Free Job Training in Kanagawa (Hello Training), Courses Starting January to March 2027: Deadlines from November 27

This page is general information from official pages about public job training. It is not legal or employment advice. For your own case, ask your local Hello Work (public employment security office).

Hello Training (public job training) starting in Kanagawa from January to March 2027 has 3 entrances: Polytech Center Kanto of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers (Asahi Ward, Yokohama), commissioned training that the prefecture entrusts to private schools, and the national job seeker support training. The earliest deadline is for Polytech Center Kanto’s January intake (3 courses), which starts on January 5, with reception at Hello Work until Friday, November 27. The prefecture’s commissioned training for February (10 courses) is until Friday, December 4, and job seeker support training starting in January takes applications from November 20 to Friday, December 11. The prefectural Kanatech College has no intake from January to March; the next is in April, with Period I applications from November 20 to December 1.

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1. Deadlines for Kanagawa Hello Training courses starting January to March 2027

Deadlines for January courses are November 27 (Polytech Center Kanto) and December 11 (job seeker support training), and for the prefecture’s commissioned training starting in February, December 4. In order of deadline, including Kanatech College’s April intake:

The Polytech Center Kanto dates are from the annual recruitment schedule that Polytech says “may change.” The job seeker support training dates are from the annual schedule published by the Kanagawa branch of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers. Kanatech College’s deadlines are postmark dates for mail, and online applications close on Friday, November 27 for Period I and Monday, February 15 for Period II.

Sources: Polytech Center Kanto’s FY2026 trainee recruitment schedule, the prefecture’s recruitment guide for commissioned training “Sokusenryoku” for February Reiwa 9 (2027), the Kanagawa branch’s FY2026 job seeker support training schedule, and Kanatech College’s April Reiwa 9 recruitment guide (checked on November 10, 2026).

2. Differences between Polytech Center Kanto, the prefecture’s commissioned training and job seeker support training

All three are free of tuition, and what you pay yourself is textbooks, work clothes and similar. The differences are where you study, the subjects and the length.

Polytech Center Kanto and the prefecture’s commissioned training are public vocational training. For both, you consult and do the procedure at your local Hello Work before applying. Job seeker support training is a national system mainly for people who cannot receive employment insurance, and if you meet certain conditions you can study while receiving an allowance of ¥100,000 a month.

Polytech Center Kanto, the prefecture’s commissioned training and Kanatech College cannot be applied to at the same time as other public vocational training or job seeker support training (no multiple applications). Also, you cannot apply to Polytech Center Kanto or the prefecture’s commissioned training if you took public vocational training or a practical course of job seeker support training within the past year.

3. Polytech Center Kanto: 7 courses entering in January, February and March

Polytech Center Kanto’s January intake has 3 courses, Practical CAD/CAM Technology, Production Management ICT Support and Building Management Technology, and reception at Hello Work is until Friday, November 27. Training runs 6 months, from Tuesday, January 5 to Wednesday, June 30, 2027, with selection on Tuesday, December 8 and results mailed on Wednesday, December 16.

In the February-intake Systems Engineer course, the first month after entry is introductory training on basic working skills, and facility training is combined with company internships. It is generally for people under 55 (as of the entry date), and the condition is that by the selection date you have made a Job Card and had career consulting from a Job Card creation advisor. Training runs until Monday, August 30. The 3 March-intake courses run from Tuesday, March 2 to Monday, August 30.

You apply in 2 steps. First, submit the training application form to the vocational consultation counter at your local Hello Work. Then deliver the form with the Hello Work reception stamp to Polytech Center Kanto by its reception deadline (November 30 for the January intake, January 5 for February and February 1 for March). By post, use simple registered mail and include a standard return envelope with your address written on it (no stamp needed). If you bring it in person, the hours are weekdays 9:00–16:00 during the reception period.

Selection is a written test and an interview, and reception on the day is from 9:00 to 9:20. If you miss reception, you cannot take the test. Tuition is free, and you pay for textbooks and work clothes yourself. If you skip the entrance orientation and entrance ceremony, in principle you are considered not to intend to enter. During the recruitment period there are facility tours, which you can apply for from the Polytech Center Kanto page.

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Polytech Center Kanto: guide to training for job seekers · FY2026 trainee recruitment schedule (PDF) · application and selection page (Japanese)

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4. The prefecture’s commissioned training “Sokusenryoku” for February: 10 courses, until December 4

The prefecture’s commissioned training for February has 10 courses. The Hello Work procedure and interview booking run from Friday, November 20 to Friday, December 4, and training is 2 months, from Monday, February 1 to Monday, March 29, 2027. Every course is 210 hours in total, and the hours per day differ by school.

The textbook costs are approximate figures from the recruitment guide. The care worker initial training course requires you to join the vocational trainee comprehensive insurance (¥2,500 for 2 months). The “for middle-aged and older” course is mainly aimed at people 45 and over, but anyone can apply. Childcare courses have free childcare fees; the 3 courses in Yamato take children from age 1 and the 2 courses in Hiratsuka take preschool children from 0 years (3 months). Each course takes at most 2 children, and even if you are accepted you may not be able to use childcare.

The application flow is as follows. Do the Hello Work procedure at your local Hello Work (it takes about an hour) and send the application form and other documents by simple registered mail from a post office counter to the Futamatagawa branch of the Eastern General Vocational Technical School (Asahi Ward, Yokohama). The deadline is Tuesday, December 8, and the documents must arrive. Between the day of the Hello Work procedure and December 4, you call the training school yourself and book an interview (until 17:30 on the last day). The interview is on a date and time the school sets from December 15 (Tuesday) and 16 (Wednesday), and you hand in an interview reception slip with a photo (4.0 cm tall by 3.0 cm wide) on the day.

Selection is by documents and an interview, and people who receive employment insurance and can be given a training instruction by the Hello Work director have priority. There are also priority places for single parents (raising a child under 20) and for a specific generation (people born between April 2, 1970 and April 1, 1987 who have not been hired as regular employees in the past year and want regular work). Results are mailed on Thursday, January 7, 2027, and you must attend the entrance orientation on Thursday, January 21. People who are employed generally need to have left their job before the entry date. A course that does not reach the minimum number of applicants may be canceled.

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Commissioned training “Sokusenryoku,” February Reiwa 9 recruitment (Kanagawa Prefecture) · February Reiwa 9 “Sokusenryoku” recruitment guide (PDF) (Japanese)

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5. Job seeker support training: January courses take applications from November 20 to December 11

For Kanagawa’s job seeker support training, courses starting on Wednesday, January 13 take applications at Hello Work from Friday, November 20 to Friday, December 11. Courses starting on Thursday, February 18 take applications from Wednesday, December 23 to Friday, January 15, and courses starting on Wednesday, March 24 from Wednesday, January 27 to Wednesday, February 17.

Job seeker support training has “basic courses,” which teach foundations common to many jobs, and “practical courses,” which go on to the skills needed for a specific job, and there are also e-learning courses you study at home. The courses starting in December include business PC basics, bookkeeping and FP, a 2-month care worker training (initial training) course, a building CAD course and a nail technician course (short hours). Courses from January on are posted on the Kanagawa Labor Bureau page and the Kanagawa branch page of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers when recruitment starts.

Hello Work holds briefings on each course, which need a reservation in advance. If applicants are fewer than half of the places, a course may be canceled. Tuition is free, and you pay for part of the costs, such as textbooks.

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Guide to the job seeker support system (Kanagawa Labor Bureau) · FY2026 job seeker support training schedule (PDF) · For those who wish to take job seeker support training (Kanagawa branch) (Japanese)

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6. Kanatech College: April intake, with Period I applications until December 1

The prefectural Kanatech College (East in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama; West in Hadano) has no intake from January to March, and the next is on Tuesday, April 6, 2027. Period I applications run from Friday, November 20 to Tuesday, December 1 (postmark valid for mail; online until November 27), with selection on Saturday, December 12 and results on Tuesday, December 22. Period II applications run from Tuesday, January 26 to Monday, February 22, with selection on Saturday, March 6.

The 6-month courses (Group B) for people who have left a job or want to change jobs have free entrance examination fee, entrance fee and tuition. The East campus has 5 courses: Machinery, Machinery CAD, Welding and Sheet Metal, GREEN x Maintainer and School Meal Cooking. The West campus has 9: Machinery, Machinery CAD, Welding and Sheet Metal, Electrical Facilities, Architectural CAD, Garden and Exterior Construction, Building Maintenance, Care Worker, and Care and Cooking. You pay for textbooks and work clothes yourself, and there is a system for providing textbooks and work clothes. The 1-year and 2-year courses (Group A), mainly for people 34 and under, are paid: an entrance examination fee of ¥2,200, an entrance fee of ¥5,650 and tuition of ¥118,800 a year.

To apply you need to do the procedure at your local Hello Work first. Selection is an academic test (Japanese and math) and an interview. People who are changing jobs generally need to have left their job before the entry date.

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Kanatech College April Reiwa 9 Period I recruitment (Kanagawa Prefecture) · April Reiwa 9 recruitment guide (PDF) (Japanese)

7. Allowances during training and the conditions for the job seeker training allowance

People who can receive employment insurance and take training on the Hello Work director’s training instruction get a training allowance and a commuting allowance during the training, in addition to the basic allowance (unemployment benefit). The training allowance is ¥500 a day (up to ¥20,000), and the commuting allowance varies by how you travel. Even if your basic allowance days run out partway through the training, the basic allowance continues until the day the training ends.

People who cannot receive employment insurance take training on the Hello Work director’s support instruction, and if they meet all 8 conditions below, they can receive the job seeker training allowance (¥100,000 a month) and a commuting allowance. The prefecture’s recruitment guide for commissioned training also says that people taking it on a support instruction can receive this allowance.

• Your own income is ¥80,000 a month or less.
• The whole household’s income is ¥300,000 a month or less.
• The whole household’s financial assets are ¥3 million or less.
• You own no land or buildings other than where you live now.
• You attend every training day (even when you miss for unavoidable reasons, 80% or more attendance is needed).
• No one else in the household is receiving an allowance and taking training.
• You have not received certain benefits by fraud in the past 3 years.
• You have not received the job seeker training allowance in the past 6 years.

The household here means you, and your spouse, children and parents who live with you or live apart but share finances. Even if you do not meet the income conditions, if your own income is ¥120,000 a month or less and the household’s is ¥340,000 or less, and you meet the other conditions, you can still receive the commuting allowance only. You write your My Number on the allowance application form.

What Hello Training supports (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) · basic allowance, training allowance and commuting allowance (Hello Work Internet Service) (Japanese)

8. Things to know when applying in Kanagawa

The counter you apply at is the Hello Work that covers the city or ward where you live. There are 14 in Kanagawa Prefecture, and Yokohama is divided into 5 by ward. Kanagawa, Nishi, Naka, Minami, Konan, Hodogaya, Asahi and Isogo wards are Hello Work Yokohama; Kohoku, Midori, Aoba and Tsuzuki wards are Kohoku; Totsuka, Izumi, Seya and Sakae wards are Totsuka; and Kanazawa Ward is Yokohama-Minami. Tsurumi Ward is covered by Hello Work Kawasaki, even though it is in Yokohama. If you live outside the prefecture, you do the procedure at the Hello Work for your own address.

The prefecture’s commissioned training procedure is accepted on weekdays from 8:30 to 17:15. It takes about an hour, and the counters are crowded close to the deadline. The Hello Work offices in the prefecture have no large car parks, and some have none at all.

The schools for the February commissioned courses are in Yamato, Hiratsuka and Odawara as well as Yokohama, Kannai and Musashi-Kosugi, so you can attend from the central, Shonan and western parts of the prefecture. The courses with childcare are 5 in Yamato and Hiratsuka. Reception for the selection at Polytech Center Kanto (Asahi Ward, Yokohama) closes at 9:20 in the morning.

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Checked with official pages on November 10, 2026 (Japan time).