Q15. I can't login.

A.Please check the points below, and endeavor logging in over again.

Login Screen URL
Please access this by copying the whole URL below and pasting it into your browser's address field.
▼Login Screen URL:
https://minato-jf.jp/Account/Login
If it says "Your User ID or Password is incorrect"
Please bank check the points below and re-enter your User ID and countersign.
1. Is the User ID entered using 6 alphanumeric (one-half-width) characters?
2. Are the User ID and password entered fully using half-width fonts? (for Asian language input)
3. Have any of the following been mistakenly entered - the number zero '0' and the letter of the alphabet 'O'; the letter 'I' and the letter 'l' and the number '1' etc?
4. If you take entered any data using re-create & paste, have you lot copied whatsoever actress blank spaces?
5. Are you entering an quondam (unchanged) password?
Confirming your User ID and reissuing your password can exist done from hither.
If, after clicking the 'Login' button the screen doesn't change and the entry field simply goes blank
First, delight close all browser windows and re-launch the browser. So delight admission the login screen and attempt to login.
If you lot are nevertheless unable to login after that, delight effort the following browser settings (refer to your browser's back up page etc., for exact method).
1. Please check if Cookies are enabled or not. If they are not, please change the setting to make them enabled.
2. Please delete your browser'south enshroud.
If, after checking the above you still cannot login
If yous are using a workplace or public facility's LAN network or similar, there may be a proxy server, firewall, or filtering software etc., which puts limitations on the web sites that tin be viewed. Please check the points below, and and so seek advice from the facility'south IT administrator.
1. When did you get-go accept trouble logging in?
2. Tin can you access other web sites?
3. Can you login from other computers?
4. Can you login from your domicile or other locations/environments?

Farther, fifty-fifty if none of these problems be, at that place may be times when performance bug arise due to network connections being congested.
If, after checking the higher up you still cannot login, please make an research from hither.

Q16. The business relationship has been locked.

A.When an account has been locked, it will become unlocked momentarily. Please expect a brusque while and then login again.
＊If you endeavor to login while the account is locked, an error message will be displayed, but the account lock start fourth dimension volition not be reset.

Q17. I forgot my User ID/password.

A.Confirming your User ID and reissuing your password can be done from here.

Q18. I want to alter my password.

A.For details, delight refer to the 'My Page' - 'Confirming/Changing Registration Details', department of the User Guide (here).

Q19. I desire to suspend membership (suspend account) /reopen my Minato account.

A.Delight refer to the 'Suspension/Account Deletion' - 'Pause', section of the User Guide (here).

Q20. I want to delete (cancel membership) my Minato account.

A.Please refer to the 'Intermission/Account Deletion' - 'Account Deletion', section of the User Guide (here).

Q21. I deleted my account (cancelled membership). Can I reinstate it?

A.No, y'all can't. Delight consummate the user registration once once more.

Q22. Are you able to resend the notification of final registration email?

A.No, we can't. Delight look until 24 hours accept passed since your previous new registration, and and then complete the new user registration once again.

Q23. I don't understand how to login.

A.Please refer to the 'User Registration' - 'Login/Logout Procedure', section of the User Guide (hither).

Q24. I don't understand how to logout.

A.Please refer to the 'User Registration' - 'Login/Logout Procedure', section of the User Guide (here).

Customs: Q25. What's the difference between a Community and a Grouping?

A.A Customs is a place where all the Minato users can meet and collaborate. A Group is a community inside each Japanese course that only those who are attending, or have attended, that course tin can use/view.

Q26. How many communities can I join?

A.You may join whatsoever number of communities.

Q27. How practice I search for communities?

A.Please refer to the 'Communities' - 'Joining Communities', section of the User Guide (here).

Q28. Is it possible to delete communities and noticeboards?

A.No, that'southward not possible.

Q29. Tin can I change or delete my posts on the noticeboards?

A.You can delete your own posts, but yous cannot change them. For details please run into the manual afterward logging in.

Q30. What should I practise if I find an inappropriate post?

A.Please report it. For information on how to report, please run across the manual after logging in.

Q31. Is it possible to make the communities non-public?

A.No, that's not possible.

Notifications, Letters (Data): Q32. How do I send a bulletin?

A.For details, delight meet the manual after logging in.

Q33. How exercise I reply to a message?

A.For details, please run into the manual after logging in.

Q34. Can I refuse a message from specific people?

A.Yep, y'all tin. For details, please see the manual after logging in.

Q35. Can I send video and images with messages?

A.You can send images, only you lot can't send video. For details, please see the manual after logging in.

Q36. I got a message from someone I don't know saying "I will teach you Japanese".

A.Minato does not send this type of notification or message. You tin can either ignore this bulletin, or if it comes repeatedly you are able to block specific users. For details, please come across the manual after logging in.

Japanese Form

About The Courses: Q37. What kind of courses are at that place?

A.Y'all can find this out at the Home page (here).

Q38. What levels are there?

A.There are half dozen levels of courses, A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, based on the JF Standard for Japanese Language Education (JFS), and released sequentially. For details, delight see the Home page (hither).

Q39. What is the self-study course/tutor support course?

A.The self-report course is an online class where the cess/evaluation is carried out automatically. The tutor support form is one where, in addition to the online report, there is also assignment marking, Live Lessons, and diverse evaluation methods conducted by a tutor. For details, please come across the manual after logging in.

Q40. I'd like to discover out about the 'Marugoto Course'.

A.This can be checked on the domicile page (here).

Q41. Where is the standard for the displayed time?

A.On the Dwelling folio (here) and for the 'Course Term' and 'Application Period' within the Form Outline of the Japanese courses, the time displayed is Japanese time. After logging in, on each 'My Page' the various fourth dimension periods are displayed using the fourth dimension zone registered in your profile.

Q42. What kind of people are the Minato instructors?

A.Japanese language instructors from within Japan and overseas, affiliated with The Japan Foundation.

Q43. Is it possible to request a private lesson with the Minato instructors?

A.No, that'southward not possible.

Q44. What is the Class Term?

A.The maximum interval betwixt starting and finishing a course. If study is not completed inside this fourth dimension, the term will end and written report will not be able to proceed across that betoken (report materials can be viewed).

Q45. What are 'Consummate By Appointment', 'Exam Past Date', 'Submit By Appointment', 'View By Date', 'Reply By Date' ?

A.The time limit by which you must complete the study of, or the viewing of, or the answer to test questions for, the split up study materials within each course. These time limits may be set up for different times than the form term, and then please be sure to always confirm this in advance.

Q46. How long tin can I view the study materials?

A.Autonomously from some exceptions, you tin e'er keep to see the study materials for courses you lot have finished attending/completed (not including Term Ended). Even so, they will only be for viewing purposes, and therefore you lot will not be able to reply any test or quiz questions.

Q47. What is a Group?

A.This refers to the community that is made with each Japanese form. There are some courses without a group. For details, please run into the manual subsequently logging in.

Q48. I'chiliad non able to make a post to a grouping.

A.Approximately 2 weeks after a course terms finishes, groups become view-only. One time a group becomes view-only you are no longer able to make posts or delete posts. For details, delight see the manual subsequently logging in.

Q49. Are the group noticeboards able to be deleted?

Q50. What should I do if I discover an inappropriate post?

A.Please report it. For information on how to report, delight run across the manual after logging in.

Enrollment/Form Cancellation: Q51. Please tell me how to enroll.

A.Please refer to the 'Japanese Courses' - 'Study Process', section of the User Guide (here).

Q52. How much does information technology cost?

A.There are costless courses and also paid courses. Please check the form outline for each separate class.

Q53. When is the deadline for enrolling?

A.The application flow for enrollment differs from form to course. Please check the Home folio (here).

Q54. When will I know the result of the selection for a course I enrolled in?

A.The day on which notification is sent regarding the results of the choice varies depending on the course. Please check the outline for each form.

Q55. Can I cancel an enrollment?

A.With regard to the free courses, and limited to only the tutor-back up courses, you are able to cancel provided it is before the course has started. With regard to the paid courses, please check the class outline for each carve up grade.

Q56. The information for a class I enrolled in does non brandish on 'My Page'.

A.Please cheque again to see whether or not the 'Course Registration' push in the Course Outline has changed to 'Cancel Course'. In the case of courses pending results of a pick, information regarding that particular course will be deleted from 'My Page' at the same time as an Unsuccessful Candidate notification is sent.

Q57. Is it possible to re-use for a course later cancelling an enrollment?

A.It's possible if even so inside the application period for enrollment.

Q58. Is information technology possible to register for 2 or more courses at the same time?

A.Yes, that's possible. However, regarding the 'Marugoto Course', if you are currently attending a tutor support class, or if yous accept previously finished attending/completed one, you are not able to enrol for a cocky-written report grade of the aforementioned level.

Enrollment: Q59. What level of Japanese power is required in order to enroll?

A.The level of Japanese ability required is different from course to course. Please bank check the outline for each course.

Q60. Are in that location conditions for enrolling?

A.The conditions for enrolling are different from course to course. Delight check the outline for each course.

Q61. Is it possible to join a course that is already underway?

A.With regard to self-study courses, y'all may enroll at any time that suits yous in order to begin studying when you would like. For tutor back up courses, y'all cannot join midway through the course.

Q62. Is it possible to nourish ii or more courses at the same fourth dimension?

A.Yes, that's possible. However, regarding the 'Marugoto Course', you cannot attend two courses of the same level at the same time.
*While attention a 'Marugoto Self-Study Course', if you are selected for a 'Marugoto Tutor Back up Class' of the same level, you volition be transferred to the tutor support course.

Q63. Can I quit midway through a form?

A.No, you cannot. In such a case you lot will demand to wait until the end of the course term. Withal, with regard to the paid courses, delight check the form outline for each separate form.

Q64. Tin can I nourish courses using a reckoner anywhere - such as home, school, piece of work, etc.?

A.Please refer to the 'For Showtime Fourth dimension Users' - 'Grade Environs', section of the User Guide (hither).

Q65. Can I attend courses using a smartphone or tablet?

A.It varies with the form. For details, delight see the outline for each grade. In addition, delight check the 'For First Time Users' - 'Course Environs', department of the User Guide (here).

Q66. What is the ☆ symbol on the 'Unreleased' for study materials?

A.This refers to written report materials where the release date for that written report material has already arrived, but the prerequisite study materials that must exist finished in advance have not yet been completed. For details, please run into the manual later logging in.

Q67. I'm non able to attend the Live Lesson - what should I exercise? Are alternate lesson times available?

A.Considering Alive Lessons are conducted on a specific engagement & time (together with other students) in that location are no alternate lesson times available. If you are not able to attend a scheduled Alive Lesson please advise the instructor in accelerate.

Completion Certificate/Omnipresence Certificate, Study Tape: Q68. What is a 'badge'?

A.When a class is completed a class badge is awarded. Details of form badges that have been obtained are on the profile screen and completion certificates. For details, please run across the manual after logging in.

Q69. Am I able to receive completion certificates/omnipresence certificates?

A.Aye, y'all are. For details, please encounter the manual after logging in.

Q70. What's the deviation between a completion certificate and an attendance document?

A.Completion certificates are given to those who have fulfilled all the weather set up out in the requirements for completion. Attendance certificates are given to those who take completed all the course materials set up out in the requirements for completion, and for whom some portion of the weather condition remain unfulfilled. For further details, delight see the course outline.

Q71. Is the Completion certificate an official certificate certifying Japanese language ability?

A.No. The Minato Completion certificate is for the purposes of certifying that a report course provided by Minato has been completed. It is not for certifying Japanese linguistic communication ability.

Q72. The course term has finished only the Completion certificate hasn't arrived.

A.Please confirm that y'all have fulfilled all the weather set out in the completion requirements, by checking the 'Completion Requirements' within the course outline, and the 'Study Record' on 'My Page'.

Q73. Do I receive a report bill of fare?

A.Yes. The 'Report Record' on 'My Page' acts every bit a study card. For details, please see the manual later on logging in.

Q74. The Completion Certificate/Attendance Certificate, Report Record are incorrect.

A.We apologise for any inconvenience. Delight contact us via the inquiry page (here).

Troubleshooting

Q75. I tin't run into the study materials.

A.Delight check the points beneath.

If you click the '＋' sign on the championship of the course you're attending, and 'Study Materials' does not display
Either contact u.s.a. via the inquiries section (here), or check with the course teacher.
※ For information regarding course instructors, please refer to the 'Instructor Profile' on the 'Course Outline' folio.
If y'all click 'Study Materials' and the Report Materials do non display
It may be considering what'southward viewable tin differ from course to grade depending on the device/system you are using.
If the following screen appears, and so this course requires the Adobe Wink Histrion plug-in to be installed.

You can download the "Adobe Wink Actor"plug-in costless from the following site.
Adobe Flash Player download.

If after checking the higher up the problem is still not resolved, please make an inquiry from here.

Q76. I can't submit an assignment.

A.Please check the following points.

If you click the '＋' sign on the title of the form you're attending, and 'Assignments' does not display
Either contact u.s. via the inquiries section (here), or bank check with the course instructor.
※ For information regarding course instructors, delight refer to the 'Instructor Profile' on the 'Course Outline' page.
Cheque the file size and file format
Please check the file size that can exist attached and the file formats that can be uploaded.
File Size: 20MB
Images: jpeg, png, gif
Audio: wav
Video: wmv, avi, mov
Others: zip, pdf, physician（ten）, ppt（ten）, xls（x）, txt, rtf

If after checking the above the problem is still not resolved, please make an inquiry from here.

Q77. In that location's no sound.

A.Please check the points below.

Check the volume level
Please check the book level of the device - computer, mobile phone, smartphone etc., - that y'all are using.
(For specific advice on the operation of each device delight consult it's support page etc.)
Bank check the speaker connection
Please cheque that the speakers are properly connected.
(Check the control panel of your computer (Speaker/Device), or for specific advice on the functioning of each device please consult it's support page etc.)
If yous are using earphones or a headset
When using earphones or a headset in that location volition exist no sound from the speakers. Please check the speaker sound later removing the earphones or headset from your computer, tablet, smartphone, etc. Likewise, sound may not come from the speakers if the input/output holes are clogged or blocked in some mode, so delight also check for this.
(Please consult the support page etc., regarding your earphones, headset).

If after checking the above the problem is withal not resolved, please make an inquiry from here.

Q78. Videos won't play.

A.Please check the points beneath.

Check the browser
If you are using a browser other than those recommended by the Minato system requirements, it's possible for there to be issues with the display. Please check the brandish using a browser in the recommended system requirements. Besides, please bank check whether or non videos from other websites play on the computer, tablet, smartphone etc., that you lot are using.
Check the System Requirements for Attending Courses
It may be considering what's viewable tin can differ from course to grade depending on the device/system y'all are using.
If the following screen appears, then this course requires the Adobe Flash Player plug-in to exist installed.

You tin download the "Adobe Wink Player"plug-in free from the following site.
Adobe Flash Player download.
Check your connection speed
It'southward possible that the speed of your internet connect is insufficient for playing videos, or the connectedness speed is unstable.
The connection speed recommended by Minato is 10Mbps (10,000Kbps). Please double-bank check that your connection is achieving these speeds. If you lot are using a wireless LAN connection, please attempt testing using a wired LAN connexion.

If afterwards checking the above the trouble is however not resolved, please make an inquiry from here.

Q79. I can't open a PDF file.

A.Please check the points below.

Check operating environment
When viewing a PDF file from a tablet or smartphone, information technology's necessary to have the awarding for that purpose installed.
Please install the 'Adobe Acrobat Reader', and use that application to view the file after downloading.

Q80. I can't open the Completion Certificate/Attendance Certificate, Study Record.

A.When opening the Completion Certificate/Attendance Certificate, Written report Record from a tablet or smartphone, it's necessary to have the application for PDF files installed. Delight install the 'Adobe Acrobat Reader', and utilize that application to view the file after downloading.

Other: Q81. How practise I nourish a Live Lesson?

A.For information regarding courses with a Live Lesson, there is a detailed caption in the 'Alive Lesson' section of the course outline. For further details delight see the transmission after logging in.

Support/Other

Inquiries: Q82. I haven't received a answer to my research.

A.If several days take passed and you haven't received a reply, please once once more brand an inquiry from hither. We apologise for whatever inconvenience.

Note - information technology's possible that the email answer sent by Minato has been automatically assigned to your Spam or Trash email binder. For details, please see here.

Q83. Is information technology possible to make inquiries via the phone?

A.We apologise for whatsoever inconvenience, simply nosotros do not provide back up via the phone. Delight make an enquiry from here.

Other: Q84. I would like to add a link in order to introduce Minato to others, simply is permission etc., required to do so?

Q85. Where do I observe information about new courses becoming available?

A.When new courses are made available nosotros will propose users in the NEWS column of the 'Minato' dwelling house page.
Also, you lot are able to receive Notification of new courses suitable for your 'Level of Japanese', 'Languages understood without difficulty' and 'Country/ Region of Residence' via your registered mail.
※ Note - in guild to receive the mail service notifications, please brand the necessary settings via the 'Change Contour' section of 'My Page' after you log in.

i.In the pinnacle section (header) of the domicile page screen, please click 'Profile Image' / 'Profile Reference'.

ii.The 'Profile Reference' screen will announced. Please click the 'Edit' push button at the bottom of the screen.

iii.The "Modify Profile" screen will announced. Please check the 【Notification of New Courses】 'Receiving Electronic mail', and click the 'Update' push button'.

4.When a confirmation message appears, please click the 'OK' button.

Q86. Tin can Japanese language teachers also register with 'Minato'?

A.Yeah, they tin. In order to register please get to the 'User Registration' page and select 'Japanese Language Instructor' from the 'Occupation' option.

Q87. I'thousand a Japanese language teacher. Can I use 'Minato' in my lessons?

A.Yeah. 'Minato' may be used for educational purposes within the Terms of Service.
(Specially,please refer to the "Chapter 3. Article ix. (Copyright/ intellectual property correct of Information)".)
Please meet here for farther details and to see examples of how information technology tin can be used, etc.