METI will make new skill tests for manufacturing business sectors.

 
・will be given in 5 countries (Vietnam, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand)
　※You can take it even if you are not residents/citizens of these countries

・will be given in local languages
 　※They might give the tests in English language too.

・paper test and skill test

 ・will start later in 2019

    ※maybe once during 2019, and once or twice per year after 2020

・will be prepared for each 19 types of occupation
鋳造 Casting, 

鍛造 Forging,

ダイカスト Die casting,

機械加工 Machining,

金属プレス加工 Metal press,

鉄工 Iron work,

工場板金 Factory sheet metal work,

めっき Electroplating,

アルミニウム陽極酸化処理 Aluminum anodizing,

仕上げ Finishing,

機械検査 Machine inspection,

機械保全 Machine maintenance,

電子機器組立て Electronic equipment assembling,

電気機器組立て Electric equipment assembling,

プリント配線板製造 Print wiring board manufacturing,

プラスチック成形 Plastic molding,

塗装 Painting,

溶接 Welding,

工業包装 Industrial packaging

If you pass the test for Industrial packaging, you could work for companies in 産業機械製造業industrial instruments manufactur-ing industries or 電気・電子情報関連産業 Industries related to electrics, electronics and information. 

See the chart shared in Special tips: Tokutei gino, Manufacturing 1.

language test
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 April, 2019

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

②　JLPT　N4 or above

 (to be continued)