Abstract Health teacher system in Japan has a history of more than 70 years. At present, it has formed a comprehensive teacher education and certification system at three levels including junior college, bachelor and graduate degree. In 2017, Japan Association of Nursing Programs in University developed competency standard system for school health teachers, which covers 7 major dimensions, 19 core competence indicators and 87 academic standards according to requirements from Ministry of Education. This paper introduces and interprets school health teacher training system in Japan, and the core competence indicators and academic standards of the system, offering some basic reference for the construction of school health teacher training system in China.