Polytechnic schools (職業能力開発校, Shokugyō nōryoku kaihatsukō) in Japan are vocational education institutions for short and long term programs, a group of public human resources development facilities under paragraph (1) (i) of Article 15-6 of the Human Resources Development Promotion Law. It involves designated private sector as well.
Prefectures of Japan shall administer polytechnic schools, Municipalities of Japan can establish them, but neither the Government of Japan, Independent Administrative Institution, nor JEED Polytechnic Centers (高度ポリテクセンター) is among those to administer those tasks.
On the other hand, supporting private entity for job seekers which fulfill the criteria of ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, accredited by prefectures in Japan, can install a vocational training facility for such accredited programs. In that case, with the exception of the restriction of the use of such public facilities names, it is allowed to name such facility a vocational skills development school. Strictly speaking, While some facility is nicknamed polytechnic college but provides Polytechnic School programs, the official name of either Polytec Center or polytechnic College is limited to apply for facilities adminited by another JEED vocational training section or Polytechnic Centers (ja:職業能力開発促進センター).
1947 – Employment Security Law was enacted, and vocational training center was defined in Article 27.1949 – Employment Security Law revised to publicize vocational training centers.1958 – Employment Security Law (1958) was enacted, and the general vocational training center was defined in Article 5.1969 – Vocational Training Law was enacted, and the special vocational training school was defined in Article 15. Prefectures of Japan were able to set up advanced vocational training schools as defined in Article 16.1978 – Vocational Training Law was revised, and special vocational training school and advanced vocational training school was turned into vocational training school as defined in paragraph (1) of Article 14.1993 – Vocational training school became Polytechnic school defined in Paragraph (i) of Article 15-6 of Human Resources Development Promotion Law.While there are 166 prefectural polytechnic schools all over Japan, they are named in different format as follows. The majority of those are called "xy college", while there are no regulating laws or regulations for colleges.
By prefectures Advanced technical college (高等技術専門校, Kōtō gijutsu senmonkō):
Aichi: Facilities at Okazaki, Ichinomiya, Yogyo (ceramic industry), Takahama, Higashi-mikawaAomori: Facilities at Aomori, Hirosaki Chiba: Facilities at Abiko, Asahi, Funabashi, Ichihara, Ichikawa, Tōgane. Shōgaisha (Disabled)Ehime: Facilities at Imabari, Matsuyama, Niihama, UwajimaFukuoka: Facilities at Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Shōgaisha (Disabled), Kokura, Kotake, Kurume, Ōmuta, Tagawa, TobataGifu: A facility at Minamikoma-gun called Kyōnan, with another with varied name "International TAKUMI Academy" at MinokamoHiroshima: Facilities at Hiroshima, Kure, Fukuyama, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Shōgaisha Nōryoku Kaihatsukō. Kenritsu Gijutsu Tanki Daigakkō (県立技術短期大学校)Iwate: Facilities at Miyako, Ninohe, Senmaya. Sangyō Gijutsu Tanki Daigakkō at MizusawaKagoshima: Facilities at Fukiage, Miyahojō, Aira, Kanoya, Kagoshima Shōgaisha Shokugyō Nōryoku Kaihatsukō (for disabled)Kumamoto: A facility at KumamotoKyōto: Facilities at Fukuchiyama, Higashiyama-ku (for pottery). Two facilities for disabled, Jōyō Shōgaisha and Kyōto Shōgaisha (disabled)Miyagi: Facilities at Ishinomaki, Kesennuma, Ōsaki, Sendai, ShiroishiNagasaki: A facility at NagasakiNara: Facilities at Shiki District, NaraŌita: Facility at Ōita, ŌitaOkayama: Facilities at Nanbu, Hokubu, Hokubu Mimasaka BranchSaitama: Facilities in Chichibu, Kasukabe, Kawaguchi, Kawagoe, Kumagaya, Saitama and the headquarter in AgeoShiga: Nicknamed techno college and facilities at Maibara (Maibara Techno College), Kusatsu (Kusatsu Techno College)Yamanashi: Kyōnan ((峡南高等技術専門校)) facility at Fujikawa cho, Minamikoma-gun ((南巨摩郡富士川町))Other namesAcademy of industrial technology (産業技術専門学院, Sangyō gijutsu senmon gakuin) – Fukui, Ibaraki, WakayamaAdvanced engineering school (高等技術学校, Kōtō gijutsu gakkō) – Kagawa, Kōchi MieAdvanced industrial technology school (高等産業技術学校, Kōtō sangyō gijutsugakkō) – YamaguchiAdvanced institute of technology (高等技術専門学院, Kōtō gijutsu gakuin) – nicknamed college of technology (技術大学校) in Hokkaidō and HyōgoAdvanced technic school (高等職業技術校, Kōtō shokugyō gijutsukō) – KanagawaAdvanced technology school (高等技術校, Kōtō gijutsukō) – Shimane nicknamed Techno SchoolAdvanced vocational technology college (高等職業技術専門校, Kōtō shokugyō gijutsu senmonkō) – ŌsakaBamboo craft and vocational training support center (竹工芸・訓練支援センター, Takekōgei kunren shiensentā) – ŌitaCareer center (キャリアアップセンター, Kyaria appu sentā) – ChibaLabor Relations and Women Employment Center (労政・女性就業センター, Rōsei josei shūgyō sentā) – OkinawaIndustrial Human Resources Develepment Center (産業人材育成センター, Sangyō Jinzai Ikusei Sentā) – Tottori, at both Kurayoshi and Yonago Industrial technological college (産業技術専門校, Sangyō gijutsu senmonkō) – Gunma, Ishikawa, Miyazaki, Tochigi nicknamed industrial tech university (産業技術大学校, Sangyō gijutsu daigakkō)Institute of technology (工科学院, Kōka gakuin) – Aomori*Polytechnic school (職業能力開発校, Shokugyō nōryoku kaihatsukō) – Fukushima, Gifu, OkinawaSaga prefecture industrial technology college (佐賀県立産業技術学院, Saga kenritsu sangyō gijutsu gakuin) – SagaTechnic college (総合職業技術校, Sōgō shokugyō gijutsukō) – Kanagawa nicknamed Kana Tech CollegeTechnological college (技術専門校, Gijutsu senmonkō) – Akita, Nagano, Shizuoka (nicknamed Techno College)Technological school (テクノスクール, tekuno sukūru) – Niigata, TokushimaTechnology speciality institute (技術専門学院, Gijutsu senmon gakuin) – ToyamaVocational skills development center (職業能力開発センター, Shokugyō nōryoku kaihatsu sentā) – Iwate, Saitama, Tochigi, Tōkyō, YamagataVocational skills development institute (職業能力開発専門校, Shokugyō nōryoku kaihatsu senmonkō) – YamagataVocational skills development school (職業訓練校, Shokugyō kunrenkō) – ShizuokaWoodwork school (木工芸術スクール, Mokkō geijutsu sukūru) – GifuThere is one municipality administered polytechnic school in 2009 (Heisei 21), Yokohama Central Polytechnic School in Yokohama City, Kanagawa prefecture.
There are private institutions for vocational training and education throughout Japan, including the following.
Instrument and Technical Polytechnic School – SANKO Control, SANKO Group Co., Ltd.Politechnic School Mokushō-juku (Vocational Training Corporations Mokushō-juku Vocational Education Association)Toyota Industrial Academy (Toyota)ONTEX Technical School (ONTEX INC)Japan Men's Beauty College (General Corporate Judicial Person Japan Men's Beauty Association)