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ELT Calendar for Tokyo

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Tokyo.

Upcoming Deadlines in Tokyo

Call for papers due December 31st (Wednesday) 2025
Tokyo English Language Teaching Convention
The Tokyo English Language Teaching Convention will be held February 8, 2026, in cooperation with the ETJ community.

Call for papers due February 15th (Sunday) 2026
TBLT in Asia 2026
The JALT Task-Based Learning (TBL) SIG will hold the 6th Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia conference from June 5-7, 2026, at Waseda University in Tokyo.

February 8th (Sunday) 2026

The 27th Annual Temple University, Japan Campus Applied Linguistics Colloquium Special Featured Presentation (14:00-14:55): What Do Journal Editors Look for in Manuscripts?
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: Dennis Koyama (Sophia University)
Organization: Temple University, Japan Campus: the Graduate College of Education
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus,1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku Tokyo 154-0004 (map)
Brief description: Hybrid eventThe primary goal of this event is to provide a venue for both new and experienced researchers to present their work in a supportive atmosphere.

Tokyo English Language Teaching Convention
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Speaker: A wide variety of speakers. Deadline for presenter applications extended to Dec 31
Organization: Language Teaching Professionals
Venue: Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo (directions)
Brief description: Language Teaching Professionals (LTP) will host four English Language Teaching Conventions across Japan, in cooperation with the ETJ community.

June 5th (Friday) 2026

TBLT in Asia 2026
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Marta Gonzalez-Lloret (University of Hawaii at Manoa), Yuko Goto Butler (University of Pennsylvania)
Organization: Task Based Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Brief description: The JALT Task-Based Learning (TBL) SIG is proud to sponsor the 6th Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia conference, to be held from June 5-7, 2026, at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

June 6th (Saturday) 2026

TBLT in Asia 2026 (day 2 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Marta Gonzalez-Lloret (University of Hawaii at Manoa), Yuko Goto Butler (University of Pennsylvania)
Organization: Task Based Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Brief description: The JALT Task-Based Learning (TBL) SIG is proud to sponsor the 6th Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia conference, to be held from June 5-7, 2026, at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

June 7th (Sunday) 2026

TBLT in Asia 2026 (day 3 of 3)
Time: To be announced
Speaker: Marta Gonzalez-Lloret (University of Hawaii at Manoa), Yuko Goto Butler (University of Pennsylvania)
Organization: Task Based Learning Special Interest Group, Japan Association for Language Teaching
Venue: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Brief description: The JALT Task-Based Learning (TBL) SIG is proud to sponsor the 6th Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia conference, to be held from June 5-7, 2026, at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

Groups Active In Tokyo

Listed in decreasing order by the number of events on ELT Calendar by each group in Tokyo. (The ELT Calendar database goes back to 2001.)

• Language Teaching Professionals (128 events)
• Tokyo British Council (127 events)
• Temple University, Japan Campus (82 events)
• ETJ Tokyo (81 events)
• Oxford University Press (75 events)
• Tokyo JALT (68 events)
• Tokyo IIEEC Study Group (65 events)
• SCBWI (61 events)
• ETJ East Tokyo (55 events)
• Nellie's Group, Ltd. (52 events)
• West Tokyo JALT (47 events)
• Tokyo PC Users Group (43 events)
• Tokyo Chapter of FEW (40 events)
• TC Columbia (29 events)
• English Teaching Workshop (26 events)
• International Business Communicators (25 events)
• OUP Kids' Club (25 events)
• Japan Market Expansion Competition (21 events)
• Pearson Japan (21 events)
• Cambridge English Language Assessment - JP004 (Luna International) (18 events)
• Japan Intercultural Institute (18 events)
• JALT International Conference (17 events)
• Institute of International Education in London (16 events)
• CALL SIG of JALT (13 events)
• National JACET (13 events)
• NPO Teaching English Methods Institute (12 events)
• Peace as a Global Language Conference (12 events)
• The Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo (12 events)
• ETJ Certificate Course (10 events)
• eigoTown (9 events)
• CDF (Classes de Francais) (8 events)
• ETJ (8 events)
• JACET ESP SIG Kanto (8 events)
• CUE SIG of JALT (7 events)
• ELT Career and Professional Development Conference (7 events)
• Macmillian LanguageHouse (7 events)
• ACTJ (7 events)
• TEL Book Fair (7 events)
• Anaheim University (6 events)
• Lakeland University Japan (6 events)
• Meisei University International Studies Centre (6 events)
• National Geographic Learning (6 events)
• Teacher Development SIG of JALT (6 events)
• Teaching Younger Learners SIG of JALT (6 events)
• Amnesty International, Group 78 Tokyo (5 events)
• Cambridge ESOL Centre JP172 (5 events)
• Cambridge University Press (5 events)
• EFL Arena (5 events)
• Engaged Pedagogy Association (5 events)
• Japan ASCD (5 events)
• Learner Development SIG of JALT (5 events)
• Maruzen Bookshops (5 events)
• The Japan Language Testing Association (5 events)
• The Japan Second Language Association (5 events)
• AGEnT (4 events)
• CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG of JALT (4 events)
• EF Education Japan (4 events)
• englishbooks.jp (4 events)
• Extensive Reading Foundation (4 events)
• FETJ-Tokyo (4 events)
• Independent Learning Association (4 events)
• International Christian University (4 events)
• Kanto LET (4 events)
• Kanda Gaigo University (4 events)
• Nakasendo English Conference (4 events)
• Pragmatics SIG of JALT (4 events)
• Society of Writers, Editors and Translators (4 events)
• The English Resource (4 events)
• The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (4 events)
• AALA: Asian Association for Language Assessment (3 events)
• Apricot Publishing (3 events)
• Association of International Behavioral Studies (3 events)
• IAFOR (3 events)
• International CALL Research Conference (3 events)
• Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology (3 events)
• Kanto JACET (3 events)
• Kids English Education Project (3 events)
• Linguapax Asia (3 events)
• Natural Language Processing Pacific Rim Symposium (3 events)
• Research Group for Teaching Conversation in Japan (3 events)
• Task-Based Learning SIG of JALT (3 events)
• Business Communication (BizCom) SIG of JALT (3 events)
• The International Language and Gender Association (3 events)
• The Society for Intercultural Education, Training, And Research (3 events)
• Vocab@ (3 events)
• Aoyama Gakuin University Research Institute (2 events)
• Asian Studies Conference Japan (2 events)
• Australian Embassy (2 events)
• CoFFET (2 events)
• Elementary School Thematic English Education Movement (2 events)
• Institute of English Teaching to Children (2 events)
• Intrapersona (2 events)
• PanSIG Conference (2 events)
• Japan Association for Asian Englishes (2 events)
• JJ Fellowship (2 events)
• JSHS SIG of JALT (2 events)
• Lifelong Language Learning SIG of JALT (2 events)
• Matsuka Phonics (2 events)
• McGraw-Hill (2 events)
• Meisei University (2 events)
• Moodle Association of Japan (2 events)
• mpi (2 events)
• The Japanese Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (2 events)
• Waseda University (2 events)
• Tokai University Foreign Language Center (FLC) (2 events)
• Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (2 events)
• Vocabulary SIG of JALT (2 events)
• Akita JALT (1 event)
• Alma Publishing (1 event)
• Amnesty International (1 event)
• Bunkyo Gakuin University (1 event)
• CAN (Conversation Analysis Network) Kanto (1 event)
• Compass Publishing Japan (1 event)
• Critical Thinking SIG of JALT (1 event)
• EFL Japan (1 event)
• English Hands (1 event)
• English Language Education Council, Inc. (1 event)
• ExcitELT (1 event)
• Extensive Reading SIG of JALT (1 event)
• FETJ-Chiba (1 event)
• IFG Asia (1 event)
• International Pacific College in New Zealand (1 event)
• J-VARG SIG (1 event)
• Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (1 event)
• Josai International University (1 event)
• Kanto International Senior High School (1 event)
• Listening SIG of JALT (1 event)
• Ochanomizu University (1 event)
• Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics (1 event)
• Performance in Education SIG of JALT (1 event)
• Reitaku University Tokyo Research Center (1 event)
• Research Institute for Oriental Cultures (RIOC) at Gakushuin University (1 event)
• Scientific Education Group (1 event)
• Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (1 event)
• Soka University (1 event)
• Sophia University LIFIC (1 event)
• Rikkyo University (1 event)
• Super Simple Learning (1 event)
• Tamagawa University (1 event)
• Teachers College Columbia University Japan Alumni Association (1 event)
• The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (1 event)
• The Oyako Net (1 event)
• Tryalogue Education (1 event)
• University Teachers Union (1 event)