That's the spirit man!
Language learning is a never ending process.
Language is a living thing and you just have to be expose to or use it often enough to stay proficient. N1 sounds scary lor... the scary part is that we dun noe what to expect at all yet. I will definitely be one of the guinea pig to try out next year.
The N2 and N1 exams is supposed to be held two times a year in 2010.
The question now is will the July one be held worldwide or just in Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. In fact the last JLPT 1 and 2 this year will also be held twice but the July one will only be held in Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan.
Machiam like CFA like that. June paper and December paper.