Work in Japan Program Costs
What each route actually costs, what the fee covers, and — just as plainly — what it does not. No hidden line items, and an instalment option for the participants who need one.
Programme fees
Tokutei Ginou (SSW)
Specified Skilled Worker visa
For anyone who wants to work in a Japanese industry sector through the official route, with full guidance right up to departure.
Programme & Pre-Departure Fee
Rp 20,000,000
Per participant, from job preparation through to departure.
- Career briefing, conversation classes, and interview practice
- Job matching and selection support until you are hired
- Documents, CoE, and visa handled together with our team
Gijinkoku
Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services
For D3/D4/S1 graduates who want to work in Japan in their own field — with a single fee component.
Job Matching Fee
Rp 15,000,000
The only programme fee component on this route.
- One fee, with no separate programme package
- Matched to companies by your degree and your experience
- Open to D3/D4/S1 graduates from any field
Prices last updated 16 Aug 2026. Both figures are per participant, in Indonesian rupiah.
Tokutei Ginou (SSW) Rp 20,000,000
The programme fee covers end-to-end guidance: preparing you to find a job, taking you through selection and interviews with Japanese companies, handling your documents, and getting you on the plane — plus support that continues once you have started working in Japan.
Career & Japanese Language Preparation
- A full briefing on job opportunities, the Tokutei Ginou sectors you can choose from, how working there actually runs, and daily life in Japan
- Japanese conversation (kaiwa) classes at N4 level where they are needed
- Dedicated kaiwa practice for the mensetsu — the interview with the Japanese company itself
Job Matching & Work Preparation
- Help finding and matching you to job openings in Japan
- Preparation for the company's selection process and interview
- Support all the way through to preparing for departure
Administration & Documents
- Help preparing and processing every document you need:
- Rirekisho (Japanese-format CV)
- Kyujinhyo (job description sheet)
- Employment contract
- EKTLN (overseas worker card)
- BPJS Ketenagakerjaan
- Certificate of Eligibility (CoE)
- Visa
- The P3MI fee, where your departure has to go through one
- The BPJS Ketenagakerjaan and visa fees
- A follow-up medical check-up (a second MCU) where one is needed — typically when the wait for the CoE runs past about four months
Departure Preparation
- A pre-departure briefing before you fly
- Someone with you through the departure process itself
- Your flight to Japan, where the receiving company covers it
Support After You Start
The programme does not end when you land. As a participant you keep access to all of this:
- A JLPT N3 preparation programme (self-study materials)
- Support while you are working in Japan
- Consultation for alumni
- Help with changing jobs, for alumni
- The alumni community and the services that run through it
- Alumni gatherings, seminars, and workshops on careers, education, scholarships, and business opportunities in Japan — as each programme runs
Not Included in This Fee
- Your flight to Japan, where the receiving company does not cover it
- The first medical check-up, once a company has accepted you
- Getting your passport issued
- The regular Japanese language courses at N5 and N4 level
Kaiwa practice for the job interview — including conversation classes at N4 level where they are needed — is part of the programme fee. What is not included is the regular Japanese courses at N5 and N4 level, the classes that take a beginner up to those levels. We run those separately at Nakamura and go through their cost at your consultation.
Gijinkoku Rp 15,000,000
The Gijinkoku route has a single programme fee component: a job matching fee of Rp 15,000,000. There is no separate programme package the way there is on the Tokutei Ginou route. The fee covers matching you with Japanese companies whose open positions fit your education and your experience.
What the Job Matching Fee Covers
- Matching your profile against openings from the Japanese companies in our partner network
- Guidance through the selection process and the interview with the company taking you on
Not Included in This Fee
- Anything beyond job matching — documents, visa, and departure — depends on your own situation and on the receiving company's policy, and we go through it item by item at your consultation
Financing of up to 100% of the programme fee
For the Tokutei Ginou (SSW) programme, financing of up to 100% of the programme fee is available. You repay it in instalments once you are earning in Japan — so the cost of getting there does not have to be found in one go up front.
*Subject to the terms, conditions, and availability of the financing facility.
Questions About the Cost
What does the Tokutei Ginou (SSW) programme cost at Nakamura Study Japan?
The Tokutei Ginou (SSW) programme fee is Rp 20,000,000 per participant. It covers the career and Japanese-language briefing, job matching and interview preparation, document processing including the CoE and visa, departure preparation, and continued support once you have started working in Japan.
What does the Gijinkoku programme cost?
The Gijinkoku route has a single programme fee component: a job matching fee of Rp 15,000,000. There is no separate programme package the way there is on the Tokutei Ginou route. Anything beyond job matching depends on your own situation and on the receiving company's policy, and we go through it at your consultation.
Can the programme fee be paid in instalments?
For the Tokutei Ginou (SSW) programme, financing of up to 100% of the fee is available, repaid in instalments once you are earning in Japan. The facility is subject to its terms, conditions, and availability, so please ask about it at your consultation.
What is not included in the Tokutei Ginou programme fee?
Not included: your flight to Japan if the receiving company does not cover it, the first medical check-up once a company has accepted you, getting your passport issued, and the regular Japanese courses at N5 and N4 level. Kaiwa practice for the job interview does remain part of the programme fee.
Are the visa, CoE, and document costs included?
Yes. The Tokutei Ginou (SSW) programme fee covers preparing and processing your documents — Rirekisho, Kyujinhyo, employment contract, EKTLN, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, Certificate of Eligibility (CoE), and visa — including the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan and visa fees themselves, plus the P3MI fee where your departure has to go through one.
Is the flight to Japan included in the programme fee?
It depends on the receiving company. If the company taking you on covers the flight, it is included and costs you nothing. If it does not, the flight sits outside the programme fee and the participant arranges it themselves.
Is there still support after I start working in Japan?
Yes. Tokutei Ginou (SSW) participants keep a JLPT N3 preparation programme in the form of self-study materials, support while working in Japan, consultation for alumni, help with changing jobs, access to the alumni community, and alumni gatherings, seminars, and workshops as each programme runs.
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