通常は「高校」という略称で呼ばれ、進学を希望する生徒のための普通科と、職業科とに大別されます。入学に際しては入学試験が実施され、試験の点数のほか、中学での成績も考慮した上で合格者が決定します。現在の高校進学率は約95パーセントで、中途退学者は増加傾向にあるものの、約２パーセント程度です。多くの高校では制服が決められています。クラブ活動は盛んで、スポーツはほとんど全国大会があり、野球やサッカーなどの人気スポーツの全国大会はほとんどテレビで中継されます。３年になると大学進学希望者は受験勉強のために忙しくなり、クラブ活動も控え目になります。

In Japanese, high school is called koutougakkou but it's usually abbreviated as koukou, and it's roughly classfied into college course in order to go to a college and occupational training course. Ninth grader students should take an entrance examination and show the grade of junior high school, after this, they are permitted to enroll in high school if they pass. The percentage of students who advance to high school is currently about 95 percent and the percentage of students who drop out is increasing but it's about 2 percent. Many high school determine on an uniform. There are many club activities and the National Convention is taken place for sports club, moreover some popular sports such as baseball and soccer is broadcasted on TV. Many twelfth grader students who want to go to a college quit the club because of examination to go to a college.