Specified skill fields
The fields marked with ★ are those for which the specified skill No. 2 is targeted
| Jurisdiction | Field | Labor shortage | Human resource criteria | Other important matters | |||||
| Prospective no. of foreign nationals to be accepted (maximum no. over 5 years) | Skills test | Japanese language exam | Type of work | Employment status | Conditions specially imposed on the accepting organization | ||||
| MHLW | Care worker | 60,000 | Nursing care skills evaluation test | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher), (In addition to the above) Nursing care Japanese language evaluation tets | ・As well as physical care (such as bathing, meals, assistance for excretion, etc., adjusted to the mental and physical state of the user), supplemental support services (recreation, assistance with functional exercise, etc.) [1 test category] [Note] Home visit services are excluded |
Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by the MHLW, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by the MHLW ・Set the number of specified skilled workers to be accepted per facility |
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| Building cleaning management | 37,000 | Building cleaning field specified skills (i) evaluation test | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・Interior building cleaning [1 test category] | Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by the MHLW, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by the MHLW ・Be registered as a "Building Cleaning Business" or "Building Environment Sanitation Comprehensive Management Bussiness" |
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| METI | Machine parts & tooling industries | 21,500 | Manufacturing field specified skills (i) evaluation test (provisional) | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・Casting ・Forging ・Die casting ・Machining ・Factory sheet metal work |
・Mental press ・Metal press ・Electroplanting ・Finishing ・Aluminium anodizing |
・Machine inspection
・Machine maintenance ・Painting [13 test categories]
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Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by METI, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by METI |
| Industrial Machinery industries | 5,250 | ・Casting ・Forging ・Die casting ・Machining ・Electronic equipment assembling ・Electric equipment assembling ・Print writing board manufacturing |
・Factory sheet metal work ・Electroplanting ・Finishing ・Iron work ・Painting ・Welding |
・Industrial packaging
・Machine maintenance ・Machine inspection ・Plastic molding ・Metal press [18 tets categories]
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Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by METI, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by METI |
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| Electric, electronics and information industries | 4,700 | ・Plastic molding ・Metal press ・Electronic equipment assembling ・Electric equipment assembling |
・Print writing board manufacturing ・Machine maintenance ・Industrial packaging ・Painting ・Finishing |
・Welding
・Machining ・Electroplanting ・Factory sheet metal work [13 test categories]
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Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by METI, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by METI |
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| MLIT | ★ Construction industry |
40,000 | Construction field specified skills evaluation test (airport ground handling or aircraft maintenance | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・Roofing ・Earthwork ・Plastering ・Reinforcement construction ・Reinforcement construction ・Telecommunications ・Reinforcing bar joints ・Concrete pumping
・Interior finishing/Material mounting ・Tunnel and propulsion ・Framework construction [11 test categories]
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Directly | ・Be a member of a construction business group for the acceptance of foreign nationals ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MLIT ・Be licensed under the Construction Business Act ・Have signed a contract to pay stable remuneration equal to or higher than a Japanese person would receive for the same work, and to give pay raise in accordance with the level of skill mastery ・Explain important matter concerning employment contracts by giving a written document in the mother tongue of the foreign worker ・Set the number of foreign workers per accepting construction company ・Receive accreditation from MLIT concerning the "plan for acceptance of specified skilled workers in construction" stating the remuneration to be paid and other important matters ・Receive confirmation from MLIT and other related ministries and agencies that are properly implementing the "plan for acceptance of specified skilled workers in construction" ・Register the specified skilled workers in the construction job advancement system |
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| ★ Shipbuilding & ship machinery industry |
13,000 | Shipbuilding/ship machinery field specified skills (i) evaluation test | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・Welding ・Painting ・Electrical equipment assembling |
・Finishing ・Machining |
・Iron work
[6 test categories]
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Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by MLIT, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MLIT ・When entrusting implementation of the support plans to a registered support organization that meets the above conditions |
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| Automobile repair & maintenance | 7,000 | Automobile repair and maintenance field specified skills evaluation test etc. | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) |
・Automobile daily checks and maintenance, periodical checks and maintenance, disassembly repair [1 test category]
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Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by MLIT, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MLIT ・It must be a business operator which has received approval to engage in business on airport premises or other permission-based on the Airport Management Regulations or be an approved organization relating to aircraft maintenance etc. based on the Civil Aeronautics Atc when entrusting implementation of the support plans to a registered support organization, the implementation must be entrusted to a registered support organization that meets the above conditions. ・Being a business site certified under the Road Transport Vehicle Act |
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| Aviation industry | 2,200 | Aviation field specified skills evaluation test (airport ground handling or aircraft maintenance) | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) |
・Airport ground handling (handling of an aircraft on the ground, handling of baggage/cargo, etc.)
・Aircraft maintenance (maintenance work, etc. for an aircraft, equipment, etc. [2 test categories]
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Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by MLIT, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MLIT ・When entrusting implementation of the support plans to a registered support organization, the implementation must be entrusted to registered support organization that meets the above conditions |
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| Accommodation industry | 22,000 | Accommodation industry skills proficiency test (provision) | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) |
・Providing accomodation services such as working at the front desk, planning/public relations, hospitality and restaurant services
[1 test category]
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Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by MLIT, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MLIT ・When entrusting implementation of the support plans to a registered support organization, the implementation must be entrusted to a registered support organization that meets the above conditions ・Be a person who obtained for "Inn and Hotel Operation" ・Does not fall under accommodation facilities related to adult entertainment business |
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| MAFF | Agriculture | 36,500 | Agriculture skills proficiency test (fishery or aquaculture industry) (provisional) | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・Cultivation agriculture (cultivation management, harvesting and shipping/sorting of agriculture products, etc.) ・Livestock agriculture (management of rising, harvesting and shipping/sorting of livestock products, etc.) [2 test categories] |
Directly ・ Dispatch |
・Participate in the council organized by MAFF, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MAFF ・When entrusting implementation of the support plans to a registered support organization, the implementation must be entrusted to a registered support organization that provides the necessary cooperation to the council ・It must be an agriculture management entity with experience of employing workers for a specified period or more |
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| Fishery & Aquaculture | 9,000 | Fishing industry skills proficiency test (fishery or aquaculture industry) (provisional) | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・Fishery (Production and repair of fishing gear, aquatic animals and plant exploration, operation and plant harvesting, treatment and storage of Fishery products, securing of safety and health, etc.) ・Aquaculture industry (Production, repair and management of aquaculture materials, cultivation and management of aquatic animal and plant farming, harvesting and processing, securing of safety and health, etc.) [2 test categories] |
Directly ・ Dispatch |
・Participate in the council organized by MAFF, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MAFF ・Take prepared measures at the council organized by MAFF ・When entrusting implementation of the support plans to a registered support organization, such entrustment must be restricted to registered support organizations that conform to the field-specific criteria |
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| Manufacture of food and beverages | 34,000 | Food and beverage manufacturing industry skills (i) proficiency test | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・General food and beverage manufacturing (manufacture and processing of food and beverages (excluding alcoholic beverages), health and safety) [1 test category] |
Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by MAFF, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MAFF |
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| Foodservice industry | 53,000 | Restaurant industry skills (i) proficiency test | Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese, Japanese-language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher) | ・General restaurant work (food preparation, customer service, restaurant management) | Directly | ・Participate in the council organized by MAFF, and provide necessary cooperation ・Provide necessary cooperation for the surveys or guidance conducted by MAFF ・Does not fall under facilities related to adult entertainment business ・Does not let employees serve customers in a way that related to adult entertainment business |
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