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> I don't know how you got that impression, their entire curriculum is
> JLPT and EJU oriented. That may be the reason why they have a very high
> ratio of JLPT1 & 2 examinees (pass rate about 50%) as a percentage of
> total student body. Another hint that this is basically a university
> prep cram school is the high concentration of mainland Chinese and
> "non-Malaysian/Indonesian/Thai/Phillipines ASEAN" students (which in
> nisshinkyo-speak means Vietnam).
> 
> The number of proficiency levels should be enough if your main priority
> is to improve your grammar and reading skills. It isn't a short course
> but a 2 year program you would be sitting in on.

The website shows many pictures of white people... maybe the short 
course students aren't included in the stats?