FAQs

The following expenses required for studying abroad or training overseas are eligible for assistance. However, expenses paid by the end of February of the application year will be covered.

（１） Airfare (one round trip to the final destination)
（２） Domestic transportation fares to the airport (for one round trip). A fixed amount of 500 yen one way to Haneda Airport and 2,000 yen one way to Narita Airport. )
（３） Airport tax, fuel surcharge, departure procedures expenses
（４） Expenses for obtaining visa (visa) and passport (passport) (excluding procedural agency fees)
（５） Tuition fees, facility usage fees, etc. paid to foreign high schools
（６） Overseas travel insurance premiums
（７） Dormitory expenses or homestay expenses paid to the host family
（８） Participate in study abroad projects organized by other local governments, schools, private organizations, etc.
　 　（１） Project participation costs including part or all of the costs listed in (7) to (7)

※These expenses do not include expenses related to private activities other than academics, such as screening fees for becoming a participant in the study abroad project (such as examination fees), expenses incurred before deciding to study abroad, pocket money at the study abroad destination, transportation expenses at the study abroad destination, and pre-language training expenses.

If it is an annual schedule, we will notify applicants in writing by mid-July.

It is eligible.
In addition, those who have received assistance from the youth support project aiming for the world, those who are expected to receive assistance after receiving a decision of assistance are not eligible.

It is possible. However, those who have been subsidized by the youth support project aiming for the world or those who are expected to receive assistance after receiving a decision of assistance are not eligible, so "Sister School Study Abroad Program" and "Individual Study Abroad" Can not be eligible for both assistance.
In that case, only "Individual Study Abroad" will be eligible for assistance.

High schools or civic groups in the city can apply for study abroad programs such as sister schools. You can't apply by yourself.
In addition, after the study abroad program is selected, the high school or citizen's organization to apply will determine who of the participants of the program will be eligible for this grant.

Please contact the high school you belong to.

We do not introduce civic group, but we can confirm past examination result from the following pages.

2014 examination result (PDF: 220KB) 2015 examination result (PDF: 304KB) 2016 examination result (PDF: 337KB) 2017 examination result (PDF: 343KB) 2018 examination result (PDF: 308KB) 2019 examination result (PDF: 14KB)

I can't do it. It is necessary to select high school students who will be eligible for further subsidies from the program dispatched students.
One of the screening criteria is whether the target high school students are widely recruited in the city or on campus, and whether they are properly evaluated and selected based on their grades and motivation.

Yes, that's right.

Yes, I would like cooperation as civic group which is conduct organization of business and high school.
For more information, please contact us.

If high school students are recruited and selected for each program, and if they are implemented separately, you can apply for multiple programs.

From fiscal 2018, the study abroad programs for sister schools have been integrated into those for study abroad periods of 7 days or more. If you are studying abroad for about one year in a study abroad program at a sister school, you can also apply for an individual study abroad program. (However, if both pass as a result of the examination, only "individual study abroad" will be eligible for assistance.)

No, it's not eligible. High school students living or studying in the city are eligible.

If you leave after April 1 of the recruitment year, you will be eligible.
However, the selection process includes conducting an interview in Yokohama City at the date and time specified by Motoichi, and those who have not received an interview will not be eligible for the selection.

Those departing by the end of the following fiscal year (March 31) of the application year are eligible. However, please note that the expenses paid by the end of February of the application year will be eligible for assistance.

Expenses incurred before the decision to study abroad, such as screening fees (examination fees), pre-language training fees, etc. are not eligible for assistance.

Please consider the basic principle of completing the curriculum for one year at your destination.