💡Quick Guides
🔰Information for Incoming Students
🎫Status of Residence
- After graduating, I plan to enter graduate school, but there will be a gap between graduation and entrance. Can I stay in Japan during this period?
- How do I extend my status of residence?
- What should I do if my status of residence or re-entry permit expires while I am away from Japan?
- How can I get the latest information on immigration procedures/policies/regulations?
📝Confirming Student Enrollment
📝Public Systems and Living Guidelines
- Understanding National Health Insurance and National Pension
- Guide to Medical Facilities and Services
- My Number System: Essential Information for Residents in Japan
- Things that require special attention when living in Japan (updated on 2023/8/31)
- I heard that international students are considered “non-residents” for their first 6 months in Japan, and that they need to be careful with money transfers at the bank. Could you please explain?
🛬Procedure before coming to Japan
- How can I apply for a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to enter Japan?
- 【Spring Semester 2024】 International Students at Kinugasa Campus
- I would like to know the necessary procedures for newly entering Japan (Updated 2023/1/10)
- I have received my Certificate of Eligibility (COE) but I have not been able to apply for my visa at the nearest embassy (consulate). Is that okay?
📝Procedures after Arriving in Japan
🛫Procedure when leaving Japan/re-entering Japan
💴Tuition Reduction and Payment
- I was accepted for a tuition reduction, but I am planning to take a leave of absence. What will happen to my tuition reduction?
- How do I apply for tuition reduction? (updated 2025/３/10)
- I am currently leaving from Japan, so I am concerned that my tuition payment slip may have been sent to my Japanese address. How can I get the payment slip?
- After paying my tuition, the results of the tuition reduction applications were released and I found out that I overpaid. Can I be refunded?
- The results of tuition reduction have not yet been announced, but I have already received my tuition invoice. Am I allowed to pay tuition after the results have been announced?
- When will we find out the results for tuition reduction?
💴Scholarships and Support Funding
- List of Scholarships
- What is the difference between Tuition Reduction and Scholarship?
- I want to a certificates of scholarship receipt.
- Any scholarships international students can apply for individually? （Updated on 2025/3/18）
- How do I apply for scholarships? (updated 2025/3/10)
- When will the results of the scholarship applications be announced?
💡Useful Information for Daily Life
- I would like to know events and discounted tickets information for International Students and places to learn Japanese.
- I heard that I can talk to the international student support coordinator to talk about my student life. Should I go to the service window?
- Where can I collect information on living in Japan?
- I am feeling uneasy since I am unaccustomed to living in Japan. Are there any help-desks that I can consult?