Compulsory Education Completion and the Path Forward
After middle school in Japan: entrance-exam timing, the naishinsho report weight, foreign-student quotas, and choosing the high-school track.
After middle school in Japan: entrance-exam timing, the naishinsho report weight, foreign-student quotas, and choosing the high-school track.
Study in English at Japanese universities: EMI program types, admissions patterns, tuition notes, and Japanese-language reality for degree planning.
Foreigner special quotas open extra public high school seats in Tokyo, Osaka, and other prefectures. Rules, exams, and prefecture variance explained.
High school tuition in Japan runs on national subsidies from FY2026: caps, income rules, Tokyo top-ups, foreign eligibility, and filing steps.
CIS, WASC, IB World status, and home-country accreditations explained: what each tier means for schools and why it matters for university admissions.
Date-stamped tuition tables from published school fee pages, the full fee stack beyond tuition, and what two children actually cost per year.
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.
A family-by-family guide to Japan's major international schools: American, British, French, German, IB-framework, and ethnic schools, plus the Kansai cluster.
Compare national, public, and private universities in Japan: tuition bands, governance, scale, and fit factors to shortlist schools with confidence.
Public, private, and national high schools in Japan compared: tuition bands, admission routes, and a decision framework for resident families.
Japan's schools split into three funded tiers, public kōritsu, private shiritsu, and national kokuritsu, each with different admission rules and costs by level.
A decision framework for foreign-resident families: when international school is the first choice, when it is the last resort, and the hybrid paths between.
Vocational high schools, the five-year kosen technical track, and senshu-gakko boundaries: paths, admissions, and outcomes explained for resident families.