Date/Time
Life Stage Table (Japan)
Enter your birth year to see when you entered/graduated from school and reach retirement age, based on Japan's education system (6-3-3-4).
年
月
| [[ labels.col_birth_year ]] | [[ labels.col_wareki ]] | [[ labels.col_age ]] | Compulsory Education | High School / University | [[ labels.col_univ_grad ]] | [[ labels.col_retire_60 ]] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[ labels.col_elementary ]] | [[ labels.col_junior_high ]] | [[ labels.col_high_school ]] | [[ labels.col_high_grad ]] | 60 | 65 | ||||
| [[ birthYearRange(row.birthYear) ]] | [[ row.wareki ]] | [[ row.age + labels.age_suffix ]] | [[ row.elementaryEntry ]] | [[ row.juniorHighEntry ]] | [[ row.highSchoolEntry ]] | [[ row.highSchoolGrad ]] | [[ row.universityGrad ]] | [[ row.retirement60 ]] | [[ row.retirement65 ]] |
Tips
- Enter your birth year to highlight and scroll to your row.
- Based on Japan's school system (6-3-3-4): 6 years elementary, 3 junior high, 3 high school, 4 university.
- April 2 birthdays are the baseline. April 1 birthdays subtract 1 year from each column.
- The 6-3-3-4 system was established in 1947 under the Fundamental Law of Education and School Education Act. Those born before approximately 1940 (Shōwa 15) attended school under Japan's pre-war educational system (旧制), so the school-year figures for those rows are for reference only.
Side Note — Why April 1 Birthdays Are One Year Ahead
Under Japan's School Education Act, children enroll in the first grade "at the start of the first school year after turning 6." Since the school year begins on April 1, a child born on April 1 turns exactly 6 on that day and joins the same cohort as those born up to March 31 of the same year.
As a result, April 2 is effectively the new school-year cutoff, and life stage calculations use birth year + 7 = elementary school entry year for April 2 birthdays.