One of the easiest ways to learn Japanese and get a visa to live in Japan is through school exchanges, such as the popular 6 -month Japanese course with a student visa that costs at least $ 5000 or 800,000 yen.
For the realization of this process several companies are available in accessory, usually of quality and with everything support, but nevertheless, some partner schools have done horrible things with students.
Of course many schools are good, but others are bad. Some during the 6 months they teach nothing but Hiragana and Katakana, leaving the student completely aside and treating him as garbage.
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Injured Brazilians in Japan
In one of the reported cases, several Brazilians arrived in Japan to study at a school that had failed during the pandemic.
They were lost at the airport, but luckily another school had bought the bankrupt school and received all the invested money from the students, who could remain a student.
The big problem is that then the school wanted to charge again the 25,000 BLR of the students, who had already paid for the old school. Many students had to go back to Brazil with lowered heads losing all the investment.
Another students did extra work, they paid the value again, and many went to court suing the school, which before the judge said he will deliver the money to Brazilian slums. (As if).
Refugee
A Japanese language school offered hundreds of Refugee Refugee free classes with a student visa, had to sign a contract.
After 6 months the school started to charge these refugees, forcing them to work, even promising free school. Several students had to go back to their country.
The problem was not even this, if it had exposed in the contract, there would be no problems. The worst was the school president to call the Ukrainian students of luxury refugees. This case reverberated and ended up on Japanese television.
Other school reports
Some language schools want to prevent you from taking driver's driver's license, as they are responsible for your custody in the country. Fortunately it is worth making it clear that you can easily get qualification, regardless of student visa.
Some exchanges promise quality apartments and accommodation with beautiful photos, but in the end deliver a precarious place with a stinky and dirty kitchen. Of course in this case you can request a new hosting if you don't like it, or do it as a friend and rent your own apartment. So think well before finding a hosting through the exchange process.
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How to choose a quality school?
Unfortunately we could not indicate schools, nor say which is bad, because some have connections with Yakuza and this can put my life at risk.
You can try to research the name of the school in question, to see if you find related scandals, but usually these schools hide well and can stifle the cases.
Another thing you can do is read comments and reviews on Google Maps, which are often sincere. It is very likely that if anyone has something negative against the company, it will post in place.
If you expect to learn Japanese going to Japan, studying 4 hours a day, choose a good school, one that will really be able to fit you at the right level, and really teach new things every day.
Be careful with your choices, there are many good schools, but also a few bad schools!
