The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) has been offered by the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services since 1984. The exams are held twice a year in July and December and at the beginning, there were approximately 7,000 examine-es worldwide. In 2011, however, around 610,000 people worldwide sat the exams, making JLPT the largest-scale Japanese-language test in the world.
The English language version of the JLPT exam site is here
Official text books can be bought here
On-line sample questions for all levels are here
Sample questions to download are here
