College Board AP® Japanese Language & Culture Past Papers

2025

May 2025 Free Response Questions

• Chief Reader Report
• Scoring Statistics
• See all (23)
  • Score Distributions
  • Scoring Commentary
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Speaking Prompts
  • Conversation 1 Sample A
  • Conversation 1 Sample B
  • Conversation 1 Sample C
  • Conversation 2 Sample A
  • Conversation 2 Sample B
  • Conversation 2 Sample C
  • Conversation 3 Sample A
  • Conversation 3 Sample B
  • Conversation 3 Sample C
  • Conversation 4 Sample A
  • Conversation 4 Sample B
  • Conversation 4 Sample C
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample A
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample B
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample C

2024

May 2024 Free Response Questions

• Chief Reader Report
• Scoring Statistics
• See all (23)
  • Score Distributions
  • Scoring Commentary
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Speaking Prompts
  • Conversation 1 Sample A
  • Conversation 1 Sample B
  • Conversation 1 Sample C
  • Conversation 2 Sample A
  • Conversation 2 Sample B
  • Conversation 2 Sample C
  • Conversation 3 Sample A
  • Conversation 3 Sample B
  • Conversation 3 Sample C
  • Conversation 4 Sample A
  • Conversation 4 Sample B
  • Conversation 4 Sample C
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample A
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample B
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample C

2023

May 2023 Free Response Questions

• Chief Reader Report
• Scoring Statistics
• See all (23)
  • Score Distributions
  • Scoring Commentary
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Speaking Prompts
  • Conversation 1 Sample A
  • Conversation 1 Sample B
  • Conversation 1 Sample C
  • Conversation 2 Sample A
  • Conversation 2 Sample B
  • Conversation 2 Sample C
  • Conversation 3 Sample A
  • Conversation 3 Sample B
  • Conversation 3 Sample C
  • Conversation 4 Sample A
  • Conversation 4 Sample B
  • Conversation 4 Sample C
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample A
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample B
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample C

2022

May 2022 Free Response Questions

• Speaking Prompts
• Chief Reader Report
• See all (20)
  • Scoring Statistics
  • Score Distributions
  • Scoring Commentary
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Conversation 1 Sample A
  • Conversation 1 Sample B
  • Conversation 1 Sample C
  • Conversation 2 Sample A
  • Conversation 2 Sample B
  • Conversation 2 Sample C
  • Conversation 3 Sample A
  • Conversation 3 Sample B
  • Conversation 3 Sample C
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample A
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample B
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample C

2021

May 2021 Free Response Questions

• Conversation
• Cultural Perspective Presentation
• See all (24)
  • Chief Reader Report
  • Scoring Statistics
  • Score Distributions
  • Text Chat
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Conversation 1 Sample A
  • Conversation 1 Sample B
  • Conversation 1 Sample C
  • Conversation 2 Sample A
  • Conversation 2 Sample B
  • Conversation 2 Sample C
  • Conversation 3 Sample A
  • Conversation 3 Sample B
  • Conversation 3 Sample C
  • Conversation 4 Sample A
  • Conversation 4 Sample B
  • Conversation 4 Sample C
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample A
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample B
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation Sample C

2019

May 2019 Free Response Questions

• Conversation
• Transcript
• See all (26)
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Transcript
  • Chief Reader Report
  • Scoring Statistics
  • Score Distributions
  • Text Chat
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Conversation 1 Sample A
  • Conversation 1 Sample B
  • Conversation 1 Sample C
  • Conversation 2 Sample A
  • Conversation 2 Sample B
  • Conversation 2 Sample C
  • Conversation 3 Sample A
  • Conversation 3 Sample B
  • Conversation 3 Sample C
  • Conversation 4 Sample A
  • Conversation 4 Sample B
  • Conversation 4 Sample C
  • Cultural Presentation Sample A
  • Cultural Presentation Sample B
  • Cultural Presentation Sample C

2018

May 2018 Free Response Questions

• Conversation
• Transcript
• See all (26)
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Transcript
  • Chief Reader Report
  • Scoring Statistics
  • Score Distributions
  • Text Chat
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Conversation 1 Sample A
  • Conversation 1 Sample B
  • Conversation 1 Sample C
  • Conversation 2 Sample A
  • Conversation 2 Sample B
  • Conversation 2 Sample C
  • Conversation 3 Sample A
  • Conversation 3 Sample B
  • Conversation 3 Sample C
  • Conversation 4 Sample A
  • Conversation 4 Sample B
  • Conversation 4 Sample C
  • Cultural Presentation Sample A
  • Cultural Presentation Sample B
  • Cultural Presentation Sample C

2017

June 2017 Free Response Questions

• Conversation
• Transcript
• See all (25)
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Transcript
  • Chief Reader Report
  • Scoring Statistics
  • Scoring Distributions
  • Text Chat
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Conversation 1 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 1 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 1 Sample C (Score of 2)
  • Conversation 2 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 2 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 2 Sample C (Score of 2)
  • Conversation 3 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 3 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 3 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Conversation 4 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 4 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 4 Sample C (Score of 2)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample C (Score of 2)

2016

June 2016 Free Response Questions

• Conversation
• Transcript
• See all (26)
  • Cultural Presentation
  • Transcript
  • Student Performance Q&A
  • Scoring Statistics
  • Score Distributions
  • Text Chat
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Conversation 1 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 1 Sample B (Score of 3)
  • Conversation 1 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Conversation 2 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 2 Sample B (Score of 3)
  • Conversation 2 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Conversation 3 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 3 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 3 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Conversation 4 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 4 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 4 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample B (Score of 3)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample C (Score of 1)

2015

June 2015 Free Response Questions

• Conversation
• Transcript
• See all (26)
  • Cultural Presentation
  • Transcript
  • Scoring Statistics
  • Student Performance Q&A
  • Score Distributions
  • Text Chat
  • Compare and Contrast Article
  • Conversation
  • Cultural Perspective Presentation
  • Conversation 1 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 1 Sample B (Score of 3)
  • Conversation 1 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Conversation 2 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 2 Sample B (Score of 3)
  • Conversation 2 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Conversation 3 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 3 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 3 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Conversation 4 Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Conversation 4 Sample B (Score of 4)
  • Conversation 4 Sample C (Score of 1)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample A (Score of 6)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample B (Score of 3)
  • Cultural Presentation Sample C (Score of 1)