Those who have a citizenship other than Japanese and have reached the age of 18 by March 31, 2021.

Those who have completed at least 12 years of formal school education in a foreign country or in Japan, or who hold the Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates or a qualifying certificate for university admission. Or those who have completed a school in a foreign country which is equivalent to a high school in Japan and an introductory course specified separately by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Those who satisfy at least one of the following five conditions with the ability to sufficiently understand the Japanese language to pursue a course of study at a vocational college: 1. Those who have studied the Japanese language for at least six months in a certified course at one of the Japanese language institutions designated by the Ministry of Justice in a public notice. * 2. Those who have passed N2 or the 2nd grade of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). 3. Those who have achieved 200 or more points in the test for Japanese as a Foreign Language at Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) (the total points of listening comprehension, listening-reading comprehension, and reading comprehension must be 200 or above). 4. Those who have achieved 400 or more points on the BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test. 5. Those who have studied for at least one year at one of the schools in Japan (except for kindergartens) prescribed in Article 1 of the Japan School Education Act.