In 2023, around 1.5 thousand people were newly certified to be public psychologists in Japan. The exams for public psychologists were established in 2018 and are conducted by the Japan Center for Certified Public Psychologists. Successful examinees are licensed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Number of people who newly passed the qualifying examination to be public psychologists in Japan in 2018 to 2023
*The qualifying examination for public psychologists began in 2018, and exams were conducted twice that year. From 2019 onwards, exams were conducted once a year.
Prefectures in which the examination was conducted:
2018: Hokkaido, Tokyo
2019: Hokkaido, Miyagi, Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Okayama, Fukuoka
2020: Hokkaido, Miyagi, Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Okayama, Fukuoka
2021: Hokkaido, Miyagi, Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Okayama, Fukuoka
2022: Hokkaido, Miyagi, Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Hyogo, Okayama, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Oita
2023: Tokyo, Osaka
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