Stage 8 · Lesson 7 of 8
Returning home or staying
Decide with information, not guilt or pressure. Staying abroad may offer higher pay and certain kinds of work. But it depends on visas, the job market and your life plans.
Returning can bring senior roles earlier, family support and a lower . A foreign degree plus experience can be valuable at home. Remote work sits in between.
Some scholarships carry a , meaning you must go home for a set period. Breaking it can mean repaying the full award. Either way, look again at your : what the degree cost and what each path gives back. Keep both options open by building a network at home too.
Common traptreating staying as success and returning as failure, when plenty of strong careers go each way.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 2 cheat sheet entries come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
Resources for this stage
Start with
- ScholarshipFreeStudy in Japan
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
Part-time work and job hunting in Japan, from the official portal