Program

A student film festival held in a TOHO Cinemas multiplex, with short film, short animation and promotion (POP & COKE) divisions and a special 'U-18 Expectation' slot that screens works by high school students and younger.

• Kelas 9–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

A free one-day hands-on cybersecurity course at the University of the Ryukyus for students aged 25 or under living in Japan, run as part of the national Security Camp talent programme.

• Kelas 9–12
• Gratis

Combine online preparation with a residential week in Okinawa, using interdisciplinary lessons and fieldwork to build a team social-impact proposal.

• Kelas belum diumumkan
• Biaya: ¥499.500

A 300,000-yen grant from the Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education for prefectural school students who study at an overseas high school for about three months or more.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

The KEYENCE Foundation gives about 1,500 students entering a 4-year university in Japan in April 2027 a non-repayable grant of JPY 120,000 a month for four years. First-round web registration is scheduled for 1 February - 2 April 2027 (10:00 JST).

• Kelas 12
• Gratis

An Asia-Pacific space-agency ideathon in which students propose how to grow plants in space or on the Moon/Mars and test the idea with their own ground experiment; Japan's entries go through JAXA. Pre-registration is open until 30 April 2027.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

A long-running poster session at the Zoological Society of Japan's annual meeting where high school students present their own research to professional zoologists; every presentation is eligible for awards. The 98th meeting will be held on 2-4 September 2027 at Meiji University's Surugadai Campus in Tokyo; the high school call has not been published yet.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

A national essay contest run by the Government of Japan's Headquarters for the Abduction Issue, inviting junior high and high school students to write about the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea in Japanese or English. Top winners are honoured by the Minister in charge and invited on a study visit to an abduction site in Niigata.

• Kelas 9–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

High school and kosen teams (up to year 3) plan and build an Android or web app on a set theme; the best 8 proposals go on to present at the final at the University of Aizu.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

Japan's national astronomy and astrophysics olympiad, which selects up to 5 students for the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA). The 5th edition has finished, and the next edition's entry details have not been published yet.

• Kelas 9–12
• Biaya: ¥3.500

Japan's national high school photography championship: school teams of three submit a 6-8 photo series, and 18 schools are selected for a week-long shooting final in Higashikawa, Hokkaido.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan

Keio University's national academic essay (shoronbun) contest for high school students, held since 1976 in memory of former president Koizumi Shinzo, with cash prizes up to 150,000 JPY. The 52nd (2027) guidelines are not yet published.

• Kelas 10–12
• Biaya belum diumumkan