You can not change your photograph after the end of the application period. The photo must be taken within the past 6 months. Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui Test Area 6. Make sure to include the spaces, exactly as written in your passport. Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie Test Area 7. Hokkaido , Test Area 2. If the face on the photograph differs from yourself, you will not be allowed to take the test. Choose one method for sending a photograph. Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama Test Area 8. through L. The prefectures that are included in the area are listed in the parentheses. If your first language mother tongue is Japanese, please contact the Application Center before application in order to confirm whether or not you will be able to take the test.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} First, a test site corresponding to the test area you have selected will be specified. Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi Test Area 9. You can upload data for a photograph that you have already taken or you can use a web camera to take a picture during your application. If your name is longer than 33 letters, you do not need to enter it as exactly the same as on your passport and please shorten it as much as possible for example by omitting the middle name or writing in initials. Test Area 1. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}If the first application is made for more than 10 applicants, the additional applications for less than 10 applicants will be allowed. Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa Test Area 4. Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima Test Area 3. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi Test Area Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima Test Area There are two methods for sending a photograph of your face. Even in the same Test Area, the test sites may be different depending on the test level or the sites condition. Precautions when registering application information 1 The following 17 items are registered when applying to take the test. Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano Test Area 5. This photograph will be printed on your test voucher, the Certificate of Japanese-Language Proficiency and the Japanese-Language, Proficiency Test Certificate of Result and Scores. Then, within your selected test area, a test site according to your postal cord will be specified.