Interest in fracture of structure has increased significantly over the past decade. New approaches to analyze structural performance have been accompanied by the development of test methods to characterize material behavior in a manner compatible with the analysis. Several test methods have been developed as a results of advances in fracture mechanics, for example, $K_{IC}$ , $J_{IC}$, R-curve tearing instability and CTOD approaches. Among the rest, fracture toughness $K_{IC}$ and $J_{IC}$ can be used as an effective design criterion in fracture mechanics. Generally, the determintion of $J_{IC}$ was performed according to ASTM E 813 or JSME S 001 and $K_{IC}$ was performed according to ASTM E 399. In this study, the test method for $K_{IC}$ and $J_{IC}$ were discussed.scussed.