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New Kanken - Katsuo - 2009-06-19
From today's Mainichi: A rival to the Kanken is being developed.
日本語 English
I wonder if it will catch on.
New Kanken - orikosan - 2009-07-21
Man, the links you posted are broken.
This the link for website of the "New Kanken" - "Shin Kanken":
http://www.shinkanken.com/
The official name is: 日本漢字習熟度検定機構 (something like Organization for Certification on Kanji Proficiency of Japan). The first test was rescheduled to december 5th (previously scheduled to the end of october).
New Kanken - orikosan - 2009-07-21
As most of you guys may know, the tradition Kanken has been the center of a big polemic here in Japan, due to the fact that its organization, in spite of been registred as a "non-profit corporation", earns tons and tons of yens every year.
Besides of charging exame fees considered expensive by many, the organization also makes a huge profit with the huge variety of Kanken-related products availabe: books, games, dictonaries, magazines, study guides etc etc etc...
It's still too early to predict if the New-Kaken is gonna be a success... but at least, we can say that the people behind it are more honest and transparent, once they founded a "regular profitable organization" (一般財団法人).
PS: sorry about any possible English mistakes. I'm not a native.