The Japanese curriculum of the University at Buffalo provides a solid foundation for an understanding and appreciation of the rich and diverse culture of Japan. The language, culture and linguistics courses offered are useful to students who aspire to an East Asia-related academic or professional career in education, government, communications, business and other fields in the United States and abroad.

The curriculum of the Japanese program includes:

Language courses to develop competence in written and spoken Japanese through the advanced level

Technical Japanese courses to develop competence in science and technology topics

Business Japanese

Japanese culture and society

Japanese linguistics

Teaching Japanese as a foreign language