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December 2019  \nOverall Pass Marks and Sectional Pass Marks for Examinees Exempted from Listening Section  \nThe Japan Foundation  \nJapan Educational Exchanges and Services  \nOn the enclosed document “The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, Understanding JLPT Certificates”, section “2. Pass/fail determination (overall pass marks and sectional pass marks)” should be read as follows with regard to those examinees who are exempted from the Listening section.  \n* * *  \n2. Pass/fail determination (overall pass marks and sectional pass marks)  \nIn the JLPT, pass/fail is determined by the examinees’ total score and also their score for each scoring section. In other words, the total score needs to be at or above the point required for passing (overall pass mark), and scores of individual scoring sections need to be at or above the minimum point required for passing (sectional pass marks) . 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