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Students study Japanese at a community center in Kobe, Japan. (Photo by Takashi Iwamoto)

EUGENE LANG, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Japan Foundation has temporarily stopped administering a Japanese language proficiency test in Japan for people hoping to work in the country, citing cases of fraud.

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