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# Working as a teacher in Japan

Teacher is a regulated profession in Japan. Foreign qualifications go through: A prefectural board may conduct an educational personnel examination based on a foreign university-issued teaching licence and issue a corresponding Japanese licence; the result is not automatic equivalence.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: A prefectural board may conduct an educational personnel examination based on a foreign university-issued teaching licence and issue a corresponding Japanese licence; the result is not automatic equivalence.
- Recognition authority: The relevant prefectural board of education awards Japanese teaching licences; it can examine an overseas licence and award a corresponding Japanese licence.

## Sources

MEXT teacher-certification system and school-teacher Q&A. — https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/kyoin/1339300.htm

## Cite

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Japan: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c74e7176b806700edb4c3568dbbf454a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/japan/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_teacher-in-japan-recognition_989532a47a6a,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Teacher in Japan: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {c74e7176b806700edb4c3568dbbf454a},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/japan/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Teacher in Japan: recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/japan/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version c74e7176b806700edb4c3568dbbf454a; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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- Title: Teacher in Japan: recognition
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- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
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- Version: `c74e7176b806700edb4c3568dbbf454a`
- Retrieved: 2026-10-16
- Built: 2026-10-16
- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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