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Activities at the 35th Technical College Program Contest in Nara

On October 19–20, 2024, the 35th Technical College Program Contest (“ProCon”) was held in Nara, Japan. This event brought together technical college students from across Japan to showcase their daily learning achievements in a contest focused on creativity and technical … Read more

Shipping of Certificates in Japan

Dear Successful LPI Candidates in Japan We deeply apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by the delay in the shipment of certificates. Due to the effects of the new coronavirus, we have experienced and continue to experience various challenges … Read more

LPI Japan Branch Interview: Linux and LPIC

LPI Japan Branch was given the opportunity to be interviewed by School Select, a certification information website operated by All Ads, Inc. In this article, we talked about the following topics What is Linux? Basic Concepts of Linux and its … Read more

Learning Materials for LPIC-1 Available in Japanese

Toronto, 08-16-2024 – Linux Professional Institute (LPI) announced today that Learning Materials for its first certification in the multi-level Linux professional certification program, LPIC-1, have been translated into Japanese. Because the LPIC-1 exams are also available in Japanese through LPI’s … Read more

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Updates Japanese Exam Prices

Effective October 1, 2024, the prices for LPI certification exams will be updated as follows: Certifications Old Price New Price Essentials 10,000JPY 13,000JPY LPIC-1 15,000JPY 15,000JPY LPIC-2, 3, DevOps, BSD 15,000JPY 18,000JPY   All the prices listed above do not … Read more

LPI Japan Branch Held an Information Session for Partners

G. Matthew Rice, Executive Director of LPI (Linux Professional Institute), visited Japan to conduct a briefing for Japanese partners. The briefing itself was closed to partners, but G. Matthew Rice and Kenji Ito, Director of Communications for the LPI Japan … Read more

LPI Japan Branch in Conversation with Open Up IT Engineers, Inc.

Open Up IT Engineers, Inc. received the LPI Partner Award 2023 (Training Partner) in May 2024. Therefore, a conversation was held this time between Ito, LPI Japan Branch Communications Director, Fujiwara, Sales, and Kimura, Open Up IT Engineer Training Instructor, … Read more

LPI Interview in Japan: New Board Member, Certification, and AI

In the summer of 2023, the Japanese IT publication ThinkIT interviewed G. Matthew Rice, Executive Director of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) and Michinori Nakahara, who recently joined the LPI Board of Directors. Together with Kenji Ito, LPI’s Director of … Read more

Michinori Nakahara joins LPI Board of Directors

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is pleased to announce its newest board member, Michinori Nakahara of Japan. Michinori Nakahara has been a manager at IBM-Japan for more than 33 years. He has championed Linux and open source software since 1999, … Read more

LPI Partner Case Study: TAKES (Japan)

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) partners with many institutions to strengthen our offerings and the community of free and open source software. This article is part of a series about case studies involving our partner companies. TAKES Co., Ltd., founded in … Read more

LPI Partner Case Study: TECH.C (Japan)

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) partners with many institutions to strengthen our offerings and the community of free and open source software. This article is part of a series about case studies involving our partner companies. Tokyo Design Technology Center is … Read more

LPI Partner Case Study: Internet Academy (Japan)

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) partners with many institutions to strengthen our offerings and the community of free and open source software. This article is part of a series about case studies involving our partner companies. Internet Academy has been a … Read more