EXAM QUICK REFERENCE

EJU Japan and the World exam quick reference

This subject tests basic understanding of contemporary society and logical judgment, not volume of memorization. Chapters 1–16 map strictly onto the syllabus's three parts, chapter 17 handles this subject's real difficulty — figures and options — and chapter 18 covers institution names, era names, and katakana place names.

Organized strictly by the three parts of JASSO's 2026 syllabus; official items are not copied, and current affairs appear only where they bear directly on institutions.

Exam time: 80 minutes
Parts: 3 parts
Answer language: Japanese or English
Questions: 50

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Chapter 17

reading statistical material

統計資料の読み取り

What this method solves

This subject leans heavily on tables and charts, testing whether you can read a conclusion from data rather than recall it.

How to use it

01
Read the title, units, and year before the numbers.
02
Locate and check each figure the options refer to.
03
Confirm the conclusion does not go beyond what the data can support.

While answering

Check units and years first: confusing shares with absolute figures, or nominal with real, is the commonest trap.

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Chapter 17

reading maps and topographic maps

地図・地形図の読み取り

What this method solves

The geography section supplies topographic and thematic maps and asks you to identify landforms, land use, and location.

How to use it

01
Establish the scale and orientation first.
02
Read relief from the contour lines.
03
Match map symbols to land use.

While answering

Close contours mean steep slopes and wide ones gentle; the relative position of fans and deltas is a standing item.

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Chapter 17

chronological ordering

年代整序問題

What this method solves

History items often ask you to order events; exact years matter less than the causal chain.

How to use it

01
Group the events by broad era first.
02
Order within each group by cause and effect.
03
Anchor the sequence on one date you are certain of.

While answering

Remembering that B followed because of A travels further than memorized dates.

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Chapter 17

eliminating options

選択肢の消去法

What this method solves

Options carrying absolutes such as すべて, 必ず, or 一切 are usually the wrong ones.

How to use it

01
Mark the absolute and qualifying expressions in each option.
02
Decide whether the statement describes a fact or defines an institution.
03
Eliminate absolute claims about facts first.

While answering

Absolutes are not automatically wrong, though: constitutional text and institutional definitions are absolute by nature.

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Chapter 17

judging what is in scope

出題範囲の見極め

What this method solves

The scope looks unbounded but is strictly the syllabus's three parts; current affairs appear only where they touch institutions.

How to use it

01
Audit your coverage against the sixteen chapters.
02
Fill the basic concepts in any chapter still blank.
03
Add current affairs only where they connect directly to an institution.

While answering

Bounding your study by the syllabus beats chasing the news; the sixteen chapters here are that boundary.

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Chapter 17

allocating the 80 minutes

80分の時間配分

What this method solves

The paper runs 80 minutes with many items and time-consuming data questions, so pacing shapes the score.

How to use it

01
Scan the paper and mark the items containing figures.
02
Answer the knowledge items without figures first.
03
Handle the data items together at the end, keeping time to review.

While answering

Do not sink into the data items early; build rhythm on knowledge items and return to them.