Which route do people from your country take?
There are 408,069 international students in Japan. They arrive by one of two paths, and the split is wildly different depending on where you are from — which matters, because the two paths lead to different lives.
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What we do with your address — and the list of what we do not collect.
Other things worth checking
Can you actually afford Japan?
Put in what your family can send and how many hours you could work. See the gap.
Should you count on a scholarship?
65.3% at a doctoral programme, 13.2% at a language school. And what that is worth in a budget.
What the language school route means
The 28-hour legal cap, and why seven in ten language school students work near it.
Work hours against study hours
Where the balance tips, level by level. The crossing point is the undergraduate degree.