I'm a college student (freshman) and my dream is to live and go to school in Japan but I don't know how to start..O.o;Is there a language school i can take? and how can I get an apartment. P.s;I'm half Japanese though my Japanese is half ass'ed,pardon my language.
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It depends on what kind of school you want to go. If you are talking about colleges, you can't join without speaking Japanese. There are very few colleges with English classes in Japan. Temple University is one of them.
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Unless your college is like my university and has partnerships with certain organisations, you'll probably need to take an entrance exam to get in. Which is in Japanese. You're going to need at least JLPT N1 for that. Getting an apartment in Japan is difficult and expensive- typically you will need a guarantor (meaning as a foreigner, you'll need to pay a guarantor company), as well as two weeks or more upfront rent, key money and often extras. You'll also need to prove that you'll be able to pay rent, which means you'll need a job- teaching English is your best bet, but for most positions they'll want you to already be within the country to even interview. I reccomend you start out somewhere like Sakura House, and check out the website Gaijinpot, both very useful.
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See if you can get into Akita International University http://www.aiu.ac.jp/en/ They're a Liberal Arts university, so that might be a good place to start out. All classes are taught in English. They do have on campus living, and they try to pair the foreign students with Japanese students.
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there are some universities that have courses for forgeiners. Keio Waseda Rikyo ICU Joji Aoyama Gakuin
