・Either direct employment by farms or temporary employment by dispatching companies

・The term of temporary employment by dispatching companies should be longer than 6 months

・Those hired directly by farms can work only for their employers.   Those hired by dispatching companies coud work for several farms designated by their dispatching companies.

・36,500 workers in total for 5 years

Those who have finished technical training in agriculture in Japan for three years successfully as planned do not have to take tests (skill or language). 

・Will check two points:

　① Basic knowledge about the job and skill to perform necessary work

　② Perform necessary work according to instructions given in Japanese

・① is given in local languages

　② is given in Japanese
・CTB (computer based testing) test

・Given  about 2 to 6 times per year

・Given in Japan and  countries outside Japan (ecept for Nepal and Mongolia for the time being)
・Will start  sometime in 2019

Notes:
1. The following people cannot take the skill test in Japan:

* students expulsed by schools

* trainees who ran away

* refugee applicants

* current trainees

You can choose ① or ② below:

①Japanese language check test (new and for all fields)

・CBT (Computer based testing)

・Given about 6 times oper year

・Given in and outside Japan (countries yet to be decided)
・Will start in autumn 2019

・Focus more on listening and speaking than on reading and writing

②　JLPT　N4 or above

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)