23 docs tagged with "foreign-resident-students"

Accredited kokuji-kō language schools can sponsor a student visa; unaccredited ones can't. Real costs, and why accreditation isn't a quality guarantee.

Compulsory education in Japan legally binds Japanese parents, not foreign ones, but ward offices still enroll foreign children free. Here's the procedure.

EJU explained for foreign applicants to Japanese universities: June and November sessions, subject choices, scoring, and how schools use results in admissions.

Study in English at Japanese universities: EMI program types, admissions patterns, tuition notes, and Japanese-language reality for degree planning.

Choosing a Japanese language school? Compare class size, curriculum focus, teacher qualifications, and graduate outcomes to find the right fit.

Foreigner special quotas open extra public high school seats in Tokyo, Osaka, and other prefectures. Rules, exams, and prefecture variance explained.

Stay in Japan after graduation: the 6-month job-hunting Designated Activity, school endorsement, renewal once, part-time rules, and the work-status switch.

High school tuition in Japan runs on national subsidies from FY2026: caps, income rules, Tokyo top-ups, foreign eligibility, and filing steps.

Japan's high school entrance exams combine a five-subject test with the naishinsho school report. Schedule, tracks, and foreign-family strategy explained.

Japan's school year runs April to March in three terms (the common pattern) with set breaks; here is the calendar and what a mid-year foreign arrival means.

Japanese school vs. international school comes down to your child's age, your budget, and how long you plan to stay; here is the decision framework.

Juku in Japan explained for parents: attendance rates by grade, juku types and monthly costs, weekly time load, burnout signs, and when it is necessary.

Kenkyusei research-student status explained: supervision, 6-month terms, tuition bands, Student visa handling, and the path into a Japanese graduate degree.

Using a language school for the Student visa: accredited-school rule, COE evidence, attendance traps, costs, and bridges to university or senmon-gakko.

MEXT scholarships explained: embassy and university recommendation paths, stipend and tuition coverage, eligibility frames, timelines, and selection realities.

How foreign families enroll children in Japanese public elementary and middle schools: districts, ward office steps, transfers, and choice options.

Kikokushijo returnee tracks at Japanese high schools: who qualifies, how admissions differ, which schools run programs, and application timing.

Japan's Student visa explained: 留学 eligibility, COE evidence, the 28-hour work cap, renewal traps, and the post-graduation bridge to a work status.

Shinsotsu hiring runs a fixed yearly cycle from spring info sessions to autumn naitei offers. Learn the shukatsu timeline, conventions, and mid-career fallback.

University costs in Japan for international applicants: national and private tuition bands, entrance fees, living-cost ranges, work rules, and aid options.

Overseas and Japanese university tracks for international-school graduates: IB, AP, and A-level routes plus Waseda, Sophia, and ICU admission paths.

Which Japan statuses allow work, which need a separate activity permit, and which carry no limits at all. The 28-hour rule explained with ISA sources.

Yōchien is Japan's education-framework kindergarten for ages 3-5: half-day hours, free tuition up to a cap, and the October application window.