Japanese Scholarship System Essay

Japanese poor students increase in recent year because of the economy is becoming worse. A lot of student use the scholarship because school fees have gone up, and family income has decreased, so poor Japanese students are increasing now. According to Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), one of the most famous organizations of the scholarship, one in three university students are using this scholarship system. However, we cannot call this system as scholarship. In English, the scholarship means you don’t have to pay back to the organization that awarded you it. Japanese scholarship system is a student loan. This system made people to become poor. The Japanese scholarship has big two problems that during studies, and after graduating.

One is cost of university in Japan. Japanese almost students use the scholarship because university is expensive. The other hand is part-time job. Usually, Japanese students work part-time after university for getting money. The scholarship isn't enough for poor students. In fact, Japanese university is more expensive than Europe. In Japan, national universities cost about 2 million yen and private universities about 4 million yen with for four years. It is too expensive for poor students. Nearly Europe universities are national universities, so school fees are very inexpensive. There aren’t many effects of parent incomes to children. In my case, my school fee cost about 4 million and half with for four years. I am using the scholarship of JASSO. I received 5 thousands yen monthly. If I cannot use this system, I could not go to university. Another problem is cost of students’ life. In a day student case, they use mainly their money for school (traffic, education, and text books), food, and savings. They were used about sixty thousands yen of an average each month. As you can see, university students need a lot of money. According to National Federation of University Co-operative Association, about 70 percent students have part-time job. Japanese university students work hard during their studies. For example, a poor student is working five to six days in a week, and working about 5 to 8 hours in a day. They have not enough time for their studies even though they use the