Can you actually afford Japan?
Put in what you can really pay each month. We'll show you the gap — using what 7,599 students here actually spend, and what they actually earn per hour.
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What we do with your address — and the list of what we do not collect.
Other things worth checking
Should you count on a scholarship?
Who actually receives one — 65.3% at a doctoral programme, 13.2% at a language school — and what that is worth in a budget.
Where do people from my country go?
408,069 students by nationality, and which of the two routes each country takes.
Tokyo vs everywhere else
The same degree costs ¥66,000 more per month in Tokyo than in Tohoku. Every region side by side.
What the part-time job really pays
The 28-hour cap, the industries that take two thirds of all students, and the hourly rates.