{
  "id": 16006104,
  "title": "Japan to set up curriculum to obtain teacher's license in 1 year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/japan-to-set-up-curriculum-to-obtain-teachers-license-in-1-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T06:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261022/p2g/00m/0na/023000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Japanese government plans to introduce a new postgraduate curriculum designed to enable individuals without prior teaching experience to obtain a teaching license within one year, as the profession faces a labor shortage. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology aims to implement the new pathway through legislative revisions during the upcoming parliamentary session.\n\nApplicants with relevant professional experience will have it counted as 20 credits in subjects related to their expertise. For an elementary school teaching license, they must earn an additional 37 credits; for junior or senior high school, 36 credits are required. An advanced teaching permit can be obtained after three years of teaching experience and an extra 15 credits earned during a postgraduate program.\n\nApplicants must possess a bachelor's degree and must be accepted through a process involving the university and the board of education. The proposed curriculum includes lectures held between April and May, practical training at a school through December, and license grants between January and March the following year. After obtaining their license, participants can work as instructors before being formally hired as teachers in April.",
  "summary": "TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to establish a new postgraduate curriculum enabling people without prior teacher training to obtain a t",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}