Abstract
This paper is divided into three sections. The first is an overview of English education in Japan. It reviews the development of English education, and the demands of a curriculum innovation which radically refocused the teaching of English: the New Revised Course of Study: emphasis on oral communication. The second is an outline of teacher education and training in Japan, with particular recourse to in-service education. The final section is a description and evaluation of a specific government-sponsored overseas in-service education and training (INSET) programme for Japanese junior and senior high school teachers of English. It concludes that such programmes are necessary to change teachers' attitudes, beliefs and methodology, and enable them to deliver the revised curriculum effectively
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