Going to Japan

Study Abroad Programs (year, semester, summer)

Volunteer Quests (by United Planet Organization)
Volunteer in Japan: 2-52 weeks (and other countries)

Take a look before you go to Japan

Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan by ATJ
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Monbu-Kagaku-sho (by the Ministry of Education & Culture)
- Japanese language schools
- Support for finding employment at Japanese companies
- Career development program for students from Asia
- Graduate program / Post doctorial / Follow up research / etc.
Fulbright (JFMF to Japan for teachers in primary & secondary schools)
Rotary
Kansai Gaidai also provides a scholarship.
The Japanese Language Scholarship “Aurora” Foundation (JLSF)
Abe Fellowship / CGP Fellowship Programs

Internship Programs

Forval Summer Internship for the junior (Unfortunately this has been stopped now.)
Ngan Dinh ’02 Megan Tobin ’00 Soo-Yeun Kim ’98 Leah Jewett ’97 Emily King ’95 Anna Louise England ’93 Brad Adams ’92
Nanbu Summer Internship for the graduate students
- Barnaby S. Donlon ’93 (from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy –a joint program of Harvard and Tufts) worked in Kobe.
?? Summer Internship for the graduate students
- John P. Connolly ’01 (who studied JPN at Bates and is studying biology at Dartmouth College) worked in Osaka in the summer of 2002.

Job Opportunities

Student Teaching Assistant / Tutor Available depending on your skills; Contact a professor in JPN.
JET (Japan Exchange & Teaching) Program–for more information & almni
Interac (Private provider of assistant English teaches; contact Adam Roux (former Bates student) for more inforamtion)
Nikkei Placement Service
Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project
Jobs in Linguistics
Summer Course at St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH
Concodi Language Villages
Translator Shortage in the U.S. government

Links for job hunting

* “If you live in Japan, please remember these at least”⇒??????