50 verified institutes — Japan Foundation, JLPT host institutions, and university departments. No scam coaching centres.
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Sorted by type and city — never by any commercial relationship.
New Delhi, Delhi
✓ Official Japan Foundation office
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ Official JLPT host institution for Bangalore; South India Japanese Teachers Association with library
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
✓ Official JLPT host institution for Chennai
Kolkata, West Bengal
✓ Official JLPT host institution for Kolkata
New Delhi, Delhi
✓ Official JLPT host institution for Delhi
Pune, Maharashtra
✓ Official JLPT host institution for Pune & Mumbai; teachers' association established 1993
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ Deemed university
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ Public state university; its Japanese diploma was launched in Oct 2023 in cooperation with India's Ministry of External Affairs, inaugurated by the Consul-General of Japan.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ Dedicated Japan Center of Excellence within a major Bengaluru university group; runs a Japanese Language Center, JLPT prep, a testing center and the annual 'Japan Habba' festival with Japan job-placement tie-ups.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
✓ Deemed university; official syllabus PDFs available
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
✓ State university with dedicated Japanese Studies department; curriculum co-designed with JNU/DU faculty
Hyderabad, Telangana
✓ UGC-recognized central university
Kochi, Kerala
✓ State public university; Dept. of English & Foreign Languages est. 1976; language lab
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
✓ State public university; NAAC accredited
Kolkata, West Bengal
✓ Established public state university; long-running School of Languages
Mumbai, Maharashtra
✓ UGC-recognized state university
Mumbai, Maharashtra
✓ Private university; dedicated School of Languages & Literature
Nagpur, Maharashtra
✓ State public university; NAAC accredited
New Delhi, Delhi
✓ UGC-recognized central university
New Delhi, Delhi
✓ UGC-recognized central university
New Delhi, Delhi
✓ UGC-recognized central university
New Delhi, Delhi
✓ DU constituent college; SFIL open to outside students
Puducherry, Puducherry
✓ UGC-recognized central university
Pune, Maharashtra
✓ UGC-recognized state university
Pune, Maharashtra
✓ Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
Pune, Maharashtra
✓ Deemed-to-be university; its Department of Japanese Language runs full BA and MA degrees plus Certificate–Advanced Diploma courses, with a strong MEXT scholarship track record.
Rajgir, Bihar
✓ Central university (international)
Santiniketan, West Bengal
✓ UGC-recognized central university
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
✓ UGC-recognized central university
Vellore, Tamil Nadu
✓ Deemed university
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ India's 100% Japanese-dedicated institute, est. 2000 (institute's own wording); corporate clients incl. Toshiba, Toyota, TCS, Wipro, Bosch, Sony, HCL, Mercedes-Benz, Rakuten, L&T, Fujitsu.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ India→Japan talent-mobility firm offering recruitment-linked workforce Japanese training (corporate services page)
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ Bengaluru Japanese institute with a native-trainer team and a corporate/translation arm; self-reports 20+ years of operation and 9,000+ students trained.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ Bengaluru Japanese school operating since 2014, with a mixed Indian and native-Japanese faculty and the full JLPT/NAT ladder plus translation and recruitment services.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
✓ Japanese-language arm of the Japanese STEM-education company SCCIP Japan; founder began her career at the Consulate-General of Japan, Bangalore and the University of Tokyo India Office.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
✓ Self-reported recognition as a Japanese Language School by the Consulate-General of Japan, Chennai; 20+ years operating. Not independently verifiable on consulate sources.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
✓ India→Japan workforce specialist; TITP co-implementing partner of CII; native trainers
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
✓ Multi-branch Tamil-medium Japanese institute (Chennai, Salem, Coimbatore) whose training is aligned with the Anna University Japanese curriculum; offers JLPT, NAT and JFT-Basic prep with Japan placement tie-ups.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
✓ Chennai Japanese school founded 2009; its founder-trainer is JLPT N1-certified, authored a Tamil-language Japanese handbook and holds a letter of recognition from the Consulate-General of Japan.
Gurugram, Haryana
✓ Japanese-national-managed institute incorporated as Misao India Pvt Ltd, running in Gurgaon since 2013 with a native-designed curriculum and N1/N2-certified head teachers.
Kozhikode, Kerala
✓ Kozhikode-headquartered dedicated Japanese school founded 2010, with branches across Kerala plus Bangalore, Chennai, Trichy, and Kyoto; JLPT N5–N1 prep plus study/work-in-Japan placement.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
✓ Oldest India–Japan bilateral cultural association, established 1954; teaches Japanese N5–N1 alongside Japanese arts and translation.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
✓ Long-running Mumbai (Dadar) Japanese specialist; founder Mahesh Joshi is a Tenri University (Nara) graduate, with documented corporate training clients and students awarded MEXT scholarships.
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
✓ Owned & managed by NEC Technologies India (Japanese MNC)
Pune, Maharashtra
✓ Teaching Japanese in Pune since 2008; India arm of Japan's 'FAST OFFER' program (ASIA to JAPAN), a direct Japan-employment placement pipeline.
Pune, Maharashtra
✓ Pune foreign-language institute established 2001; offers JLPT N5–N1 and business Japanese with published weekday/weekend batch schedules.
Pune, Maharashtra
✓ Pune (Bhandarkar Road) foreign-language academy established 2004; full JLPT N5–N1 curriculum with JLPT-certified trainers.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
✓ Additional Skill Acquisition Programme — a State Public Sector Undertaking fully owned by the Government of Kerala; runs JLPT-aligned Japanese N5 and N4 courses in collaboration with OISCA International.
Guwahati, Assam
✓ First state open university of North-East India; NAAC accredited
New Delhi, Delhi
✓ Largest national open university in India
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