
From India to Japan
Work visas, study routes, honest costs in ₹, and the Japanese you actually need — made for Indians, free.
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Japan's minimum wage is set to jump 4.9% to a record ¥1,176/hour from around October 2026. What Indian students and workers actually earn — in rupees, honestly.
What life is really like as an Indian student in Japan — the monthly budget in ₹, dorms vs share houses, national health insurance, part-time work, and settling in.
How the Japanese student visa really works from India — the CoE your university files, the ¥2M proof of funds, the timeline, and the 28-hour part-time work rule.
Most Indian engineers already have the 70 points for Japan's Highly Skilled Professional visa — a 5-year stay, spouse work rights, and PR in 1–3 years instead of 10. Score yourself.
Everything Indians need for the JLPT — the Dec 2026 date, how registration works city-by-city, fees by level in ₹, which level to take for a visa, and how to prepare free.
Do you even need a car in Japan? A rung-by-rung cost breakdown for Indians — car-sharing, rentals, KINTO lease, and buying — with real yen + ₹ numbers.

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需要と可能性 · WHERE THE DEMAND IS
Japan's Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) program has big targets — and big gaps. Each bar is a sector actively hiring. Tap to explore your path.
Japan set a 5-year intake cap of ~820,000 skilled workers by 2028. ~0 as of June 2025 (estimated ~370,000+ by early 2026) — leaving ~0 open, with India barely represented.
The door is wide open.
These are Japan's SSW (Specified Skilled Worker) fields, each with a 5-year intake cap. Professional routes like IT are separate — see below.
Each number is Japan's 5-year cap — the most SSW workers it plans to accept in that field by 2028 (not current vacancies). Longer bar = bigger opening.
Machinery, electronics, metals
Highest fill rate (~54%)
In-India skills test available
High remaining demand
In-India test available
Different route from SSW — demand-driven, uncapped. 4,58,109+ professionals already in Japan (+9.4% in a year).
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Indians in SSW so far: a tiny fraction
Top 5: Vietnam (44%), Indonesia (21%), Myanmar (11%), Philippines (10%), China (6%). This is your opening.
Source: Japan Cabinet decision (29 Mar 2024), Immigration Services Agency 分野別運用方針; fill figures from ISA, as of June 2025; ~370k estimate from industry projections.
Japan targets ~15,000 Indian students within 5 years — only ~1,600 study there today.
Scholarships, low tuition, and a post-study work pipeline — largely overlooked by Indians.
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