A free residential security and programming camp for primary and junior high school students aged 15 and under, held alongside the Security Camp national camp.
金融経済教育推進機構 (Japan Financial Literacy and Education Corporation, J-FLEC)
A national essay contest run by J-FLEC, the FSA-supervised financial education body, in which high school students write a 1,600-3,200 character essay on finance and the economy; top essays win scholarships.
全国ユース環境活動発表大会実行委員会(環境省・独立行政法人環境再生保全機構・国連大学サステイナビリティ高等研究所) (Ministry of the Environment / ERCA / UNU-IAS)
A national contest where high school clubs and groups present their environmental and SDG activities, run by the Ministry of the Environment, ERCA and UNU-IAS, with regional contests feeding a national final and Minister of the Environment awards.
A four-day residential research camp at RIKEN's Wako campus where a small group of high school students works with RIKEN researchers on real research and presents the results. The 2027 edition has not been announced yet.
Free tours run by the Shintaro Yamada D&I Foundation with companies and universities, letting junior high and high school girls visit STEM workplaces, labs and campuses and talk with women working or studying in STEM. Tours are booked individually, each with its own deadline.
独立行政法人国立美術館 東京国立近代美術館(MOMAT) (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
A free eight-session programme at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, where 20 junior high and high school students meet artists and specialists, explore the collection and then plan and lead an art-discovery event for elementary school children.
Hiroshima University's free, multi-stage science talent program for high school students: an open pre-education stage of lectures (in person, live online or on demand), followed by selective research-planning and advanced research stages.
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 essay contest on the United Nations for junior high school students, co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Association of Japan; the four special-award winners visit UN Headquarters in New York the following spring. The 67th (2027) call is expected to open around June 2027.
公益社団法人全国高等学校文化連盟 (National High School Cultural Federation, Zenkoku Kobunren)
The National High School Cultural Federation's national creative-writing competition in seven divisions: fiction, literary criticism, essay, poetry, tanka, haiku and literary club magazines.
秋田県高校留学推進委員会 (Akita High School Study Abroad Promotion Committee) / 事業実施団体: 公益社団法人日本国際生活体験協会 (EIL Japan)
A scholarship that sends high school students in Akita Prefecture abroad for one school year on EIL's high school exchange, with full or partial funding by household income. The next call has not been announced yet.
一般社団法人全国高等専門学校連合会 (Japan Association of National Colleges of Technology) / 共催: 特定非営利活動法人高専プロコン交流育成協会 (NAPROCK)
The national programming contest for kosen students, with Theme, Free and Competition divisions; finalists also take part in the NAPROCK International Programming Contest.
Ashinaga's JPY 30,000-a-month grant for high-school and kosen students who have lost a parent to illness, disaster or suicide, or whose parent has a grade 1-5 disability. The 2027 call for current students is scheduled to open on 1 April 2027; the 2026 call closed on 20 May 2026.