From “What can be built here?” to “What happens when someone dies?” — follow the story of one house and cover the whole Takken exam in 30 lectures and 186 chapters.
Please note: the lectures, textbook and practice questions are in Japanese, and the Takken exam itself is held in Japanese. This page is in English so you can see what the course covers.
That uncertainty shrinks with
an order to learn in
and a way to check yourself.
Instead of memorizing subject by subject, you follow one real-estate deal: “What can be built here?”, “Who owns it?”, “Buying and selling”, “Lending and borrowing” and “Renting, living and inheriting”. Why each rule exists connects from one lecture to the next.
A mini-lesson to grasp the key points, an illustrated textbook, Sato-sensei’s lecture video, and true/false and past-exam practice. You read, listen and solve within one lecture, so you never move on with only a vague idea.
Textbook: about 330,000 characters, 250+ diagrams553 provisions quoted in the lectures and textbook are checked against the legal data as of October 2026 (the e-Gov Laws API). You get used to the exact wording the exam asks about, not just paraphrases.
Quick Q&A drills check terms and numbers on the spot; past questions get you used to how the real exam asks. Every lecture repeats learn → check → solve.
Lecture 30 uses the 2026 (Reiwa 8) exam to review question trends and exam-day strategy. Everything from all 30 lectures is reviewed in exam form to finish.
Key points in short form, checked with quick Q&A
Read and organize with the illustrated textbook
Sato-sensei’s lecture explains the why
True/false and past exam questions to make it stick
* Video length is an estimate from the scripts of all 30 lectures.
The Takken (Real Estate Transaction Specialist) exam is administered by the Real Estate Transaction Improvement Organization. It is held once a year, on the third Sunday of October, as a written exam of 50 four-choice questions. Anyone residing in Japan may take it regardless of age or education; the fee is ¥8,200 and results are, as a rule, announced in late November.
| Official name | Real Estate Transaction Specialist Examination (Takken exam) |
|---|---|
| Administered by | Real Estate Transaction Improvement Organization (RETIO) |
| Exam date | Once a year, on the third Sunday of October |
| Exam time | 1:00–3:00 p.m., two hours (1:10–3:00 p.m. for those who completed the registered course) |
| Format | Written exam, 50 four-choice questions (45 for those who completed the registered course) |
| Eligibility | Anyone residing in Japan may take it, regardless of age or education |
| Exam fee | ¥8,200 |
| Results | As a rule, late November |
| Laws covered | Laws in force on April 1 of the exam year |
| Language | Japanese |
Source: Real Estate Transaction Improvement Organization, “Overview of the Takken Exam” (Japanese) (checked October 26, 2026)
| Subject | Questions | Main laws | In this course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rights | Q1–1414 Qs | Civil Code, Act on Land and Building Leases, Condominium Unit Ownership Act, Real Property Registration Act, etc. | Lectures 8–12, 20, 23–27 |
| Legal restrictions | Q15–228 Qs | City Planning Act, Building Standards Act, National Land Use Planning Act, Agricultural Land Act, embankment regulation, Land Readjustment Act, etc. | Lectures 3–7 |
| Tax and other | Q23–253 Qs | Taxes on real estate (national and local), official land prices and real-estate appraisal | Lecture 28 |
| Brokerage Act | Q26–4520 Qs | Real Estate Brokerage Act, Housing Defect Warranty Act | Lectures 13–19, 21–22 |
| Five exempt questions | Q46–505 Qs | Japan Housing Finance Agency Act, Premiums and Representations Act, statistics, land and buildings (exempt for those who completed the registered course) | Lecture 29 |
* Question numbers and counts follow the structure of recent exams and may change by year. The exam scope is set by Article 8 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Real Estate Brokerage Act.
What a Takkenshi does, and how a deal moves from first meeting to registration
What can be built on the land (City Planning Act, Building Standards Act, Agricultural Land Act, etc.)
Registration, changes in property rights, declarations of intention, agency, prescription
Licenses, Takkenshi, Article 35 explanation, Article 37 document, the eight restrictions, sales law
Payment, set-off, assignment of claims, mortgages, guarantees, joint obligations
Land and building leases, condominium units, succession
Tax and valuation, the five exempt questions, exam trend analysis
Last updated: October 26, 2026
Every lecture has four parts: mini-lesson, textbook, video and practice. 186 chapters in all.
A teacher who tells the Takken exam as “the story of one house”. Sato-sensei shows the wording of each provision and explains why the rule is the way it is.
Sato-sensei is a fictional teacher generated with AI (a digital human). The lecture scripts and materials are written from the statutory texts and past exam questions.
Following the curriculum from Lecture 1 traces one house’s deal: zoning and building rules first, then registration and contracts, the Brokerage Act, loans, leases and inheritance, and finally tax and practice on the real exam.
Once a year, on the third Sunday of October. The exam runs for two hours, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. (source: Real Estate Transaction Improvement Organization).
50 four-choice questions. In recent exams: Rights 14, Legal restrictions 8, Tax and other 3, Brokerage Act 20 and the five exempt questions 5 (this may change by year).
Both differ by year and are published by the administering body (Real Estate Transaction Improvement Organization) as exam results. Please check the latest figures there. We do not publish figures of our own.
Anyone residing in Japan may take it regardless of age or education. The exam fee is ¥8,200.
If you complete a registered course approved by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and take the exam within three years of passing its completion test, two areas (five questions) are exempted, making it a 45-question, 1-hour-50-minute exam.
Yes. Takkenshi is the short Japanese name for the Real Estate Transaction Specialist (宅地建物取引士). The title changed from “Real Estate Transaction Manager” with the April 2015 amendment of the Brokerage Act.
Yes. Lectures 1 and 2 are guidance. You first see what a Takkenshi does and how a real-estate deal moves from the first meeting to registration, then go into each subject.
No. The lectures, textbook and practice questions are in Japanese, and the Takken exam itself is in Japanese. This page is an English guide to what the course covers.
Yes. You can take the course in the browser on a smartphone or a computer.
It includes 204 past exam questions and 527 quick Q&A drills. You solve them as practice at the end of each lecture.
The 553 statutory provisions quoted in the lectures and textbook have been checked against the legal data as of October 2026 (the e-Gov Laws API).
Sato-sensei is a fictional teacher generated with AI (a digital human). The lecture scripts and materials are written from the statutory texts and past exam questions.
Please check the price and how to sign up on the course page.
No, passing is not guaranteed. Please study at your own pace.
* This course does not guarantee that you will pass the exam.
The course page shows the curriculum and how to take the course.