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Key Facts: Administrative Scrivener Examination Exam

10,400 JPY

Exam fee

行政書士試験研究センター 試験概要 / 令和8案内

3 hours

8 Nov 2026, 13:00–16:00

令和8年度案内

60 items / 300 points

46 法令等 + 14 基礎知識

令和7 合否判定基準 PDF (format table)

180 / 300

Overall floor, plus subject floors

令和8案内 合格基準; FY2025 numeric table

14.54%

令和7 pass rate (7,292 / 50,163)

令和7年度実施結果の概要

行政書士試験 is Japan's national Administrative Scrivener exam. 令和8: 8 Nov 2026, 13:00–16:00, 10,400 JPY, 60 Japanese items. This bank is independent English MCQ study, not the official paper.

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1Under Administrative Procedure Act (行政手続法) Article 2, which of the following is excluded from the definition of an adverse disposition (不利益処分)?
A.Revocation of a business permission already granted to a named licensee
B.An order that a named person pay a specified sum of money
C.Refusal of the permission sought by an application, designating the applicant as the subject of that refusal
D.An order dismissing an officer of a named corporation
Explanation: Article 2, item (iv)(b) excludes dispositions that refuse the permission, etc. requested by applications, and other application-based dispositions that specifically designate the applicant. Those cases are handled under Chapter II (dispositions upon application), not as 不利益処分. Revocation of permission, payment orders, and officer-dismissal orders can still be adverse dispositions unless another exclusion applies.
2Administrative Procedure Act Article 5 requires administrative agencies to do which of the following regarding review standards (審査基準) for applications?
A.They may leave review standards unwritten if the statute is already detailed
B.They are to establish review standards
C.They must obtain Diet approval before publishing any review standard
D.They must use only quantitative indices and may not use qualitative standards
Explanation: Article 5, paragraph (1) says administrative agencies are to establish review standards. Paragraph (2) requires them to be as concrete as possible; paragraph (3) requires public availability unless extraordinary administrative inconvenience arises. The duty is on the agency, not the Diet, and standards need not be purely numeric.
3Under Administrative Procedure Act Article 32, administrative guidance (行政指導) must be realized based on which principle?
A.Compulsory cooperation backed by immediate criminal penalty
B.Voluntary cooperation of the subject party, without exceeding the organ's jurisdiction
C.The same binding force as a disposition once it is announced orally
D.Automatic conversion into a disposition if the party remains silent for 14 days
Explanation: Article 32, paragraph (1) requires that guidance stay within the organ's duties and that its content be realized, to the utmost degree, solely upon voluntary cooperation. Paragraph (2) forbids disadvantaging a party for non-compliance. Guidance is defined in Article 2 as non-disposition advice, recommendations, or similar acts.
4Absent justifiable grounds, Administrative Complaint Review Act (行政不服審査法) Article 18, paragraph (1) bars a request for review (審査請求) of a disposition after which period?
A.Six months from the day the person became aware of the disposition
B.Three months from the day following the day the person came to know the disposition was reached
C.One year from the day the person became aware of the disposition
D.Thirty days from the date written on the disposition document
Explanation: Article 18, paragraph (1) uses a three-month period counted from the day after the person comes to know the disposition (or, after a re-investigation decision, from the day after knowledge of that decision). Paragraph (2) adds a one-year outer limit from the day after the disposition. Do not confuse this with 行政事件訴訟法 Article 14's six-month litigation period.
5Absent reasonable grounds, Administrative Case Litigation Act (行政事件訴訟法) Article 14, paragraph (1) bars an action for revocation after which period?
A.Three months from the day following knowledge of the disposition
B.Six months from the day the person seeking revocation became aware that the disposition or determination was made
C.Two years from registration of the disposition
D.Fourteen days from service of the written reasons
Explanation: Article 14, paragraph (1) is six months from the day of awareness. Paragraph (2) is one year from the date of the disposition or determination. Both have a reasonable-grounds exception. The three-month clock is the 審査請求 rule, not the revocation-suit rule.
6State Redress Act (国家賠償法) Article 1, paragraph (1) makes the State or a public entity liable when which combination is present?
A.A public employee exercising public authority, in the course of duties, unlawfully causes loss intentionally or negligently
B.Any inconvenience from a lawful tax increase, even without fault
C.A Diet member's floor speech that a listener dislikes
D.A purely private traffic accident by an off-duty employee using a privately owned car with no public connection
Explanation: Article 1, paragraph (1) requires public-authority exercise, performance of duties, intent or negligence, and unlawful loss. Liability is the State's or public entity's, not a free-standing personal public-law claim against the employee. Article 4 then points remaining issues to the Civil Code.
7State Redress Act Article 2, paragraph (1) liability for a road, river, or other public structure (公の営造物) is triggered by which fact?
A.Proof that every official involved acted with intent to injure
B.A defect in the placement or administration of the public structure that caused loss
C.A Cabinet resolution accepting moral responsibility
D.The victim's status as a Japanese national only; foreigners are always barred
Explanation: Article 2 is defect-based liability for public structures; it does not require the same intent-or-negligence showing as Article 1. Paragraph (2) gives a reimbursement claim against another person who should bear the cause. Article 6 separately limits application to foreign victims to cases of mutual guarantee.
8Under Local Autonomy Act (地方自治法) Article 2, 自治事務 are best described as which category of affairs of a local public entity?
A.Only affairs that the Prime Minister personally assigns each year
B.Affairs the entity processes other than 法定受託事務
C.Only national elections conducted inside the prefecture
D.Only judicial functions of summary courts
Explanation: Article 2 defines 自治事務 as the local public entity's affairs other than 法定受託事務. Statutory entrusted affairs are those the law (or Cabinet Order based on law) requires prefectures, municipalities, or special wards to process because the State or prefecture must especially ensure proper handling. Municipalities are the basic local public entities.
9Under Administrative Procedure Act Article 37, when a notification (届出) meets the formal requirements of laws and regulations, the procedural duty to notify is performed at which moment?
A.When the agency later issues a certificate of acceptance
B.Upon the notification's arrival at the office designated to receive it
C.When a public hearing on the notification is closed
D.When the agency records its discretionary approval in an internal file
Explanation: Article 37 treats a formally complete notification as performed upon arrival at the designated receiving office. 届出 is not an application for permission, etc. under Article 2, item (iii); the agency is not granted a yes/no merits decision as the performance trigger.
10Administrative Case Litigation Act Article 8, paragraph (1) states which general relationship between a revocation action and a request for administrative review?
A.A revocation action may never be filed until review is completed
B.The availability of review does not, as a rule, preclude immediately filing a revocation action
C.Filing a revocation action automatically withdraws any pending review request
D.Review and litigation must always be filed on the same calendar day
Explanation: Article 8, paragraph (1) rejects a general 審査請求前置. The proviso preserves cases where another law says no revocation action may be filed until a determination on review is made. Always check the underlying statute for a special 前置.

About the Administrative Scrivener Examination Exam

行政書士試験 is Japan's national Administrative Scrivener exam under the Administrative Scrivener Act. The MIC-designated 行政書士試験研究センター delivers it for prefectural governors. The 令和8 sitting is 8 November 2026, 13:00–16:00, fee 10,400 JPY, no eligibility bar. The Japanese paper is 60 items / 300 points: 法令等 46 (including three ~40-character 記述式) and 基礎知識 14. Pass requires 法令等 50%, 基礎知識 40%, and 180 overall (FY2025 table: 122 and 24). FY2025 pass rate was 14.54%. OpenExamPrep publishes independent English multiple-choice study for those statutes. It is not an official translation, not a 記述式 writing simulation, and not a substitute for Federation roster registration.

Exam sponsor: 一般財団法人行政書士試験研究センター (MIC-designated; prefectural governors delegate). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

National exam under the Administrative Scrivener Act (行政書士法). MIC designates 一般財団法人行政書士試験研究センター; prefectural governors delegate delivery. 令和8: Sunday 8 November 2026, 13:00–16:00. Japanese written only. Statutes as in force on 1 April 2026. Results 27 January 2027.

Time Limit

3 hours (13:00–16:00). Seating 12:20; room opens 11:50; notices from 12:30.

Passing Score

All three: 法令等 ≥ 50% (122/244 on the FY2025 table), 基礎知識 ≥ 40% (24/56), overall ≥ 60% (180/300). Difficulty adjustment possible. 令和8 numeric floors publish on 27 January 2027.

Exam / Certification Fees

10,400 JPY (non-refundable except if the sitting is cancelled). Internet applications add 370 JPY system fee.

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Our practice resources: topics covered

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37%

行政法

Procedure, complaint review, case litigation, state redress, local autonomy, and general theory.

28%

民法

Civil Code, including typical 記述式 topics studied here as MCQ judgment items.

7%

憲法

Constitution of Japan.

7%

商法・会社法

Commercial Code and Companies Act.

3%

基礎法学

Basic legal theory.

18%

基礎知識

General knowledge, 行政書士法-related statutes, information/personal data, reading.

Preparing for the Administrative Scrivener Examination Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: All three: 法令等 ≥ 50% (122/244 on the FY2025 table), 基礎知識 ≥ 40% (24/56), overall ≥ 60% (180/300). Difficulty adjustment possible. 令和8 numeric floors publish on 27 January 2027.
  • Assessment: National exam under the Administrative Scrivener Act (行政書士法). MIC designates 一般財団法人行政書士試験研究センター; prefectural governors delegate delivery. 令和8: Sunday 8 November 2026, 13:00–16:00. Japanese written only. Statutes as in force on 1 April 2026. Results 27 January 2027.
  • Time limit: 3 hours (13:00–16:00). Seating 12:20; room opens 11:50; notices from 12:30.
  • Exam / certification fees: 10,400 JPY (non-refundable except if the sitting is cancelled). Internet applications add 370 JPY system fee. Official sources

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Administrative Scrivener Examination: Suggested Study Strategy

1Treat 行政法 and 民法 as the scoring core of the 244-point 法令等 paper.
2Clear the 基礎知識 40% floor; a high 法令等 score still fails if 基礎知識 is below the cut.
3Practice Japanese ~40-character 記述式 separately; this English bank cannot replace that format.
4Use statutes in force on 1 April 2026 for 令和8.
5Cite article numbers only after opening e-Gov text.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who administers 行政書士試験?

一般財団法人行政書士試験研究センター, designated by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Prefectural governors delegate delivery. It is not a Ministry of Justice exam.

What is the 令和8 timetable and fee?

Sunday 8 November 2026, 13:00–16:00. Fee 10,400 JPY. Internet applications 21 July–24 August 2026 (17:00). Results 27 January 2027.

Is the official exam all multiple choice?

No. 法令等 includes three 記述式 items of about 40 characters plus multi-choice blanks. 基礎知識 is five-option only. OpenExamPrep questions are independent English MCQs for the same statutes, not 記述式 writing practice.

Does this bank replace Japanese past papers?

No. Official papers are Japanese. This is independent English MCQ study. It is not an official translation and not a substitute for sitting the 令和8 paper or registering as 行政書士.