Overview

• Osaka Prefecture published final second-stage results at 10:00, listing successful examinee numbers online and emailing result notices.
• Prefectural totals: 5,129 took the test, 1,836 passed, for an overall selection ratio of 2.8 to 1.
• An error confirmed in high school geography questions led the prefecture to mark the items as no-answer and grant four points to each of the 34 affected examinees.
• Osaka City announced its second-stage outcomes for public schools and kindergartens, with 2,251 applicants, 1,909 examinees, and 969 final passers for a 2.0 ratio.
• Osaka City will post passing numbers at 17:00 and send notices by mail, while the prefecture noted it had published questions and sample answers on September 5 and is enhancing verification against source materials.