Welcome to JVTA!
Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) is a Tokyo-based school where you can learn the skills needed to become a professional Japanese-to-English translator for media content.
Our course, which is completely remote, has allowed students around the world to train to become qualified media translators.
Once you complete the course and pass our trial, you’ll be offered opportunities to work on fun and exciting entertainment-related translation projects offered by our in-house translation agency.
At JVTA, we offer the following media translation courses:
For more information on the Japanese-to-English Media Translation Course, please keep reading!
About our Japanese-to-English Media Translation Course
Our one-year program consists of two courses, which are six months each. For detailed information about the curriculum, teachers, tuition fees, and more, please click below:
Upcoming Semester
Our Comprehensive Course is offered twice a year in April and October.
Learn Remotely From Anywhere in the World!
Our translation program is taught entirely online – you can participate from anywhere in the world!
You’ll feel like you’re right there in the classroom.
To complete the remote learning experience, we have implemented a convenient learning platform that we developed called JVTA Online where you can download and submit your assignments, access lecture materials, and more.
It is also integrated with Slack, which allows you to chat with your classmates and course advisors in real time
– all in the same place!
Interested in Signing Up? Start Here!
Here’s your first step! If you are interested in learning more about our course, we offer chances to do so through VOD (video on-demand) or through a real-time online event. You have the following
3 options:
1) VOD OPTION: Watch our School Orientation video below.
There is also an optional Trial Lesson you can take through VOD as well.
2) REAL-TIME OPTION 1: Sign up for an Open School session
3) REAL-TIME OPTION 2: Sign up for a One-on-One Trial Lesson / Personal Consultation
Completing one of the three is required before you can sign up for the J-E course.
VOD OPTION: School Orientation/Trial Lesson
If you’re interested in joining our course, watch the video below, which is an orientation video that explains how the course works. Watching this orientation is a requirement for signing up. If you’re ready to sign up after watching, please click the Sign Up button below to start the process.
If you want to try your hand at J-E subtitling and see what it is like, please click on the video thumbnail below and fill out the form to get access to our VOD (video on-demand) Trial Lesson!
Start the Application Process Here:
You can find the schedule for our April 2026 semester here.
If you’re ready to sign up after watching the orientation video above,
please click the Sign Up button below to start the process.
(Note that the application process and related documents are in Japanese)
Open School (covers both J-to-E and E-to-J)
Learn all about the courses that JVTA offers at our half-day Open School event. This event includes an Introduction to the Media Translation Industry session, English-to-Japanese subtitling trial lesson, Japanese-to-English subtitling trial lesson, and School Orientation. Please note that aside from the Japanese-to-English subtitling trial lesson, everything is conducted in Japanese.
For more information about our next online Open School event and to sign up, click here (Japanese form only):
One-on-One Subtitling Trial Lesson/Personal Consultation
If you are not able to attend one of the Open School events above due to schedule issues, we can arrange to do a one-on-one subtitling trial lesson and orientation at a time and date of your choice (on weekdays JST). To sign up, click here:
Who We Are
Access & Contact
Tel:+81 3-3517-5002
Mail:seminar@jvta.net
Address:2F/3F Kyodo Bldg. 3-2-4 Nihombashi Hongoku-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0021 Japan