What's Career Development Program for Foreign Students in Japan

The "Career Development Program for Foreign Students in Japan" has been implemented since 2007 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, aiming to promote mutual understanding and economic partnership among other countries.


To invite excellent foreign students to Japan as well as to enlarge their opportunities to work in Japanese companies, the industry and academia conduct human development programs consistently from recruitment and selection of foreign students to professional training, Japanese language teaching and job hunting support.


The Program contributes to accepting more number of excellent human resources who can work as bridges between Japan and other countries and expanding communication among them, which leads to Asia-wide human cultivation and globalization of Japanese academia and companies.


Making best use of foreign students' excellent intelligence and ability - This is the goal that the "Career Development Program for Foreign Students in Japan" is pursuing.


Outline

Consistent support system for future employment

The "Career Development Program for Foreign Students in Japan" is Japan's first foreign student support program that takes into consideration the process up to the employment. The Program gives foreign students the opportunities to learn such as "business Japanese language" and "Japanese corporate culture" which had been obstacles when they worked for Japanese companies. Also, the Program supports the foreign students consistently for future employment by offering internship opportunities and various job-hunting support.

WIN-WIN-WIN outcomes for foreign students, companies and academia

The Program enables foreign students to get more chances of getting jobs with Japanese companies since they can deepen their understanding in Japanese language and Japanese corporate culture. As for companies, they can have more business chances by securing excellent global human resources. The satisfactory results of foreign students and companies enable the academia to invite more excellent foreign students. Thus, the "Career Development Program for Foreign Students in Japan" aims to produce "WIN-WIN-WIN" outcomes for foreign students, companies and academia.

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Advanced Education Program for Career Development of Foreign Students in Japan

■ Advanced Education Program for Career Development of Foreign Students in Japan: Implemented in corporation with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.


This program provides educational programs including professional education programs supported by universities and industry as well as business Japanese language education, mainly for foreign students who newly visit Japan with a will to work for Japanese companies, at an industry-academia consortium consisting of academia and companies.


Advanced Education Program for Career Development of Foreign Students in Japan

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Regional Internship Program for Career Development of Foreign Students in Japan

■ Regional Internship Program for Career Development of Foreign Students in Japan: Implemented by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.


Universities and companies regionally provide educational programs including business Japanese language education mainly for foreign students who belong to domestic universities or graduate schools with a will to work for Japanese companies.


Regional Internship Program for Career Development of Foreign Students in Japan

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Educational programs of foreign student development programs

The following rich education programs support you from Japanese language learning to job hunting.

1. Professional education program cooperated by industry and academia
　 (only for Program for Developing Highly-Specialized Foreign Students)

This program provides practical professional education at universities, including lectures by corporate engineers and on-site practical training, based on specialized programs systemizing skills and know-how that are demanded by industry.

2. Business Japanese language education

This program provides Japanese language education that enables smooth communication and high-level discussions at companies using high-level Japanese language skills.

3. Japanese business education

This program provides business education on how to work as well as approach and significance of human resource development at Japanese companies, to promote understanding on Japanese corporate culture.

4. Basic social skill development

This program develops various abilities of foreign students to act as a member of society, including collection, analysis, and aggregation of information, teamwork, cooperativeness, presentation skill, discussion skill, business skill and manner.

5. Internship

This program supports internship for efficient acquisition of practical skills by matching the needs of consortium member companies with those of the foreign students.

6. Job hunting support

This program provides job hunting counseling, corporate information and job hunting guidance to the foreign students. For companies, the program holds seminars for improving the environment of accepting foreign students.

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