Agriculture Skills Assessment Test (ASAT) has been designed to measure the ability of foreign test takers to begin work immediately in Japanese agricultural areas under the new visa status, the Specified Skilled Worker status of residence, Tokutei Ginou. Japanese agricultural areas are facing a critical labor shortage. For this, as a new framework for accepting foreigners who pass this test.

Therefore, with the support from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the National Chamber of Agriculture will start an test (Agriculture Skill Assessment Test) from FY2019 for foreigners in order to check and evaluate their knowledge and skills on agriculture, etc. before entering Japan. As part of these examinations, tests on two subjects will be carried out: General Crop Farming and General Livestock Farming. Both these tests can be done in our chosen language of our nationality like in Nepalese language.