3 Feature Article Current Trends in English-medium Instruction at Universities in Japan Howard Brown University of Niigata Prefecture English-medium Instruction (EMI) of academic subjects is expanding rapidly at universities in Japan without a clear nationwide picture of the context. his study paints such a picture with indings from a nationwide survey of 258 universities with undergraduate EMI programs (response rate 46%, n=118). he survey results cover the scope, scale and organization of EMI programs as well as showing which ields are most oten taught in English. Results also reveal some challenges to EMI implementation relating to both faculty and students. 日本の大学において、専門課程の英語に教育（EMI）が急速に広がつつあ が、全国的な現状の輪は明確に描かていない。本研究は、EMIに学位 提供す日本の大学258校対象に実施した全国的調査にって明 かになった現状報告す(回答率46%, n=118)。調査結果は、英語に教育が 最多く提供さてい分野示すだけでなく、EMIの範囲、規模、組織 について取上げ。た、教員お学生双方のEMI導入に対す課題明 かにす。 English-medium instruction (EMI) of content classes is a growing trend in Japan. As of 2005, 176 universities reported ofering some EMI courses and by 2013, the number had jumped to 262 (MEXT, 2015). his represents a 50% increase in less than a decade, and currently, over one-third of Japanese universities ofer EMI (Table 1). his rapid development has paralleled the “fast-moving worldwide shit from English being taught as a foreign language (EFL) to English being the medium of instruction (EMI) for academic subjects” (Dearden, 2014, p. 2). his shit is relected in the deinition of EMI in Japan, where EMI refers to courses conducted entirely in English, excluding those whose primary aim is language