Approximately 67% of privately financed international students in Japan are working part-time. They earn about 59,000 yen (413 USD) per month on average. By solely depending on part-time work, it is impossible to cover all school expenses and cost of living.

Part-time work in Japan is called Arubaito (アルバイト), also known as “doing bytes” for short. relatively high cost of living Regardless of whether Japanese people are normal to do Aru Bito since being a 18 -year -old high school student in order to reduce home expenses and save money to buy things they want without just taking the money. parental And most university students work part-time to use in their daily lives. Including collecting money to send yourself to study

Besides the Japanese International students can work part-time as well. where the students have to apply for a work permit At the immigration checkpoint or the institution where you study will be the one to do it for you. After obtaining it, it will be stamped on the back of the Sirius Card (在留カード) that this child can perform special tasks.

But there will be a requirement that you can do no more than 28 hours per week. There are many advantages of byte processing for international students, such as students making new friends. practiced Japanese Acquire knowledge from work get new experiences Can reduce home expenses, etc., but there will be prohibitions for making bytes such as pachinko shops, clubs, bars, orbital or gambling sites, etc.

Looking for a part-time job How to apply for a job

1. Choose a job. If you don’t have a language background at all, it will be quite difficult to apply. But most Thai students work at Thai restaurants. But if students who already have a basic knowledge of Japanese will be able to choose where they want to go, such as a convenience store. japanese restaurant or even working in department stores To find a place to work, students can consult their advisors. Seniors or even friends can recommend or find them yourself by looking at advertisements from posters that follow various storefronts. through applications, etc.

2. Contact: You can contact the shop you want to apply for by phone. Call the shop that we have seen the advertisement from where we are interested in doing this work. The shop will accept the matter and will consider it and will contact you back. or to recommend acquaintances (It’s quite easier than contacting yourself.)

3. Wait for the shop to contact for an interview. along with submitting an application If the shop has accepted The store manager will call and arrange an interview date and tell him to submit an application on the interview date.

4. Fill out an application can buy an application （履歴書）at the 100 yen shop and complete it by writing with a blue or black pen. No negative marks from liquid paper are strictly prohibited. which writing this application Students can get help from their advisors as well.

5. Interview Before the interview, students can have their advisor help train the field first. So that you don’t have to get excited when going to the actual interview.

Hourly wages for part-time work

• Part-time rates are usually hourly and paid monthly. The rate at a Thai restaurant is about 850 – 900 yen per hour. The advantage of working in a Thai restaurant is having Thai friends. and able to bring Thai food home But if working in a Japanese restaurant convenience store It will be about 950- 1000 yen per hour. If it’s a clothing store The rate is about 1000-1200 yen per hour. The rate depends on the shop.

Types of work that international students usually do on a part-time basis

1. Food and beverage work
2. Sales or service work
3. Work as a research/teaching assistant
4. Jobs as a language teacher
5. Work as a home-based tutor/nanny
6. cleaning work
7. Interpretation or document translation work
8. Hospitality jobs in hotels or hotel business

Criteria for consideration of special work

• does not affect learning
• It is intended to help with tuition fees or expenses during your studies. Not for saving money or repatriating.
• Not a sales job
• Not an illegal job
• no more than 28 hours per week
• It is working while being affiliated with an educational institution.