The revised Special Zones for Structural Reform Law, which includes the fact that 16 vocational ability development junior colleges nationwide can be transferred to universities within the same special zone if they are certified as "Special Zones for Structural Reform" by the government. It was approved and approved at the House of Councilors plenary session on the 25th.

Vocational Ability Development Junior College is set up for the purpose of training engineers who support "manufacturing" for those who have graduated from high school, and there are 16 nationwide.



Currently, those who have studied at junior colleges and colleges of technology can transfer to universities, but cannot transfer from vocational ability development junior colleges.



The revised law of the Structural Reform Special Zone Law stipulates that if the government approves the special zone, it will be possible to transfer from a vocational ability development junior college to a university in the same special zone.



The revised law was passed at the plenary session of the House of Councilors on the 25th, and was passed and passed by a large number of supporters such as the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Nippon Ishin no Kai, and the Democratic Party for the People.