
National Skills Competition Japan 2025
Competition Overview
Japan's largest event showcasing skills-based competition and vocational career education
The National Skills Competition Japan is a skills competition at which young skilled workers
Competitors who participate in the National Skills Competition are required to be young people (in principle, aged 23 or younger) selected
via organizations such as prefectural vocational ability development associations.
The National Skills Competition held in the year before the WorldSkills Competition also serves as a trial to select Competitors
who will be sent to the WorldSkills Competition (with the exception of certain occupations).
Competition Dates
17–20 October 2025
(Some skills competitions will take place in advance)
Competition Venues
Aichi International Exhibition Center
[Aichi Sky Expo]
Astemo, Ltd.
[Sawa Global Training Center]
Aichi Prefectural Aichi High School of Technology and Engineering
Chubu Human Resources Development Promotion Center
[Polytechnic Center Chubu]
Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto Technical College Fureai Skills Center
Chiba Human Resources Development Promotion Center Advanced Training Center
[Advanced Polytechnic Center]
Kasugai City Ochiai Park Gymnasium
CHUO Barbar & Beauty P.T.C.
[National Beauty and Barber Educational Corporation]
Hiroshima Confectionery P.T.C.
[Furusawa Gakuen Urban Gakuen Group Educational Corporation]
Tokyo Seishin Culinary P.T.C.
[Seishin Gakuen Educational Corporation]
Former Tokoname Senior High School
Musashino Culinary P.T.C.
[Goto Gakuen Educational Corporation]
Shine's Co.,Ltd. Toyota Industries Group
Mazda Motor Corporation Hiroshima Plant Vehicle Production Dept. No.1 Painting Training Place
Shizuoka College of Technology Shizuoka Campus
*Professional Training College is abbreviated as P.T.C.
Live Streaming
LIVE
(Live streaming will be available from late-September 2025)
For Further Details About the Competition
Skills
Videos of Interviews with Gold Medalists
One School One Skill
What is One School One Skill?
One School One Skill (OSOS) is a vocational career education program whereby Competitors from various skills competitions
By experiencing these skills with the instructor, students gain exposure to the possibilities they offer
and learn that everybody has a role to play in shaping the future of these skills.
This initiative originated in Japan, having evolved from the One School One Country Program
launched during the WorldSkills Shizuoka 2007.
Related Videos
Competition Digest Videos
Videos of Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Future Competitions
2026:
64th National Skills Competition Japan, to be held mainly in Aichi Prefecture
2027:
65th National Skills Competition Japan, to be held mainly in Aichi Prefecture
(The National Skills Competition Japan will not be held in 2028 due to the hosting of WorldSkills Aichi 2028)