Foreign qualification or award related to the job職務に関連する外国の資格・表彰等

5 points (flat)

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Key points

・Holding a foreign qualification or award related to your work earns a flat 5 points.
・It must fall within the range recognized by the Minister of Justice — not every foreign qualification counts.
・All three categories qualify, and the value is fixed at 5 points regardless of how many qualifications you hold.

What does not stack

⚠️This is a separate item from the Japanese national qualification; both can be counted.
⚠️Japanese national qualifications are scored by count (5 for one, 10 for two or more); foreign qualifications are a flat 5.

Official and authoritative sources

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IPA Information Technology Engineers Examination情報処理技術者試験（IPA）
Scope of IT qualifications follows this and the MOJ notification
Immigration Services Agency出入国在留管理庁
The authority for residence status and this points system

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