BJT case studies
BJT · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test is a standardized exam that measures how well a non-native speaker can use Japanese to get things done at work. Rather than literary or academic Japanese, its material comes from ordinary business life: meetings, phone calls, announcements, emails, internal notices, proposals and simple figures. The BJT case studies are 5 cases and about 2,354 words.
1The two-week lead time nobody verified
You are the sales coordinator at a food-packaging distributor. A 12-minute internal call recording covers one account: Marufuji Foods, which currently confirms orders on the 10th of each month.
485 words, about 2 min2Three cartons, one invoice, and a 5 p.m. deadline
You are the import coordinator at a small instrument maker. Returning from lunch you play a voicemail from your freight forwarder about the Osaka shipment for Kansai Denki: 40 cartons left the port Monday, but 3 cartons were stopped because the commercial invoice shows 40 units while the packing list shows 43.
472 words, about 2 min3The 4% increase and the warehouse ceiling
You handle purchasing for a components manufacturer. On a call this morning your resin supplier's representative says raw-material costs force a 4% price increase from April 1 on part R-220, "so please expect a revised quote." Last Thursday the same supplier emailed: "prices held for all orders confirmed by March 31." R-220's current price is 250 yen per unit; annual usage is 12,000 units in fixed lots of 3,000.
459 words, about 2 min4Two receipts, two rules, one revised notice
Your company issues a revised travel and expense notice, effective April 1: receipts are required for any single expense of 3,000 yen or more (previously 5,000 yen); client entertainment of any amount requires pre-approval filed before the event; taxi rides after 10 p.m. require a stated reason on the claim form; and the notice applies to expenses incurred on or after April 1, regardless of when they are submitted.
503 words, about 3 min5Which branch actually missed target
You are reviewing monthly figures for three sales branches before a regional meeting. East: target 8,000 (thousand yen), recorded 8,240.
435 words, about 2 min