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Condominium Management Companies Association (Manshon Kanri Gyo Kyokai), a general incorporated association designated as the examining body by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Kanri Gyomu Shuninsha (Chief of Condominium Management Operations) Examination

The Kanri Gyomu Shuninsha examination is a national exam held under the Act on the Promotion of Proper Condominium Management. It is run once a year by the Condominium Management Companies Association, a general incorporated association designated as the examining body by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. A Kanri Gyomu Shuninsha is the qualified person a condominium management company needs when it gives a management association the explanation of important matters on a management contract, or reports to it on management operations. The paper has 50 four-option multiple-choice questions answered on a mark sheet, sat from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., a two-hour limit. Questions come from five areas: the contract for outsourcing management operations; the management association's accounts; the maintenance and repair of the building and its ancillary facilities; the Proper Management Act; and other matters relating to carrying out management operations. Anyone may sit it regardless of age, gender or education. In FY2025, 14,435 people sat the exam, 2,832 passed, and the pass rate was 19.6%.

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Who takes it

  • Front-line employees at condominium management companies who look after management associations
  • Condominium management companies that need more staff able to give the explanation of important matters and to report on management operations
  • People who want to take this exam first in order to earn the partial exemption on the Condominium Manager examination
  • Management association directors and other unit owners who want to be able to read a management contract and the association's accounts
  • Practitioners in building equipment and large-scale repairs who want to fill in the management-administration side of the work

What it lets you do

  • A Kanri Gyomu Shuninsha is the national qualification required when a condominium management company gives a management association the explanation of important matters on a management contract or reports on management operations. Once registered and issued the qualification card, you can take that work on.
  • Passing this exam earns you a partial exemption of five questions on the Condominium Manager examination on application.
  • The five subject areas run from management contracts and management association accounting (bookkeeping and financial statements) through building equipment and maintenance to the Proper Management Act and the Act on Building Unit Ownership, tracking the actual shape of a management company's work.
  • There are no eligibility requirements: age, gender and education are irrelevant. Among those who passed in FY2025, the youngest was 18 and the oldest 84.
  • The exam is sat simultaneously with the same paper at 16 venues across eight regions, so candidates outside the big cities sit under the same conditions.

The exam

As published by Condominium Management Companies Association (Manshon Kanri Gyo Kyokai), a general incorporated association designated as the examining body by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Anything we could not confirm is left out. Check the official page before you apply.

Questions
50 questions (45 for candidates who have passed the Condominium Manager examination and apply for the partial exemption)
Time
120 minutes (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; candidates with the partial exemption sit from 1:10 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., 110 minutes)
Pass mark
No fixed passing score. A cut score is published for each year's exam, and for FY2025 it was 36 correct out of 50 (31 out of 45 for candidates with the partial exemption).
Fee
JPY 8,900 (tax exempt). Online applications carry a separate handling fee.
Format
Multiple-choice examination, 50 four-option questions, answered on a mark sheet
Languages
Japanese
When it runs
Once a year. The FY2026 exam is on Sunday, December 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., with results announced on Friday, January 15, 2027. Online applications run from 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 3 to 4:59 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, and postal applications from Monday, August 3 to Monday, August 24 (postmark deadline). The fee is JPY 8,900 (tax exempt), with a further handling fee of JPY 297 (tax included) for online applications.
Validity and renewal
The association's exam pages say nothing about an expiry for passing the exam. To be issued the Kanri Gyomu Shuninsha qualification card you must complete a prescribed course within the six months before the date you apply for it, and the card itself has a validity period and a renewal procedure.

How hard it is

In FY2025, 14,435 people sat the exam and 2,832 passed, a pass rate of 19.6% (published by the association). The cut score was 36 correct out of 50 (31 out of 45 for candidates with the partial exemption), and a cut score is published for each year's exam.

How long people study

Not published by the exam body. The association does not state a standard amount of study time. Preparation schools sometimes suggest around 300 hours, but that is not an official figure.

Syllabus

  • Contracts for the outsourcing of management operations (Civil Code, standard condominium management outsourcing contract, etc.)
  • Assessment of, and receipt and disbursement of, the management association's income and expenditure (bookkeeping, financial statements, etc.)
  • Planning and coordination of the maintenance and repair of the building and its ancillary facilities (building structure, materials and equipment, maintenance and its related law, deterioration, the content and procedure of repair works, etc.)
  • The Act on the Promotion of Proper Condominium Management (the Act, the guidelines for proper condominium management, etc.). This is the area covered by the partial exemption.
  • Besides areas 1 to 4 above, other matters relating to carrying out management operations (management bylaws and general meetings under the Act on Building Unit Ownership, etc.)

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Questions people ask

Who can get the five-question exemption?
People who have passed the Condominium Manager (Manshon Kanrishi) examination. Apply for the partial exemption when you file your application and enter your Condominium Manager pass number. Subject area 4, the Act on the Promotion of Proper Condominium Management, is then exempted and the paper becomes 45 questions. You cannot add or withdraw the exemption after applying.
Which should I take first, this exam or the Condominium Manager exam?
The exemption works in both directions, so the order changes what you gain. Passing this exam gives you a five-question exemption on the Condominium Manager exam, and passing the Condominium Manager exam gives you a five-question exemption here. In FY2025 the pass rates were 19.6% for Kanri Gyomu Shuninsha and 11.0% for Condominium Manager (each published by the relevant exam body), so the two differ in difficulty.
What is published when results come out?
The association's website posts the examination numbers of successful candidates, the cut score, and the correct answers. Online applicants can download their certificates; postal applicants receive them by mail. The association states that it will not answer any enquiries about results, marking, the questions, or the basis for the correct answers.
Can I choose the venue?
You choose the test region, of which there are eight, when you apply, but the venues themselves are not published in advance. Online applicants can pick a venue from their account page on a first-come basis after applying, while postal applicants are assigned one by the association when the admission ticket is issued.
As of when are the laws in the questions current?
The laws and regulations behind the questions are those in force as of April 1 of the fiscal year in which the exam is held. The FY2025 exam was based on the position as of April 1, 2025.

Sources

These are the pages the figures came from. Some are published in Japanese only, and are marked as such — we keep the original titles rather than translating them, so you can match what you find on the official site. Exam rules change; check the official page before you apply.

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