The Particularities of the Cultural Centers Specialized in Teaching Japanese Language and Culture

This paper analyzes the particularities of the cultural centers specialized in teaching the Japanese language and culture. Thus, the study begins with a brief presentation of the cultural centers and the legal conditions for their establishment and operation. It highlights the role of these centers, generating non-formal education, in completing the formal education specific to the compulsory education system and in carrying out the permanent education programs. The applicative part, respectively the concrete contribution through this work, consists in presenting the particularities of the Japanese Cultural Center in the city of Brasov-Romania including collected and analyzed data reflecting the past and current situation of this center.