Study Abroad in Japan | YFU

I was a summer program exchange student to rural Germany in high school, in the summer between sophomore and junior years; I was 14.5 when I applied. I picked YFU as one of two exchange programs that operated in my school district in suburban Seattle, WA. I applied and listed four countries I would like to visit in an immersion program. After I applied, YFU contacted me and began providing support within the first week. I was asked to narrow my request to one country, and selected Germany, since...

Hi i'm Nour i am 15 i am a Tunisian girl At first i want to say that i wish that i get the chance to study in a developed country like Japan Since i was too young it was one of my dreams to study in this amazing country. For me it is a dream and i am still working to achieve it Second i am a student in the second level at high school i can speak 3 languages very well Arabic French and English and i am learning German and Korean (alone at home) i participated in scouting and in some clubs ...

I've wanted to study abroad for as long as I can remember, but I had also decided it was completely impossible because of how expensive it is. The best discovery of my life was YFU's scholarships. Thanks to the Japan-America Friendship Scholarship, I was able to spend a month and a half in Japan for only $3000, including airfare, when it would have $12,000 without the scholarship. Some of the other, though harder to win, scholarships made the trip completely free and even gave the students other...