As part of its activities, Japan Desk Scotland runs a weekly Japanese Class in the west end of Glasgow.  The class is focused on reading and writing Japanese in hiragana and katakana, with a special attention to the role of joshi, particles or post-positions, in structuring Japanese sentences.

The Japanese class has been supported by the Japan Society of the UK in 2012/13 and by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation in 2015/16, in 2016/17, in 2017/18, in 2018/19, in 2019/20 and in 2020/21.