Are you a high school student thinking about your plans after graduation? Let’s suppose you want to go to Japan. You saw One Piece in middle school, and since then, you’ve taught yourself Japanese to the point where you don’t need subtitles to understand what the characters say. You’re pretty sure you can survive in Japan as a traveler or maybe even a semester-long exchange student. You also know that the longer you stay in Japan, the more your language skills will improve. Although you searched for another way to live in Japan for an extended period, you failed. Or so you think.
It’s true there’s little information on the internet about options for going to live in Japan. Getting a job in Japan is one, but it may not be that easy if you’re a high school student without work experience. Teaching English to Japanese students is a big industry and a source of employment, but I suspect very few schools will consider hiring someone without a college degree.
But don’t give up on your dream! There is another option for you to attend college as a full-time student. Yes, you, an American high school student, can be accepted into colleges in Japan without going through the infamous entrance examination “hell.” Japanese colleges and universities are grappling with the wave of globalization, and many have adopted different admissions gateways for students from overseas.
If you want to make your dream come true, stay tuned. I’ll share more details about how you can get into Japanese colleges in this blog.