It seems to mirror the criteria for testing of English in Japan. It always seems like ease of marking trumps anything else in testing in Japan. Hence the favouring of multiple-choice tests. It's ...
Each year, the Center for Asian Studies manages the administration of the JLPT on the CU Boulder campus. The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) was developed in Japan, and has been offered ...
The NihongoUp Blog gives an in-depth explanation of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) – “It is a Japanese language test for non-native speakers, held twice a year in East Asia and once a ...