Still abroad, getting your footing in Japan: language school, bekka, junior college, KOSEN and high-school routes.
APPLICATION PATHS
Pick the route that fits where you stand
From where you are, pick the one route that fits your situation. Inside, the flow, timeline and tools all line up with the school and professor you're heading toward. One spine, branching at the entry and running end to end.
01Locate your start02Pick a route03Reverse timeline04Advance node by nodeAdmission · Offer · Departure
5Goal directions · prep-to-arrive through job hunting29Concrete routes · each with a reverse timeline1Spine · branches at the entry, runs end to end
Enter by goal
First find which goal you're heading toward, then pick the route in the card that fits your starting point — you land straight on that route's reverse timeline.
Applying to a Japanese undergraduate program: general entry, transfer, pre-arrival admission, English degrees and returnee tracks.
Pursuing a master's or PhD: research-student to master's, English master's (SGU/G30), doctoral and working-adult programs.
Finding work in Japan: new-grad job hunt, designated-activities extension, mid-career change, work visas and highly-skilled tracks.
Pass-through routes: exchange / agreement dispatch and double degrees — short stays without a settling degree.
Not sure which route?
Use the arrival-route workbench: answer a few questions about your situation and goal, and we map the route that fits you plus a next-step plan.
High-stakes schedule and residence details follow the official pages — this site arranges the routes and milestones; verify each year's exact figures against school / immigration announcements.