Japan is widely considered a safe country for students, with efficient public transportation. The country offers low-cost tuition and many professional opportunities.

Japan has a high-quality of education. all Japanese universities are regulated by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MEXT) and therefore degrees from Japanese universities are recognized internationally. By choosing to study at a university in Japan, you can be assured of an excellent education.

• To study in Japan, you must get a long-term visa after you obtain the Certificate of Eligibility as a student from the Immigration Bureau of Japan.

               To obtain the Certificate of Eligibility, you will be asked for the following information:

• Do you really have intent to study in Japan
• Do you have necessary and sufficient Japanese language ability
• Do you have enough money to support yourself during your study abroad in Japan

• To enroll in Japanese language schools, you are required to have Japanese language ability equivalent to N5 in JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test). It means you can read and understand typical expressions and sentences written in hiragana, katakana, and basic kanji, and also you can listen and comprehend conversations about topics regularly encountered in daily life and classroom situations, and you are able to pick up necessary information from short conversations spoken slowly. It will be an indication of N5 that you have studied Japanese for a total of about 150 hours.

To enroll in collage/university, you must have N2 in JLPT.

Please check the website below for the information of JLPT:

https://www.jlpt.jp/e/index.html

Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Hiroshima are the best cities for international students. Being the capital, Tokyo has around 100 universities and colleges including some of the top-ranked universities like the University of Tokyo. If you love New York, then Tokyo would be the best city for you which was also ranked top in the Safe Cities Index by The Economist in 2019.

Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Hiroshima are the best cities for international students. Being the capital, Tokyo has around 100 universities and colleges including some of the top-ranked universities like the University of Tokyo. If you love New York, then Tokyo would be the best city for you which was also ranked top in the Safe Cities Index by The Economist in 2019.

First, you need to make payment for the screening fee and the retainer including paperwork and translation fee for immigration. After your Certificate of Eligibility is approved, you have to pay the admission fee, tuition and other expenses to the school. You may have to make payment for your first 3 months rent at this time as well. Also you need funds for applying for a visa in your country and you must purchase airline tickets. You will have living expenses after you come to Japan.

• The Immigration Bureau doesn’t officially release the amount of money, but many Japanese schools give applicants a rough indication; 2,000,000 – 3,000,000JPY(18,100 – 27,200USD at the rate of 110JPY to a dollar) in your/your sponsor’s bank account is necessary. If you don’t have it, you can have your family or other relatives as your financial sponsor(s).

              Unfortunately we cannot either sponsor you or find a sponsor for you.

• Few scholarships fully cover Japan’s study costs, with most being for top performers and highly competitive. Most scholarships only cover tuition or living expenses, making it difficult to plan for studying in Japan solely on winning scholarships.

If you are approved by the Immigration Bureau, you can work up to 28 hours per week with a student visa.

There is no age limit for student visas in Japan. However, more documents will typically be required for students over 30 years of age. Some institutions may also demand extra steps. For example an interview, but usually, applications are processed based on the profile.

• Different types of part-time jobs have different pay rates, but usually it’s by the hour. Your hourly wage can range from 898 yen (Yamanashi Prefecture’s minimum hourly wage as of Nov 2022) to 1,500 yen or more depending on where you work and the type of work you are doing.

International students can work anywhere except for Night clubs and Pachinko Parlors, etc. Part-time jobs can be found in convenient stores and shops as a shop assistant, sorting jobs at transport companies like Yamato and Sagawa, Store staff jobs at clothing stores, call center agent jobs, as an English tutor at educational institutes and receptionist jobs at the studio, gym or hotel.

The largest numbers in shortage are from 1) Nursing care, 2) Food service industry, 3) Construction industry. The total number is around 345,000 workers. First, coming from the Nursing care industry which is considered to be one of the most important industries for an aging population society in Japan.

pecified Skilled Worker is a status of residence created to give foreign nationals more opportunities to work in Japan. There are two types of Specified Skilled Worker status of residence: type (i) and type (ii). The type (ii) status of residence requires more specialized skills than type (i). Source – www.ssw.go.jp

The SSW Type 2 visa allows foreign workers to engage in jobs requiring specific technical skills and experience but at a level that does not require the same expertise as SSW Type 1. Until the first half of 2023, only 2 industries were covered by SSW Type 2

• 14 Occupations Covered by SSW (i)

• Nursing Care
• Building Cleaning Management,
• Construction Industry (Jobs constructing houses, buildings, and other structures),
• 04 – Machine Parts and Tooling Industries,
• Industrial Machinery Industry,
• Electric, Electronics and Information Industries,
• Ship building and Ship MAchinery Industries (Building Ships),
• Automobile and Repair Industries,
• Aviation Industry,
• Accommodation Industry,
• Agriculture Industry,
• Fishery and Agriculture Industries,
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industries,
• Food Service Industry

2 Occupations Covered by SSW (ii)

• Construction Industry (Managing the work of constructing houses, buildings, and other structures)
• 16 – Ship building and Ship MAchinery Industries (Managing the work of Building Ships).

Although the legal recommendation for working hours in Japan is 40 hours per week, historically, many Japanese employers have required their employees to work as much as 80 hours of overtime per month. This has led to the Japanese term “karoshi”, which translates to “death by overwork”

• The Specified Skilled Worker (i) Status of Residence

• You can work in Japan for a total of five years.

The Specified Skilled Worker (ii) Status of Residence

• No duration restrictions