2013 May, the bar examination of Japan was carried. Total 2049 candidates passed the bar examination. The following shows the number of qualified persons who passed the bar examination 2013 by law school. In this post, a law school means a postgraduate law school (法科大学院).
To see 2014 data, click "Number of 2014 Bar Examination Passers in Japan, By Law School"
Table 1: Number of qualified persons who passed the bar exam 2013 by law school
| Law School | Examinee | Passed | Pass rate |
| Keio University | 354 | 201 | 57% |
| University of Tokyo | 357 | 197 | 55% |
| Waseda University | 479 | 184 | 38% |
| Chuo University | 442 | 177 | 40% |
| Kyoto University | 246 | 129 | 52% |
| Preliminary exam passer | 167 | 120 | 72% |
| Hitotsubashi University | 123 | 67 | 54% |
| Meiji University | 354 | 65 | 18% |
| Osaka University | 140 | 51 | 36% |
| Hokkaido University | 150 | 50 | 33% |
| Kobe University | 125 | 46 | 37% |
| Sophia University | 174 | 46 | 26% |
| Doshisha University | 190 | 42 | 22% |
| Nagoya University | 120 | 40 | 33% |
| Ritsumeikan University | 242 | 40 | 17% |
| Kyushu University | 162 | 39 | 24% |
| Tokyo Metropolitan University | 96 | 39 | 41% |
| Tohoku University | 173 | 39 | 23% |
| Osaka City University | 106 | 35 | 33% |
| Kwansei Gakuin University | 163 | 34 | 21% |
| Hosei University | 143 | 30 | 21% |
| Chiba University | 65 | 24 | 37% |
| Soka University | 88 | 22 | 25% |
| Kansai University | 135 | 19 | 14% |
| Hiroshima University | 101 | 19 | 19% |
| Rikkyo University | 121 | 18 | 15% |
| Okayama University | 70 | 17 | 24% |
| Nanzan University | 66 | 14 | 21% |
| Yokohama National University | 86 | 13 | 15% |
| Aichi University | 28 | 12 | 43% |
| Seikei University | 91 | 12 | 13% |
| Aoyama Gakuin University | 57 | 10 | 18% |
| Konan University | 75 | 10 | 13% |
| University of Tsukuba | 62 | 10 | 16% |
| Niigata University | 53 | 10 | 19% |
| Meijo University | 58 | 10 | 17% |
| Yamanashi Gakuin University | 46 | 10 | 22% |
| Senshu University | 99 | 9 | 9% |
| Nihon University | 149 | 9 | 6% |
| Meiji Gakuin University | 96 | 9 | 9% |
| Toyo University | 52 | 8 | 15% |
| Gakushuin University | 63 | 7 | 11% |
| Kanazawa University | 39 | 7 | 18% |
| Kumamoto University | 49 | 7 | 14% |
| Toin University of Yokohama | 103 | 7 | 7% |
| Kanagawa University | 43 | 6 | 14% |
| University of the Ryukyus | 32 | 6 | 19% |
| Kagawa University | 27 | 5 | 19% |
| Shinshu University | 50 | 5 | 10% |
| Seinan Gakuin University | 52 | 5 | 10% |
| Shimane University | 24 | 4 | 17% |
| Surugadai University | 85 | 4 | 5% |
| Dokkyo University | 63 | 4 | 6% |
| Hiroshima Shudo University | 36 | 4 | 11% |
| Aichi Gakuin University | 39 | 3 | 8% |
| Omiya University | 96 | 3 | 3% |
| Kokugakuin University | 59 | 3 | 5% |
| Komazawa University | 38 | 3 | 8% |
| Chukyo University | 26 | 3 | 12% |
| Hakuoh University | 30 | 3 | 10% |
| Fukuoka University | 32 | 3 | 9% |
| Hokkai Gakuen University | 28 | 3 | 11% |
| Ryukoku University | 80 | 3 | 4% |
| Osaka Gakuin University | 37 | 2 | 5% |
| Kanto Gakuin University | 32 | 2 | 6% |
| Kyoto Sangyo University | 51 | 2 | 4% |
| Kinki University | 41 | 2 | 5% |
| Kurume University | 42 | 2 | 5% |
| Tohoku Gakuin University | 32 | 2 | 6% |
| Kagoshima University | 35 | 1 | 3% |
| Shizuoka University | 29 | 1 | 3% |
| Daito Bunka University | 61 | 1 | 2% |
| Kobe Gakuin University | 34 | 0 | 0% |
| Tokai University | 53 | 0 | 0% |
| Himeji Dokkyo University | 8 | 0 | 0% |
"Preliminary exam passer" means a person who did not go to a postgraduate law school, and passed the preliminary exam instead.
Table 2: Pass rate of the bar exam 2013 by law school
| Examinee | Passed | Pass rate | |
| Preliminary exam passer | 167 | 120 | 72% |
| Keio University | 354 | 201 | 57% |
| University of Tokyo | 357 | 197 | 55% |
| Hitotsubashi University | 123 | 67 | 54% |
| Kyoto University | 246 | 129 | 52% |
| Aichi University | 28 | 12 | 43% |
| Tokyo Metropolitan University | 96 | 39 | 41% |
| Chuo University | 442 | 177 | 40% |
| Waseda University | 479 | 184 | 38% |
| Chiba University | 65 | 24 | 37% |
| Kobe University | 125 | 46 | 37% |
| Osaka University | 140 | 51 | 36% |
| Hokkaido University | 150 | 50 | 33% |
| Nagoya University | 120 | 40 | 33% |
| Osaka City University | 106 | 35 | 33% |
| Sophia University | 174 | 46 | 26% |
| Soka University | 88 | 22 | 25% |
| Okayama University | 70 | 17 | 24% |
| Kyushu University | 162 | 39 | 24% |
| Tohoku University | 173 | 39 | 23% |
| Doshisha University | 190 | 42 | 22% |
| Yamanashi Gakuin University | 46 | 10 | 22% |
| Nanzan University | 66 | 14 | 21% |
| Hosei University | 143 | 30 | 21% |
| Kwansei Gakuin University | 163 | 34 | 21% |
| Niigata University | 53 | 10 | 19% |
| Hiroshima University | 101 | 19 | 19% |
| University of the Ryukyus | 32 | 6 | 19% |
| Kagawa University | 27 | 5 | 19% |
| Meiji University | 354 | 65 | 18% |
| Kanazawa University | 39 | 7 | 18% |
| Aoyama Gakuin University | 57 | 10 | 18% |
| Meijo University | 58 | 10 | 17% |
| Shimane University | 24 | 4 | 17% |
| Ritsumeikan University | 242 | 40 | 17% |
| University of Tsukuba | 62 | 10 | 16% |
| Toyo University | 52 | 8 | 15% |
| Yokohama National University | 86 | 13 | 15% |
| Rikkyo University | 121 | 18 | 15% |
| Kumamoto University | 49 | 7 | 14% |
| Kansai University | 135 | 19 | 14% |
| Kanagawa University | 43 | 6 | 14% |
| Konan University | 75 | 10 | 13% |
| Seikei University | 91 | 12 | 13% |
| Chukyo University | 26 | 3 | 12% |
| Gakushuin University | 63 | 7 | 11% |
| Hiroshima Shudo University | 36 | 4 | 11% |
| Hokkai Gakuen University | 28 | 3 | 11% |
| Shinshu University | 50 | 5 | 10% |
| Hakuoh University | 30 | 3 | 10% |
| Seinan Gakuin University | 52 | 5 | 10% |
| Meiji Gakuin University | 96 | 9 | 9% |
| Fukuoka University | 32 | 3 | 9% |
| Senshu University | 99 | 9 | 9% |
| Komazawa University | 38 | 3 | 8% |
| Aichi Gakuin University | 39 | 3 | 8% |
| Toin University of Yokohama | 103 | 7 | 7% |
| Dokkyo University | 63 | 4 | 6% |
| Kanto Gakuin University | 32 | 2 | 6% |
| Tohoku Gakuin University | 32 | 2 | 6% |
| Nihon University | 149 | 9 | 6% |
| Osaka Gakuin University | 37 | 2 | 5% |
| Kokugakuin University | 59 | 3 | 5% |
| Kinki University | 41 | 2 | 5% |
| Kurume University | 42 | 2 | 5% |
| Surugadai University | 85 | 4 | 5% |
| Kyoto Sangyo University | 51 | 2 | 4% |
| Ryukoku University | 80 | 3 | 4% |
| Shizuoka University | 29 | 1 | 3% |
| Omiya University | 96 | 3 | 3% |
| Kagoshima University | 35 | 1 | 3% |
| Daito Bunka University | 61 | 1 | 2% |
| Kobe Gakuin University | 34 | 0 | 0% |
| Tokai University | 53 | 0 | 0% |
| Himeji Dokkyo University | 8 | 0 | 0% |
Source is Ministry of Justice.
www.moj.go.jp/jinji/shihoushiken/jinji08_00089.html
www.moj.go.jp/content/000114386.pdf
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