Japanese-language schools fail accreditation test

TOKYO — Japan has accredited just 22 Japanese-language schools that serve immigrants, the government said Wednesday, meaning 70% of the first wave of applicants were not approved under newly established standards.

In April, Japan put in place an accreditation process for Japanese-language schools. Seventy-two schools, including those that had yet to open, applied by the mid-May deadline to be screened.