Is it expensive to study abroad in Japan?

How To Study Abroad? - Japan?

• Hi, So for a while now, I have wanted to study abroad in Japan ever since 2008 but have no idea what so ever, where to start looking. I mainly want to become an English Teacher over in Japan but at the moment, I am looking to study the language further to improve my Japanese. I'm intermediate but looking to start at the bottom all over again just to brush up. My basic plan is to study over in Japan, while studying, apply for a small job just to keep me going and earn a little spending money, after the studying has finished, apply for a bigger paying job, come back to Australia, apply for working visa, then go back. But of course, I have question due to the fact that I am a noob at finding out trustworthy information and a program that has the best options. What are the best but affordable programs that allow me to study in Japan, anywhere from 6 - 12 months? Would I have to stay with a host family or would I be able to rent out my own apartment? In High School, I studied Japanese for roughly 2 years, received a scholarship to study, travel and live with a host family for 2 weeks in Japan. (Was AMAZING! Thank you AFS!) I just turned 20 and am currently out of high school now but studying Basic Chinese at Griffith University and Introduction To University Studies at Murdoch University. Studying both via correspondence. I started these courses beginning of August and finish November 28th(?) I'm pretty sure I have left some stuff out but can fill in more details later or I can provide an email address to discuss further? Thanks

• Answer:

  Hi Aron, If you are looking to go to university in Japan. There are lots of schools that accept international students. Some even offer a scholarship to cover your tuition. Famous universities. ICU: http://www.icu.ac.jp/index_e.html APU: http://admissions.apu.ac.jp/ Temple: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/index.html Sophia: http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng Usually school supports you to find a job after the graduation. While you are at school you will be able to work part-time. If you want to go to a Japanese language school and teach English afterwards. I suggest you to get a TESOL and find English teaching jobs first. You can probably find a language school there. Job search sites https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/index/lang/en http://www.daijob.com/en/ If you are from Australia, you can get a working holiday visa. Depends on the situation, but lots of English teaching jobs require you to have a degree since Japanese government is strict about extending the visa unless you have one after working-holiday visa expires. However, if you have a working holiday visa and TESOL, they may hire you.