What Do We Do?

Our mission at Asahi Nihongo is to ensure that our students are able to make the most of their experience here in Japan by providing a full range of services. This includes classes; internships; cultural and social activities; and assistance in finding opportunities to live and work in Japan. As the population of Japan continues to age and the replacement rate remains unsustainably low, the need for foreign workers continues to grow. We are therefore eager to work with you if you are interested in working in Japan.

Paid and Unpaid Internships

Asahi Nihongo offers a wide range of internship options, both paid and unpaid. Unpaid internships are mainly in the non-profit (NPO), media and healthcare fields. The current paid internship opportunities are in the education, tourism and trade fields. For a full listing of the internship fields offered, please follow the link on the left.

Paid internships are geared toward those who intend to stay in Japan for at least three months, and will require either a working holiday visa or regular working visa (see below for more details). The first two months of a paid internship will be considered a trial and training period and will therefore be unpaid. This is done to ensure that the internship placement is satisfactory to both you and the employer.

This time will also be used by the employing company/organization to set up the intern’s health insurance and satisfy any additional visa requirements.

Asahi Nihongo cannot guarantee permanent employment in the internship company, but we will assist you in anyway possible should you choose to pursue a career in Japan.

Japanese Skill Levels and Courses

Although internship participants are not required to take Japanese courses at Asahi Nihongo beforehand, it is highly recommended. The more Japanese one knows, the more valuable the internship will be. Internships can be arranged for individuals with any level of Japanese language knowledge, but it will be more challenging for those with a beginning level of Japanese. Internships for beginners include those at NPOs, schools, tourism companies, and hotels.
It is possible to take classes while doing the internship, but due to the demands of work and school it is difficult for most students to balance work and school, and is generally not recommended. We also want our students to have enough time to enjoy life in Japan.

• This is perhaps one of the most important issues to consider when seeking an internship in Japan. If you are looking to do a short (no more than three months) unpaid internship, then a tourist visa will suffice.
  If however, you want to participate in a longer and/or paid internship you will need to apply for either a working holiday visa (available to citizens of most of Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia) or a regular working visa. Asahi Nihongo offers assistance in applying for such visas and has had a 100% success rate to date.