2006 年國際交流基金會調查顯示：世界上學習日語的總人數，排名第一是韓國，其次是中國，台灣則是排名第五。韓國與中國在義務教育階段，日語是正規課程之一，有課程標準和教科書。學習重點放在提升學生文化素養，拓展學生的國際視野。相對於此，台灣偏重英語教育和鄉土語言教育，義務教育要開設日語課程難度頗高。本文建議可用國際了解教育的一環實施跨領域學習，或於綜合活動課程當中，導入日語教學活動。
In "Survey on Japanese-Language Education Abroad 2006" the country with the largest number of students of the Japanese language was Korea. China had the second-highest number of students. Taiwan is the fifth. At the compulsory education stage in Korea and China, Japanese is a regular curriculum. These two countries have Japanese course of studies, and Japanese textbooks. By the way, In Taiwan, because English and the dialects education are overemphasized, then, it is considerably difficult to establish Japanese as a subject in Taiwan today. Thus, I think that it is appropriate to introduce Japanese activity by integrated curriculum or Integrative Activities as part of international understanding.
