Program Reviews

Being a Foreign Languages and Cultures Major, I always loved writing, cultures and studying languages, the more foreign the better! I also always wanted to visit Korea and learn more about the culture. That’s why I choose to do a journalism internship in Seoul. From the moment I arrived, I fell in love with the place, the people and the culture. Sure, Seoul is very different than what you hear before coming here, but it is a dream! I had a great start thanks to Meiji’s service. They helped me organised every detail of my trip and always made sure to answer the millions of questions that I had. After all, it was my first solo trip!

Throughout my time in Seoul, I learnt a lot about the culture, working etiquette and improved my Korean knowledge! My writing has improved as well because I learnt to adapt it to an audience that is not just French, but more diverse! In total, I highly recommend doing an internship in South Korea with Meiji. I had the best time!

I wanted to break out of my comfort zone and daily life. Going abroad is the perfect opportunity to achieve that goal. Additionally, I have always been keen to get to know the Japanese culture in depth. My host company combined my personal interest in the Japanese culture and my career goal in the consultation department.

Before I started my internship in Japan, Meiji offered me a Welcome Package with a lot of important information about Japan, the culture, sightseeing recommendations and more. On my first day in Japan, I visited their business workshop. However, I recommend gathering information about the business world in Japan even before your workshop.

The internship in Japan gave me the opportunity to set up a international network. I definitely need to visit all of them again and I am happy to welcome them at my hometown, if they stop by.

I did a two months internship in Osaka after having a language course at Meiji in Fukuoka. The course really helped me communicating with people at my workplace and getting around. The company they placed me with was super cool and I met many people from all over the world, visiting Osaka or working there. I learned very much about the japanese working culture which is a little different from at home. The staff at Meiji was super accommodating through my whole time, from the first contact until the last days. They really made sure, I got what I wanted from my experience and a little more.

My boss was super nice as well and recommended local spots to me where I visited to relax.
I had very much fun with my co-workers and will definitely visit them the next time I am in Japan! :-)

I did my internship in Fukuoka, Japan. Meiji was very helpful in every step of the way. Going to another country to live and work in is not easy but the staff at Meiji were always there.
The staff was happy to assist with questions or complaints. The eight weeks that I spent in Japan were amazing. I had the opportunity to work as a photographer assistant. I learned a lot from my boss and was able to work on several projects like photo editing, shooting, video editing, color grading and much more.
I was able to meet local Japanese people my age and make new friends. Japan is a very safe place and the local people in Fukuoka are very friendly with foreigners. Overall my experience was great and I made many friendships and gained a lot of knowledge and new skills.

My time in Sapporo was absolutely astonishing! So many new things to experience everyday in this lovely town far up the north of Japan. Everything was beyond my expectations and I have learned so much during my time in my hospitality and tourism internship. It is really essential to make use of your key advantages as a foreigner, which is: your language and different mindset! Japanese people really appreciated my active approach and were always so kind, patient and welcoming. First I feared that other staff would see me as a burden and be cold towards me. Especially due to my Japanese being very very basic. Soon I was proven wrong! It was completely the opposite! Everybody was cheering me up, being always positive and tried their best to help me succeed in my tasks at managing and dealing with customer requests. Meiji was accommodating and supportive throughout my experience. They even had local staff who visited me and assisted me with any questions I had. I have to say that sometimes it is even better to try new things by yourself than relying too much on others. This Summer was definitely unforgettable.

My internship was such a great experience. It was for me the second time in Asia but first time in Japan last Summer. My internship was in a digital marketing role to help advertise our new product to customers in Europe. I was also able to perform a customer market research to see how the response rate was for our products to Western customers.

The staff at Meiji was super friendly and helped me throughout the process. Just make sure to do the business workshop before as it really helps with overcoming the cultural differences. Japanese business world is really another level of communication and maneuvering around the hidden traps.

My two months business development internship was amazing! I was involved with digital marketing and also a project to research overseas customers for a new project they planned to launch in Europe. I highly recommend the business workshop. It paid off for making valuable business contacts in the end. Business Ettiquetts in Japan are really a big thing. Some people can get easily offended if you don't treat their business card with respect or don't know what "KY" is. So many hidden traps in Japan's business world...sigh

Challenging, fast pace, always busy and never boring. Thats how i could describe my two months internship i had at an event management company here in Fukuoka. One has to understand doing an internship here in japan won't give you any special status of treatment by the other staff. I haven't received extra care and was treated like every other employee, which was a very good thing! Respect and trust was earned through hard work and i was even appointed the responsibility to lead my own student event from beginning to end.

A great thing working for an event company is you see so many business facets from planing the event, to doing the promotion and also managing the overall budget for it.

I learned so much from this experience and made valuable business contacts for my future career. Japan we will meet sooner than later!! Arigato!!!

I have never been to Japan and the temptation was really big to make the move. It just felt so exciting and arousing at the same time to go to a place I have never been and where the culture is completely different from back home. Tokyo, Kyoto and the other cities seemed too overrated and did not really caught my attention. So why not go somewhere most people even haven't heard of: Fukuoka! I decided to give is a chance and the good news: I have not regret it any single day! Vibrant nightlife, endless shopping opportunities, unique local culture & food, Fukuoka got me in a heart beat. It is unbeatable my favorite destination to work and live, not just in Japan. What made my time truly amazing where the people around me, my co-workers, fellow Meiji interns and the local friends I made in my time there. Make sure to get out of your lazy mode and into some fun adventures with the cultural activities organized by Meiji’s network! Especially the weekend trips to hot springs and Kimono wearing events were lovely!

Anybody who wants to feel the real side of Japan’s international startup scene and is on a limited budget should definitely give Fukuoka a chance!!

Last year I showed up for an internship for a very short notice (less than a month). They told me that it might be difficult as they require at least eight weeks notice before an internship placement could be organized. Luckily the staff at Meiji Academy however managed to find me a great placement in less than a week after from my initial contact. It was a very spontaneous decision I made, but I don't regret it. Japan was amazing and I recommend everybody experiencing it as well. I think Meiji Academy did a great job and they were very responsive throughout my stay. Highly recommend them for internships!