Generally, students wanting to study in Japan face many barriers. The most important is usually not the language barrier, although this is also a major problem, but in fact the scarcity of information available on the internet. Education Japan provides all the information that you need in one place.

Before applying for a school, we recommend that you read the information regarding the Educational System and Language Schools in Japan, and the comprehensive Visa information pages. This will make it much easier to choose a school and apply for a course. Wherever possible, if you do not use the Education Japan database, we recommend that you ask a friend in Japan to check the school first.

For your application, we recommend that you use one of the online providers, for example Edutraveller (focuses on Japan only), or Studyabroad (global) or similar. Edutraveller focuses on Japan alone; others cover several different countries and may not provide the kind of detailed knowledge a dedicated site is able to.

Other than the lack of good, detailed information regarding study in Japan, there is also a lack of RELIABLE information on study in Japan, particularly about Japanese Language Schools. Despite the position of Japan as a world-leader in terms of trade and technology, the reality when it comes to Language Schools is depressingly far from this image.

There are constant cases of students arriving in Japan, having paid large sums of money for courses and accommodation that seem of the highest quality in the brochures and on the web page, to arrive in central Tokyo to dirty, tiny accommodation and crowded classrooms with poor facilities. To avoid this, Education Japan audits schools, providing you with up-to-date information on the real situation. All information is obtained by Education Japan staff who actually visit the schools and interview students who are studying there. If you have anything to contribute, please let us know.