Is there an American or American oriented university in Europe or UK which offers Japanology or something similar in regard?

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1. Do you mean an English-language university?

   I’m curious as to what an American or American-oriented university would mean exactly.

2. American universities typically charge American prices. Just bear that in mind.

   Don’t take Japanology. Take literally anything else, just not Japanology.

   The degree itself is virtually useless, and even in terms of language ability, graduates regularly underperform against people who’ve done even a single year in a regular language school within Japan proper.

   Hell, if you wanted to, look into doing a degree in something at Temple. They have a Japan campus. Personally, I can’t fully recommend it (I’ve heard from a Japanese friend that professors tend to give a lot of assignments that are practically next-day affairs), but if the point is to get a bachelors degree while exposing yourself to Japanese, getting an economics degree that way will at least be more immediate and useful long-term (even if, again, I can’t fully vouch for Temple)

   Just bear in mind that this is a fairly good example of what I mean by ‘American universities charge American prices’. A 4-year course at a Japanese university can range from about 2~2.5mil yen, or less than 20k usd (for national university), to about 40k usd (for private). [Temple’s own estimates](https://www.tuj.ac.jp/ug/cost-financial-aid/tuition/estimated-cost) say a 4-year course is likely to cost 11.8 mil yen, or **90k USD**.

3. I currently living in Japan and try to get a working visa in Japan, most working visas are required by the government to have a bachelors, doesn’t matter even what just a bachelor, so I asked myself if I could get a bachelors degree within a year, I heard from a friend who did exactly that in Japanology, and because me and him have related cases I do try to go the same path