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14 on this path
Studying and working in Japan — which passage is yours? Pick a tab and see only your leg, each grounded in your profile and real data.
Which route to Japan, which city to land in — compare seven standard routes first.
How much language, roughly how much a year — all checked before departure.
Preview housing and procedure rules before departure, then work through the guides after arrival.
I · ROUTE · MAP
Language school, research student, direct master's, SGU, direct undergrad, transfer, or interview-led graduate admission — each changes the language, budget, and timing.
Compare your education, language profile, target degree, budget, and entry window across seven standard routes. First get 2–3 relative candidates and their gaps; then turn one into a phased plan for timing, funds, procedures, and documents.
II · SCHOOL · REGION
Gazetted, appropriate, and accredited schools are not the same—and progression, fees, and refunds often use different definitions.
First learn school categories, progression-rate definitions, and contract risks; then compare regions by relative conditions. Finally, choose 1–5 schools yourself from official lists and build a due-diligence sheet for each. The tool does not recommend schools.
✦ Your 1–5 picks — only the official registers' own columns
NOTNo recommendations, no ranking, no scoring — nothing beyond the register.
III · LANGUAGE · FUNDS
“N2 later”, “funds later” — you notice too late at departure.
Back-plan your language target from application dates into a daily pace; then budget first-year tuition, living and any scholarships/waivers.
Now N4 / apply for Apr 2027 entry / Tokyo area / 1.5 yr at a language school
↓ ✦ Back-plan from the deadline · cost by region and enrollment type
NOTNo prediction of awards or scores — an estimate on published figures.
IV · PRE-DEPARTURE
Seals, translated or notarized documents, 100V devices, and regular medicines can be difficult to replace right after arrival.
Review documents, seals, cash, electronics, medicines, and daily essentials by country, separating what to prepare before departure from what to buy in Japan. Anonymous checks stay on this device; signed-in progress saves only after explicit confirmation.
NOTNothing is uploaded quietly: anonymous checks stay on this device, and signed-in progress saves only when you confirm.
V · SETTLING IN
Residency, bank, phone, insurance — hard with the language barrier.
From the airport residence card onward, a first-week checklist: residency, bank, phone, insurance, work permit — where to go and what to bring.
NOTWe don't file anything for you — counters and required documents differ by ward, and the current official rules win.
Map the universities, prep EJU and English, build a reach/fit/safe list.
Decode the guidelines; write a statement for this school.
Organize written subjects, rehearse mock Q&A until natural.
I · POSITION · MAP
You know UTokyo and Waseda; the other hundreds are a blur.
See the map by tier, intl entry (EJU / English degree / 別科), strengths and intl track record — don't read a Japanese deviation table as your difficulty.
✦ Four axes together — that's what the map means
NOTA Japanese deviation table is not your difficulty — it measures a different exam.
II · EJU · ENGLISH
EJU, in-house exams, English — every school's combo differs.
The undergrad system made clear: what EJU tests, which faculties need English, each school's own exam, and EJU June/Nov plus deadlines on one timeline.
✦ Your undergrad score is these four combined — each school weights them differently
NOTWe never announce a school's subjects for you — the current year's guidelines rule.
III · SCHOOL LADDER
Undergrad choice shouldn't be a guess off a ranking table.
Choose up to three target fields, then set preferred and excluded tiers, regions, school types, and preferences. Public university-tier, field, and region data produce a reach/fit/safe ladder with reasons, sources, and checks. EJU and language scores from your profile add context only; they do not verify eligibility or predict admission.
NOTNo eligibility verdicts and no admission odds — your EJU and language scores only add context.
IV · GUIDELINES · DOCS
Openings, deadlines, EJU and exam dates scattered across each school's PDFs.
From pasted text, a PDF, or an official URL, extract application windows, must-arrive vs postmark rules, document specifications, language requirements, exam subjects, and original-text restrictions. After confirmation, file the school, document tasks, and dates together, then back-plan each task with mailing buffer when arrival is required.
出願期間：11月1日〜11月20日 / 校内考：12月8日 / 合格発表：12月20日…
↓ ✦ Guideline review · dates
NOTNo eligibility verdicts and nothing invented — whatever is unclear is listed honestly under “could not parse”.
V · STATEMENT
“I like your school” — examiners read hundreds of that opener a day.
Draft grounded in the faculty's curriculum, culture and aims, then review paragraph by paragraph — anchored to specifics, with reasons and fixes, not a template.
My reason for this faculty is that I want to understand how society works through economics. Since high school…
That sentence fits any economics faculty — anchor it to what this one actually has: the second-year small seminar, Prof. ◯◯'s industrial organization course, statistics required in year one — and say which of your steps each one moves.
VI · EXAM · INTERVIEW
Undergraduate exam subjects and formats vary by university, faculty, selection type, and year; interviews require a clear explanation of your own application.
Use the admissions-system guide to understand how EJU, English scores, and on-campus exams fit together, then confirm subjects, format, and scope in the target faculty's current guidelines. Prepare interview Q&A and a review sheet from your statement.
Lock what and with whom — a firm direction makes advisor choice stand.
Decode the guidelines; write a statement and plan for this lab, this advisor.
Track each advisor, confirm graduate-school exam sources, and prepare interviews from your own materials.
I · DIRECTION & METHOD
Jumping straight to professors with a fuzzy direction makes every conversation hollow.
Start from your interests, background, and coursework, then work with Miko to clarify keywords, a research question, and fitting methods. A sound direction makes advisor choice and plan writing much easier.
I'm curious how information on social media shapes young people's spending.
↓ ✦ Map direction & method with Miko
II · ADVISOR · SCHOOLS
Picking an advisor shouldn't mean forum rumors and needle-in-a-haystack.
Match your direction and interests against researchers' papers, grants and recent moves — a reach/fit/safe ladder, each with a reason.
III · READ & PREPARE
Requirements, deadlines and documents scattered across each school's PDFs.
Paste the guidelines or a URL to organize key dates, easy-to-miss eligibility rules, and the difference between must-arrive and postmark deadlines. After you confirm each item, save the school, document tasks, and timeline together. The countdown planner works backward from each deadline and reserves mailing time when arrival is required.
出願期間：1月10日〜1月24日 / 筆記試験：2月12日 / 口述試問：2月13日 / 合格発表：2月20日…
↓ ✦ Guideline review · dates
NOTNo eligibility verdicts and nothing invented — whatever is unclear is listed honestly under “could not parse”.
IV · STATEMENT
Before you submit, no one tells you why it reads like a template.
Draft grounded in your target school and advisor, then review paragraph by paragraph — anchored to the lab's concrete topic, with reasons and fixes.
My reason for this lab is to deepen my undergraduate study of ○○ into the specific question of △△…
Too vague — anchor it to TAMURA Wataru's actual topic: cite the framing of a recent paper (the tool carries the bibliography over as-is) and say what you would build on that.
V · RESEARCH PLAN
A generic research plan moves no specific advisor.
Custom-draft from your target advisor's recent research, grants and record — the framing, method and feasibility they care about; then review across eight dimensions and format to JP convention.
↓ ✦ Method fit checked · adapted to the PSM–DID reference
NOTNever a submit-ready final — this is a high-standard first draft; the school's requirements, the facts and the final wording stay yours.
VI · OUTREACH · FOLLOW-UP
Mass emails vanish; handwriting each loses track of who's where.
Craft each email from public academic data—why this advisor and what you want to build on—then track every contact and reply in one follow-up view.
名古屋大学 大学院経済学研究科 社会経済システム専攻 政策システム分析 田村 彌 准教授 突然のご連絡失礼いたします。私は◯◯大学経済学部四年の留学 太郎（リュウガク タロウ）と申します。先生のご論文「Information Design, Signaling, and Central Bank Transparency」（2018）を拝読し、情報の設計が受け手の行動をどう変えるかに関心を持ちました。── after the self-intro: body → closing → signature (full text in the workbench)
NOTWe never send for you — what you get is a draft; you send it, then log the status here.
VII · EXAM SOURCES · INTERVIEW
Past-exam access can differ within one university by graduate school, degree level, and selection type; interviews require answers grounded in your own research plan.
Open the Japanese university database from the graduate written-exam guide, expand the university card, and review the target graduate school's past-exam access status and any verified university instructions or official source. Verify the degree level, selection type, and year before use. Interview preparation continues separately with a review sheet and mock interview.
Set your new-grad/mid-career cycle, then your axis and strengths.
Target fields you can enter and stay in, turn your profile into ES.
Rehearse aptitude and interviews, on to the offer and work visa.
I · TYPE · TIMELINE
New-grad or not, intl track or general — get your type wrong and the timing falls apart.
From your status, graduation and visa, find the best route and yearly rhythm — when info sessions, ES, web tests and interviews land, and which intl-only doors are worth it.
Second-year master's / status “Student” / informatics / graduating March 2027
↓ ✦ Broken into signals you can check — never a black-box recommendation
NOTNo fixed day-by-day plan — visa rules and the hiring calendar shift yearly; the official current guidance rules.
II · STRENGTHS · STORY
“Your strength?” — improvised on the spot, it never lands.
Use three stages: organize loose experiences into STAR cards, deepen your values, strength hypotheses and job-search criteria in self-analysis, then adapt the facts into self-PR, ES, spoken and technical versions for a target role. You can also start with self-analysis without a saved card.
“I ran PR for the campus festival — SNS posting and a visitor survey on the day.”
↓ ✦ Why×3 deep dive · every line traces back to your text
NOTWe never invent your numbers — an experience card is a fact draft, not a final submission answer; unverified figures stay marked.
III · INDUSTRY · COMPANY
The info session's polish won't tell you the rhythm or the pitfalls.
Rhythm, pitfalls and hiring axes for 17+ industries; 380+ role nodes on what the job actually is; deep company reports on who they want.
IV · DOCS · SMART ES
Application season — three prompts per company, written till dawn.
Talk with Miko to turn scattered experiences into reusable job-hunting material. When writing an ES, tune it to the industry, role, and target company's criteria, work on one company in depth or prepare several at once, then review before submitting.
V · APTITUDE · INTERVIEW
SPI, Tamatebako, CAB/GAB, and TG-WEB vary by company and year, so the exact test cannot be guessed.
Start by reading the structure: what families such as SPI, Tamatebako, and TG-WEB measure, how verbal, non-verbal, English, and personality sections fit together, which delivery formats and devices apply, and where the line on impersonation sits. It is a reference page — no real-test answers, no predictions. Practice SPI-style original questions in the Dojo, then prepare interview follow-up chains and answer structures by round, group, case, or recorded format.
✦ Put two families side by side and the differences behind one label show up
NOTNo practice items, no answers, no pass predictions, and nothing about hiring outcomes or cut-off scores — each firm's current recruiting information rules.
VI · OFFER · VISA
Acceptance deadlines, visa-change timing — one slip and the offer can vanish.
Craft each business email (decline / accept / ask), lay out the offer-to-join checklist, clarify the timing and documents for the visa change; track every firm's status in one place.
NOTWe never reply to a company for you, and never pick the offer — the emails are drafts and the paperwork stays yours.
