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National universities charge foreigners exactly what they charge everyone else.

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재료 확인
이 페이지가 묻는 재료 전부에 수치와 출처가 있습니다.
학비
연 ~$3.6–7.2k
The national-university route is open to foreigners at the domestic rate and is the cheap end here. Private universities are the other end: Waseda is one of them and commonly quoted ranges run to ¥1,500,000, for which no single published schedule was verified. Admission fees are charged once and are not in these figures — ¥282,000 at both national universities, ¥200,000 at Waseda.
생활비
65.7% (미국 물가 대비)
A comparison of prices, not a budget: it says what things cost here against the United States, not what a month will cost you. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.
교육
Widely recognised
Research impact 15th percentile globally — median of 107 ranked universities (CWTS Leiden Open Edition 2025). Research output, not teaching quality; it informs the band, it does not set the score. The figure is also a sampling artefact of the kind the Pathoff method, section 9-4 warns about: with 107 institutions in the sample, the median sits among regional universities, the same effect that puts the United States on 66 with 276.
졸업 후 취업
Up to a year to look for work, unsponsored
The status must be applied for before the student status lapses; leaving Japan and letting graduation pass while abroad forfeits it.
치안
1.489 · 10th of 163
Tenth globally, and the highest-ranked country outside Europe on the index

세부 자료는 아직 영어입니다. 어느 언어로 보셔도 같은 수치입니다.

여기서 저희가 바로잡은 것

저희가 실었던 수치와, 원문을 읽고 나서 그 수치에 일어난 일입니다. 이전 값은 남의 것이 아니라 저희 것이었습니다. 틀렸던 기록을, 그 수치가 있는 자리에 그대로 둡니다.

학비

이전 the University of Tokyo alone, then the median of three지금 연 ~$3.6–7.2k

One university stood for the country. Three universities and a median between them replaced it and landed on the same ¥642,960, which should have been the clue: the middle of these three is the University of Tokyo’s own fee wearing the name of a country. What the three publish is ¥535,800, ¥642,960 and ¥1,081,000, and all three are now on the page.

2026-09에 원문에서 확인.

이 수치들의 출처

재료 하나에 한 줄입니다. 아무거나 열어보면 출처와, 얼마나 믿는지와, 마지막으로 확인한 때가 나옵니다.

학비연 ~$3.6–7.2k

Three universities, and Japanese universities charge international students what they charge Japanese students, so none of these is a foreigner’s rate. Kyoto University publishes ¥535,800 a year, which is the national standard amount. The University of Tokyo publishes ¥642,960, exactly 1.2 times that standard, which is the ceiling a national university may charge — so the two national universities are one rule and two decisions inside it, and the distance between them is the whole of the room that rule allows. Waseda, one of the private universities international undergraduates most often choose, publishes ¥1,081,000 of tuition for its School of Political Science and Economics. The previous figure was ¥642,960, the median of the three, which is the University of Tokyo’s own fee wearing the name of a country — a median that had itself replaced the University of Tokyo standing alone, and landed on the same number.

The national-university route is open to foreigners at the domestic rate and is the cheap end here. Private universities are the other end: Waseda is one of them and commonly quoted ranges run to ¥1,500,000, for which no single published schedule was verified. Admission fees are charged once and are not in these figures — ¥282,000 at both national universities, ¥200,000 at Waseda.

무엇공시 원문연 환산, USD
Kyoto UniversityThe standard national-university amount535,800 JPY연$3,550
University of TokyoThe standard amount raised to the ceiling a national university may charge642,960 JPY연$4,250
Waseda University — Political Science and EconomicsTuition for the first year; the school is private1,081,000 JPY연$7,150

3개의 수치이고, 각각 따로 정해졌습니다. 위에 머리 숫자는 없습니다. 어느 하나도 이 나라의 가격이 아니기 때문입니다.

신뢰도
출처에 그대로 적혀 있음
마지막 확인
2026-09
생활비65.7% (미국 물가 대비)

World Bank, 2024, CC BY 4.0: the PPP conversion factor for household consumption is 99.3848 local currency units per international dollar, against an official exchange rate of 151.3663 to the US dollar. Their ratio, 0.657, is the price level against the United States, whose own ratio is 1 by construction. Both figures are theirs; the division is ours. See the Pathoff method, section 12.

A comparison of prices, not a budget: it says what things cost here against the United States, not what a month will cost you. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.

신뢰도
출처를 보고 저희가 만든 수치
교육Widely recognised

Pathoff education rubric (the Pathoff method, section 9-1), degree band "Internationally recognised": Several institutions are known by name outside Japan and the degree is accepted in most countries without explanation. At the foot of the band because the English-taught programme count is small and the median Japanese university means nothing abroad.

Research impact 15th percentile globally — median of 107 ranked universities (CWTS Leiden Open Edition 2025). Research output, not teaching quality; it informs the band, it does not set the score. The figure is also a sampling artefact of the kind the Pathoff method, section 9-4 warns about: with 107 institutions in the sample, the median sits among regional universities, the same effect that puts the United States on 66 with 276.

신뢰도
출처를 보고 저희가 만든 수치
졸업 후 취업Up to a year to look for work, unsponsored

Pathoff outcome rubric (the Pathoff method, section 10-2), degree outcome band "A post-study route you can rely on": Graduates change to Designated Activities for continued job hunting — six months, renewable once to a year — with no employer needed first. Below the Netherlands in the band because each grant requires a recommendation letter from the school and documented evidence of job hunting, which makes it conditional rather than automatic.

The status must be applied for before the student status lapses; leaving Japan and letting graduation pass while abroad forfeits it.

신뢰도
출처를 보고 저희가 만든 수치
규정
저희가 아는 변경 없음
마지막 확인
2026-09
치안1.489 · 10th of 163

Global Peace Index 2026, Institute for Economics and Peace: score 1.489, ranked 10 of 163. Both figures are theirs; we publish them as they are.

Tenth globally, and the highest-ranked country outside Europe on the index

신뢰도
출처에 그대로 적혀 있음

여기는 어떤 곳인가

Japan sets national-university tuition by ordinance and applies it regardless of nationality, so a degree at a top public institution costs a few thousand dollars a year — and the weak yen has taken a third off that in dollar terms since 2021. Graduates get up to a year to look for work with no employer needed. The limit is language: the English-taught offering is real but narrow, and outside it the degree is taught in Japanese.

절차는 이렇습니다

1

Sit the EJU or apply to an English-taught programme

The Japanese-taught route runs through the Examination for Japanese University Admission; English-taught programmes admit on their own documents.

⏱ 6–12 months
2

Certificate of Eligibility, then the visa

The university applies for the CoE in Japan; the consulate issues the visa on it.

⏱ 2–3 months
3

Change status before you graduate

The job-hunting status has to be applied for while the student status is still valid.

⏱ 1–2 months

유학생이 가는 곳

Tokyo
Todai, Waseda and Keio, and most of the English-taught programmes
Kyoto / Osaka
Kyoto University, lower rents, a slower city
Fukuoka
Cheapest of the major student cities and closest to the mainland

위의 재료를 열어보면 그 수치가 어디서 왔는지, 얼마나 믿는지, 마지막으로 언제 확인했는지가 나옵니다. 어느 것도 공식 출처를 대신하지 않습니다. 마지막 검토 2026-09-04.

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