What you do gets recorded. What to do next becomes visible. And you do not have to work it out alone.
Every time you log in and work through practice questions, you earn XP and Pt.
Thirty seconds. Openings and event news arrive here.
Not knowing where to begin is fine. We will listen first.
From then on, what you do accumulates as a record.
An internship or an event. This is where it actually starts.
“I had never done an internship, and my Japanese was at everyday-conversation level. I applied to several internships, but did not pass the selection, partly because of my Japanese.”
“In this programme, I was unexpectedly chosen as a leader in the first draw. I had never led a team in Japanese and I was nervous, but I found the courage to take it on.”
“Thanks to my own effort and the support of wonderful teammates, I was able to see the internship through to the end.”
“I am now more confident communicating in Japanese than before, and I feel my Japanese has improved a lot.”
International student from China (took part as a team leader)
In TC PASSPORT programmes, motivation is the most important condition for taking part. If you did not pass selection for other internships, please apply.
“Working toward a goal as a team was fun.”
“I was happy that my activities in the TC PASSPORT programme were well received in an interview.”
3rd-year · international student from Korea
“The internship let me think about things from a working person’s point of view. Experiencing teamwork will be a strength in my future job hunting.”
3rd-year · international student from China
“I was able to get internship and company information reliably. I also found out what I am still lacking. And I grew through meeting other international students.”
International student from Korea
“When problems came up, we all shared ideas and solved them together, and through that I built my problem-solving skills.”
2nd-year · international student from Korea
Words of students who took part in TC PASSPORT programmes, translated from Japanese by TL. Names, universities and companies are withheld.
You stand behind the counter at a World Heritage site.
No English required. What you need is the ability to build something with people who disagree with you.
FY2026 · For children who need Japanese-language support
Use your first language to support children’s learning online. Paid: 2,500 yen per session.
Applications closed on 12 October. 30 places, with selection. For international students graduating in 2028.
The programme pages are in Japanese.
If you submit the three sheets (goal-setting sheet, daily log and reflection sheet), the TL office writes an evaluation report just for you at the end of the internship (from the summer 2026 programmes). Based on your attendance, your log and the host company’s feedback, it covers what you achieved, what to build next, and a story you can use in job interviews.
The programme name matches a real example to show the format. The student, the task and the content are fictional.
Students who submit the three sheets (goal-setting sheet, daily log and reflection sheet) by the deadline.
XP is your activity record. Pt can be used for rewards.
You can hold N2 or N1 and still not be able to speak in a meeting. The BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test is what closes that gap. We show you where to start and roughly how long it takes, alongside your study record.
Summer 2026 — we asked 17 students who took part in a TC PASSPORT original internship run by Transcend-Learning (held jointly with SUCCESS, a consortium supporting international students’ employment)
Asked to describe “corporate sales” in a few words, 4 students used words such as problem, proposal or solution when looking back, after the programme, on how they saw it before; describing it after the programme, 12 did (keyword classification by TL).
Figures are the share who answered 4 or 5 on a five-point scale (15/17 is the number who chose a programme they want to join next). (TL survey, September 2026; participants in a major financial institution’s corporate sales internship, n=17.) This is a small survey of one programme’s participants and does not represent students in general.
“I studied the manners for job hunting in Japan, and then actually did the work of a corporate sales department. It was very good.”
Major financial institution internship 2026 · participant
“Now I can put my thoughts across smoothly, without getting nervous.”
Major financial institution internship 2026 · participant (answer in Chinese, translated by TL)
“As a team, we kept meeting again and again even after the sessions ended, and the result came from that effort.”
Major financial institution internship 2026 · participant
“Before the programme I thought speaking up was my weakness, but through group work and asking the company staff questions, I became able to give my opinion more than at the start.”
Major financial institution internship 2026 · participant (from a reflection sheet)
“Not just the final proposal, but the process of changing how we defined the problem again and again was itself a big lesson.”
Major financial institution internship 2026 · participant (from a reflection sheet)
“More numbers do not make you more convincing. A number means nothing unless its source, its assumptions and what it shows are clear.”
Major financial institution internship 2026 · participant (from a reflection sheet)
Survey and reflection-sheet answers published with permission. The students wrote the original answers themselves (in Japanese or Chinese); TL translated them into English.
See the record of this internship (in Japanese) ▶
“I want to make my effort visible so that I can present it.”
Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Letters · international student
“Working with members of different nationalities toward solving a single problem.”
Kansai University, Faculty of Commerce · Japanese student
“I see it not just as a record of attendance, but as proof of facing a problem as a team and thinking a solution all the way through.”
Ritsumeikan University, Information Science and Engineering · international student
