Japan

Japan is the most tightly regulated barbering market in this directory, and the list here reflects that. BarberCourses.com lists 3 providers, all of them designated colleges.There is only one legitimate routeBarbering, riyō, is a licensed profession in Japan. To practise you must graduate from a training facility designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, then pass the national barber examination. A short private course confers nothing at all. That is why this page lists three institutions rather than thirty: in Japan there is essentially no other legal path, and short-course academies of the kind that fill most other countries in this directory simply do not exist as a route into the trade.What that costs and how long it takesExpect two years full time. First-year fees run from around 810,000 yen at the cheapest of the three to roughly 1.6 million at the most expensive, with materials sometimes charged separately. Correspondence routes of three years exist for people already employed in a salon, one college makes salon employment a firm entry condition, combining self-study and submitted reports with intensive summer schooling. Shorter one-year routes are available to people who already hold a beautician licence. Government training benefit schemes and college-run support funds can offset fees, so ask about both.A note on this listOne entry was removed: it turned out to be a Canadian private career college in Ontario, pricing its tuition in Canadian dollars, with no Japanese campus and no connection to the designation system whatsoever.