Actually not much money you need to study in Japan compare to others western country, example: Australia, UK, USA.

lot of scholarship to apply in Japan, so no need to worry about the financial problem. And you can find some part time job in Japan with a good paying and gain some working experience.

If the expenses of Tokyo is expensive, actually you can choose to study in rural area in Japan. The cost of living is cheaper compare to urban areas. In others hand, the percentage to getting a part time job will be lesser.

The tuition fee to study in Japan is around 600,000 yen per year for public university, and 1,200,000 yen + for private university. And most of the universities have tuition fee deduction up to 75%.

My gf studied in Japan. For her 4 years university life, she spent not more than RM20k. Actually less than this amount, if not included the travelling expenses and flight ticket to Japan and Malaysia.

The difficuty to study in Japan is you need to spent at least a year to study a Japanese language. But what you learned is not wasted, extra language skills help you be more competitive in career path. Many Japan MNC companies required japanese speaking graduated students in Malaysia.

IBT is profession in Japanese language, quite nice institute. My gf also graduated from there.

Now she is study in Public University in Japan. And will start working in Japan from next year onwards.

Wishes you all the best on ur study. Cheers!

Merry Christmas!

This post has been edited by re-killer: Dec 25 2006, 09:22 PM

Can Read chinese? if not, than really sorry my friends.

费用吗，根据地区不同，差距可就大了！小弟在福冈地区，生活费相对来说来可以接受！随便说说吧！大家都挺不容易的！

学费/ 400000/年！---别科！！大学学费，国公立50--80万不等！私立60--120万不等！如果成绩还可以，拿个奖学金是不错的选择！想来想去，学费实在没有办法节省！

一日三餐/ 12000日元/月！鸡鱼肉蛋，蔬菜，咸菜等经常换换花样。在外面也挺不容易的！不要把身体搞跨了，怎么见江东父老呢！只要是不浪费随便吃，10000顶天了！千万不要和不需要打工的同学比，也不要和只需要挣生活费，家里支付学费的同学比！会比死人的！像我一个朋友骑着1000000几十万的摩托，简直赛宝马！再加上驾照等一些费用，更吓人了！

房租/ 26000日元/月！因为是和一个朋友合租的！13000日元搞定！定金礼金等120000！否则是拿不到钥匙的！水在一定量内免费！我几乎天天洗澡，却从来没超过！和东京比起来，只能偷着乐了！房子还可以！都说日本房子小，这点在这里我还真没感觉到！单独卧室，单独厨房，卫生间浴池在一块！挺不错了！顺便说一下，本人还在房子外面搭了个小窝，养了只非常非常可爱的小猫眯，呵呵，邻居们也都非常喜欢它，隔壁公寓的一对日本恋人还经常买专门的猫食喂它！我是舍不得呀，400多块一包呀。最多喂一周！靠！可是一盒肉的价钱呀！留学生--节俭！

电话费/ 4000日元/月！AU公司。内含免费200分钟，如果不浪费，只是和国内亲人联系，足够了！当然偶尔也要和朋友联系一下！即便超点10日元/分也还可以接受！因为小弟国内的牵挂稍微多点，前两个月稍微高了点，简直叫人挖脚心！不过从第3个月就进入正轨了！呵呵！如果再想省就用3000料金的，每月免费100分钟。超了15日元/分！这样好像就有点不划算了！因为在日本也有朋友呀，偶尔也要联系一下感情，相互鼓励一下！

电费/ 5000日元/月！三个日光灯，一个灯泡。冰箱嘛24小时运行！如果在夏天就相应高点了，不开空调热的实在对不起自己！不过除了上课和打工还有多少时间能呆在家里呢！再加几千元就OK了！冬天烧灯油，1500/桶，能烧1--2周！看自己的了！留学生--节俭！

煤气费/ 4000日元/月！如果在餐馆打工就能省点了！我可是不舍得在外面买着吃呀！一个便当最便宜的也要300多块！我要吃3盒才能饱！要人命呀！自己作，一定要自己作！但是还要看自己挣的钱与时间！呵呵，我每次都焖满满一锅米，炖满一锅菜！又买了个便当盒---搞定！留学生--节俭！

日本是一个发达的资本主义国家，服务行业高度发达。由于在日本雇佣正式职工需要交纳更多的佣金，税金以及各种保险费用，而日本现在的经济又很不景气，因此钟点工这种可以根据营业状况灵活调整劳动人数和劳动时间，相关连带费用又少的雇佣方式在现今日本的服务行业中占有极为重要的位置。这无疑为留学生打钟点工提供了较好的环境和背景。

纵观留学生打工现状，大多数都是在打餐饮店的钟点工，比如当服务员招待客人、打扫卫生、在厨房洗碗和从事一些辅助工作。其他留学生从事较多的服务行业还包括咖啡店、游戏机房、卡拉OK、24小时便利店、配送报纸、清扫公司等等。这些工作劳动强度一般，工资也不是很高。

以我所在的大阪为例，咖啡店，便利店等劳动强度较低的场所工资一般在700-800日元每小时，繁忙的餐饮店在900-1000日元每小时，一些通宵营业的店铺工资较高，能有1000-1500日元每小时，但劳动强度也相对较大，并且只有在深夜12点以后的时间段才能拿到高工资。打通宵的话工资虽高，可工作到深夜的话对身体状况和学习都会有较大的影响，应尽量避免。

一些在国内养尊处优的女生来到日本吃不了打工的苦，又愁于交不起高额的学费与生活费，只好去夜总会这样的场所陪人喝酒聊天。那样的话尽管工资很高，每小时2500-4000日元，可是由于违反日本有关外国人管理的法规，被警察抓住的话是要被遣送回国的。况且作为留学生去做那种工作毕竟不算光彩，所以只是个别情况。

关于留学生的打工，日本的法规有明确规定：留学生在日本打工必须持有日本的出入境管理局发给的打工许可书。尚未进入大学，在日语学校或者大学预科学习的留学生每天可工作4小时之内；在大学学习的留学生每周可工作28小时之内，每天的工作时间不受限制。寒暑假期间每天可工作8小时；就读硕士，博士课程的研究生每天可工作4小时之内。

这样看来，大学生由于课程可以自己安排调整打工的时间，因此日本对留学生每天的打工时间不加限制，仅对每周的工作时间做出规定。研究生等大学生之外的留学生由于要保证学习时间，所以每天打工的时间被限制在4个小时之内。如果照这么算的话，就算一个月30天每天都上班，最多也只能打120个小时左右。工资就算按每小时1000日元算也只有12万日元，距离最低限的收入都差30000日元！这样下去没几个月留学生个个都要因入不敷出而回国了。

实际上，除了如麦当劳、肯德基这样的大型公司外，大多数的餐饮店雇用留学生时并不一定要交打工许可书。只要语言没什么大问题，店里人手不够，老板对你又比较满意的话都会雇用。因此，为了得到足够的收入，大多数的留学生都是在这种不要求提出打工许可书的餐饮店里打工，尽管严格来说这是不合法的。如果想遵纪守法又想赚够钱的话那也很简单，可以找两份工，把上班的时间岔开。这样你一天打8个小时也不必担心违法了。

那么，挣出足够的钱要工作多长时间呢？按每小时工资900日元来算的话，一个月最少要工作200个小时才能挣到18万日元。如果每周休息一天，按一个月工作25天来算的话，每天平均要工作8个小时！哪怕你花钱省一些，工资高一些，160个小时是总要的。

不要忘了，打工的同时你还必须老老实实去学校上课，不然出勤率太差的话连签证都更新不了。因为作为留学生，本来就是来学习的嘛。大多数在日本的留学生每天都过着起了床就赶着去上学，放了学就赶着去打工，到了家已是筋疲力尽倒头便睡，艰苦而又枯燥的生活！这样的生活有两个最大的好处：第一你绝对可以保持完美的体形，因为你消耗的体力和热量很难被那些廉价的食品完全补充。第二可以磨炼你吃苦的精神、顽强的意志，如果碰上考试，你必须上完了班再看一通宵的书，然后洗把脸就去考试。

只有适应了这样的打工生活，才能真正在日本生存下去。而可以支撑你战胜这一切的，将只有一件东西，那就是你心中的理想！亲爱的朋友，看完了这些，你是否还有勇气来到这里和我一起接受挑战呢？

My gf worked part-time before during first and second year. Around 800 yen per hour in a Japanese Restaurant. She worked few hours a day, few days a week. Quite pity her, coz had to cycling an hour to work.

After she got the scholarship for 3rd and final year, she stopped the job immediately, coz need to concentrate on her study. 100,000 per month, enough for her living expenses. Rotary club scholarship is a very rich club and having branches around the world.

For degree student, you can only apply during 3rd and final year, but this only can apply when recommended by your selected university. For master student, around 140,000 per month for 2 years . And every month, you have to attend for the meeting of the club. You can gain lot of experience during meeting with the upper societies in Japan. Most of the members of Rotary Club is director of a company.

My gf study in Public University, the tuition fee per year is around 600,000 yen. In her 1st, 2nd and 3rd year, she got 50% deduction on her tuition fee. So around 300,000 yen per year cost her for the tuition fee. Is around RM9,000 per year, cheaper compare to private university in Malaysia. Unluckily, she can't get reduction on her tuition fee during final year, may be because she already got her scholarship.

For the accomodation, she stayed in the university hostel until 3rd year of her study. Around RM150 per month ( not included the electricity and water usage ), unbelievable cheap price! Even in Malaysia, you can't get a price that cheaper than that, haha! In 4th year, she moved to cityhall hostel, around RM300 per month, coz i went Japan to visited her. Still very cheap! A room that included kitchen and bathroom.

Next year she will graduate. While most of the Malaysia graduated students still panic about their career, she already get a job offer in Tokyo, Japan during study in third year. This the benefit to study in Japan, the university students in Japan will start seeking their job while studying in final year. A lot of career fairs will be held in Japan.

Cheers! Enjoy ur study in Japan.

This post has been edited by re-killer: Dec 29 2006, 03:02 AM

My girl friend living expenses in Japan, Kyushu:

Tuition fee Public University. 520,000 per year ( Normally half price deduction )

electricity，Auturm & Spring 2000-4000 ，winter & summer 3000-5000

water，3000 for 2 months

gas，2000-4000 per month

Broadband，3000 per month

mobile phones. 3000 per month

Rental. 12000 per month ( cheaper, hostel own by cityhall )

foods. 15000 per month

Other expenses. 10000 per month

Income = Scholarship. 100,000 per month

Maximum expenses for her is 60,000 per month.

This post has been edited by re-killer: Jan 4 2007, 05:25 PM

[quote=mumeichan,Jan 3 2007, 06:33 PM]
I am thinking about studying in Japan too and I can tell you you will need 5-10k ringgit a month for living expenses. It is very hard to do with less than 5k.

I think that spending less than 20k for 4 years for living expenses is bs. It is not possible unless someone else is paying for you.

5-10k = 150,000 - 300,000 yen. Wow, your predicted expenses is too much for me. It depends how you spend in Japan. If you want to save money, you better cook yourselves. 20k for 4 yeas is not possbile, if you get a scholarship or work hard in part-time job .

But to master the language is quite hard. One standard and recognised Japanese language test is the JLPT which has four levels. Level 1-3 is can be passed with 2-3 years of learning Japanese and speaking it as well, with a vocab of 2000-3000 words and their respective characters. But the JLPT level 4 is a very hard test that alot of Japanese themselve fail.

lvl 4 is the easiest. lvl 1 is the hardest, most of my friends spent 1 and half years to pass the level 1 exam. 2-3 years, a bit long.

This post has been edited by re-killer: Jan 4 2007, 05:58 PM

Is not difficult to get a halal food in Japan, but is expensive. My Malay friends always order the meat by telephone, and the company will courier the halal stuffs to their house.

Money is not a big deal for them. 140,000 yen scholarship per month from JPA, and without paying any tuition fee. Envy them!