一般社団法人日本先端科学技術教育人材研究開発機構 (JASTO)・株式会社リバネス (Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.)、協力：公益財団法人日本財団 (The Nippon Foundation)
A research grant and coaching programme for teenagers researching the ocean, fisheries and water environments, run by JASTO and Leave a Nest with support from the Nippon Foundation. The 2027 call has not been announced yet.
外務省 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)・公益財団法人日本国際連合協会 (United Nations Association of Japan)
A national speech contest on the United Nations co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Association of Japan; the four special-award winners join a youth delegation to UN Headquarters in New York the following spring. The 74th (2027) call has not been published yet.
An annual two-day residential program at JICA Kyushu where high school teams from Kyushu simulate real JICA volunteer assignments, interact in English with JICA trainees from developing countries, and present action plans. The 2027 guidelines are due in April 2027.
総務省統計局・独立行政法人統計センター・統計数理研究所・一般財団法人日本統計協会 (Statistics Bureau of Japan, National Statistics Center, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan Statistical Association)
A national paper competition run by Japan's Statistics Bureau and National Statistics Center in which high school students analyse the SSDSE regional statistics dataset and propose solutions to social issues. Top papers receive the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award.
大阪大学 SEEDSプログラム事務局 (The University of Osaka, SEEDS Program)
A free, selective program at The University of Osaka where about 130 high school students attend monthly lectures with small-group discussion, experience research in over 40 lab themes and exchange with international students.
The national championship of RoboCupJunior Japan, where student teams compete in Soccer, Rescue and OnStage robot leagues and Japan's teams for the RoboCup 2027 world championship are selected.
公益社団法人日本青年会議所 グローバルピース会議 (Junior Chamber International Japan, JCI JAPAN)
A selective peace-education and international-affairs programme run since 2017 by the Junior Chamber International Japan, in which up to 10 junior high and high school students train in Japan, visit international organisations in New York and then run awareness activities in their home regions.
Japan's national non-repayable scholarship for low- and middle-income students, applied for through the high school before entering university; it comes with a tuition and enrolment-fee waiver under the Higher Education Study Support System. The cycle for students entering in April 2028 has not been announced yet.
公益社団法人日本地理学会 (The Association of Japanese Geographers)
High school students present original geography research as posters at the Association of Japanese Geographers' academic meeting and discuss it with researchers; participation is free.
A half-year programme that gives young creators aged 17 and under with original ideas and strong skills mentoring from Mitou alumni and up to ¥500,000 in development funding per project.
聞き書き甲子園実行委員会（農林水産省・文部科学省・環境省・公益社団法人国土緑化推進機構・NPO法人地球緑化センター）(Kikigaki Koshien Executive Committee: MAFF, MEXT, Ministry of the Environment, National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization, Green Earth Center)
A free national program co-run by MAFF, MEXT and the Ministry of the Environment in which about 65 high school students are each paired with a 'master' who lives and works with forests, rivers or the sea, interview them in person and write their life story in the master's own words. The 2027 student call has not been published yet.
鹿児島市 総務局 市長室 国際交流課 (Kagoshima City, International Exchange Division)
Kagoshima City's long-running youth exchange sends selected local junior high and high school students to sister cities such as Perth, Miami, Strasbourg and Changsha, with the city covering up to 80% of travel costs.