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  Established as Kyoto English Center. Commences an educational program for Japanese as a foreign language together with an English language program.
     
  Intensive Japanese language program for the Colgate University Japan study group, USA. (-every year)
     
  Establishes intensive Japanese course.Approvedby the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice.
Commences management of the Japanese program of the Puget Sound University Pacific Rim-Asia Study Program, USA. (-every three years)
     
  1983 Long term Japanese language program for the Lansing Community College Japan Adventure Academic Work-Study group, USA. (-every year)
     
  1985 Japanese language program for the University of London Japan study group. (1985, 1986)
     
  1986 Japanese language program for the instructors from the State of Michigan, requested by the Board of Education, Shiga Prefecture. (1986-1992)
     
  Japanese language program for students accepted from the Principia College study group, USA. (1987, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Received authorization from the Ministry of Justice to act as an agent for visa applications.
     
  Establishes the Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education, and receives authorization as a Japanese language institution.
     
  Japanese language program for American instructors, requested by the Board of Education of Ritto-cho, Shiga Prefecture. (1989-1995)
     
  Japanese language instruction for students from the Ecole Polytechnique, France. (-every year)
Japanese language program for researchers invited by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. (-every year)
     
  1993 6-month Japanese language training program for students from the Centre Franco-Japonais de Management of Rennes University, France. (1993-1999)
     
  1994 Name changed to the Kyoto International Center of Languages. School moved to the present location.
     
  1996 Designated as an institute supporting research and development (subsidized by the Ministry of Education) by the Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education. (1997, 2000, 2001)
     
  Establishes the Preparatory Class for Entrance into College and University in Art and Design.
Accepts graduate students from the School of Design, Xian University, China. Pre-college program in preparation for study at the Kyoto College of Art and Design. (-every year)
     
  1999 Establishes Korean office in Seoul, Korea.
     
  2000 Short-term Japanese language program for students of the Japan Studies program of Korean Gyeongsang National University. (-every year)
     
  2001 Established agreement for educational and cultural exchange with the Zhongtai Advanced Vocational and Technical School (Ningbo Foreign Affairs School), China.
     
 

Name changed to Kyoto Institute of Culture and Language. Academic accreditation received from the Governor of Kyoto.
3-month Japanese language training program for student from University of Venice (-every year)

  Short-term Japanese language program for students of University of Milano -Bicocca. (-every year)