{"Breadcrumbs":{"navLabel":"Breadcrumb"},"Common":{"brandName":"Ryugaku Jinja","portalLede":{"expand":"Read more","collapse":"Show less"}},"Stages":{"metaTitle":"Application Pathway","metaDescription":"A complete map of study-abroad and career paths, organized into five stages: pre-departure / application / studying in Japan / job hunting in Japan / returning home.","breadcrumbHome":"Home","breadcrumbCurrent":"Application Pathway","heroEyebrow":"Lifecycle stages","heroTitle":"Your Full Journey to Japan","heroBody":"From pre-departure preparation to landing a job in Japan, understand the whole route stage by stage. Every stage comes with its typical questions, recommended tasks, supporting tools, and senior students' experience — click in and you're on your way.","hub":{"eyebrow":"Application Routes","title":"Enter the Route Hub","body":"Choose your route by your goal and starting point: pre-departure, undergraduate admission, graduate school, job hunting in Japan, and adjacent routes all switch in one place.","primary":"Open Study Routes","secondary":"Open Job Routes"},"pathway":{"kicker":"Pathway · Full Route Map","title":"Every Node on the Way to Japan","copy":"The complete chain from leaving home to working in Japan. This map is more detailed than the five stage cards below — it includes transitional nodes like language school / research student and decision points like the doctorate / employment split. Click any node to jump straight to that stage."},"stagesSection":{"kicker":"Stages","title":"Five Stages · One Path","copy":"Choose the stage you're in right now, and we'll bring together the typical questions for that stage and exactly what to do next."},"howTo":{"kicker":"How to use","title":"How to Use This Site","copy":"A four-layer structure: path + tasks + content + tools. Every step is a concrete action, not an abstract statement.","step1":{"title":"First, pick your stage","body":"Decide which of the five stages your path belongs to. Your stage determines which tasks to look at and which tools to use next."},"step2":{"title":"Then pick a specific task","body":"Each stage page lists tasks in chronological order. Open a task to see detailed steps, checklists, and common pitfalls."},"step3":{"title":"Read content or use tools","body":"Task pages point you to relevant notes from senior students and the right specialist tools. Research proposal review and the professor database connect at the stage where you need them."},"step4":{"title":"Leave feedback or move to the next step","body":"Every page has next-step guidance at the bottom. We won't leave you at a dead end. If you hit something we haven't covered, let us know."}},"stageCards":{"preDeparture":"Visa documents · Japanese study · Pre-departure planning","graduateApplication":"Research proposal · School selection · Reaching out to professors · Written exams","inJapanStudy":"Academic adjustment · Living guide · Further-study planning","japanJobHunting":"Job-hunting timeline · ES · Interviews · Self-analysis","returnHome":"China-specific degree recognition · Job search · Career transition"},"stageMeta":{"preDeparture":{"title":"Pre-departure Preparation","persona":"I am still outside Japan and preparing to come"},"graduateApplication":{"title":"Japan Master's Application","persona":"I am applying as a research student / master's applicant"},"inJapanStudy":{"title":"Applying to Japanese Universities","persona":"I am preparing for undergraduate admission in Japan"},"japanJobHunting":{"title":"Job Hunting in Japan","persona":"I am preparing to find work in Japan"},"returnHome":{"title":"Returning to China","persona":"I am preparing to return from Japan to China"}},"pathNodes":{"domesticPrep":{"label":"Preparation Outside Japan","sub":"Visa · Documents · Japanese"},"languageSchool":{"label":"Language School / Research Student","sub":"Adjustment period · Preparatory courses"},"masterDoctorApply":{"label":"Master's / Doctoral Application","sub":"Research proposal · Professor outreach · Written exams"},"graduateStudy":{"label":"Graduate Study","sub":"Academics · Life · Resources"},"doctorJobSplit":{"label":"Doctorate / Employment Split","sub":"Further study or work — your call"},"japanJob":{"label":"Working in Japan","sub":"Job hunting · ES · Interviews · Job offer"},"returnHome":{"label":"Returning to China","sub":"China-specific degree recognition · Career transition"}},"cta":{"kicker":"Early access","title":"Can't find your stage?","lede":"Tell us your real situation right now, and we'll prioritize adding content based on your scenario.","action":"Join early users"}}}