Fees ( for previous year, 2012 Feb.)
*Please note that fees are subject to change for seminars in 2013.
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The service charge covers:
- Classes（Lecture fee)
- general administration
- printing costs
- on-the-ground logistical support
- welcome or farewell party
- a certificate of completion
*Payment must be made in Japanese yen and the final remittance amount must be exactly the amount on the chart above.
This means, in addition to the service charge for our program, applicants must pay bank remittance charge (Both transfer fee and commission) .
Such charges will vary depends on applicant's country of residence and a bank the applicant have own account with.
Airfares, travel expenses, accommodation, insurance and other living expenses are not included in the service charges.
Please note that the registration fee is not refundable unless the Seminars have been cancelled or the applicant has been refused enrolment.
*** Different rules may apply for students of Ritsumeikan University, including Asia Pacific University. Please check with your own school academic office or contact to the e-mail address at the very bottom, administrative office for the Kyoto Seminar to confirm details regarding the Seminar(s).VISA (Important!)
As soon as you decide to participate our seminar(s), first thing you need to do is to find out if you need visa or not.
It is your responsibility to apply one by yourselves at the Japanese Embassy in your residential area.
You have to find your guarantor who can prepare document for you.
If you do not have family or friend in Japan and need us to be your guarantor, you will need to contact:
1) to Ritsumeikan contact address on this website, or
2) to University of Sydney, if you are taking this course as offshore program by University of Sydney.
*Make sure to contact one of the institution
by the end of the application period.
Some country's embassys take longer than others to issue visa, so we strongly advise you to start preparing document as soon as you can.
If we were to prepare document for you as a guarantor, it usually takes about 3 weeks to a month for you to receive document from us. You should also remember that you need to enter Japan within three months after your visa is issued.
Please ask directly to the Embassy in your area to find out more.
Website of the Foreign Ministry Affairs of Japan
http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html
For example, if you are Chinese, you will need one of the visa shown below;
1. Friend and family visa:
Your friend or relative who lives in Japan can be your guarantor and support
your stay in Japan up to 90 days. This is for usual sight seeing but with this visa, you can stay in Japan and participate our seminar(s) also.
2.Short-term business visa:
This is the visa we can be your guarantor to support your stay only to attend semianr(s).
With this visa, you may stay in Japan a few days before and after the seminar(s), but not more than that. We can not support the period you may want to do sightseeing after the seminar(s) end(s).
Please note that despite of the name of this visa, it will not allow you to engage in any business activity or to receive any kind of payment in Japan.
Course Credit (Rules for previous year)
The Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars are not-for-credit courses. Students receive a Certificate of Completion upon completing the course requirements.
However, some Australian law schools provide course credit for participation in the Seminars, upon payment of additional fees:
* The Australian National University provides course credit for postgraduate students participating in the Kyoto Seminar.
* Please note the earlier application period, and that Mr Akira
Kawamura, President of the International Bar Association, funds a $750
Course Prize for the best-performing student in Japanese Law and a
$750 for a student demonstrating financial need, enrolling via the
University of Sydney.
For more information, please contact the following course coordinators: Kent Anderson (ANU:Kent.Anderson@anu.edu.au) or Luke Nottage (University of Sydney: via sonya.chater@sydney.edu.au).
Australian students (LLB, JD and LLM) may get credit for attending either the Kyoto or Tokyo Semianrs (or both) by enrolling in Bond University's January elective Law and Investment in Japan.
Although formal enrolment does not commence until Monday, 14 November 2011, students may pre-register their interest in attending the seminars in advance by emailing law@bond.edu.au. Students will be allocated places in the course and the Seminars in order of registration. Note that student numbers in Law and Investment in Japan are capped at 29, so early pre-registration is recommended.
For more information, contact A/Prof Leon Wolff at lwolff@bond.edu.au.Any other Law School studnets may apply for cross-institutional enrolment at any of the above institutions in order to receive course credit for attending the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars. Please check with your home university whether you are entitled to enrol cross-institutionally and the procedures for doing so.
Application Procedure
(Applications are not accepted before October 2012)A completed application form must be submitted to Secretariat for the Kyoto/Tokyo Seminar, Ritsumeikan University School of Law by email via
kyo-smr@st.ritsumei.ac.jp. Upon accepting your application, account details for transferring the program fee will be provided.
The application period for the 2013 Seminars starts from beginning of October in 2012. *Upon the receipt of the acceptance of the application, information about payment will be given.
*To apply as a credited course by University of Sydney, check the deadline for the application, which is set separately, please see http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus/
Late applications will only be accepted at the discretion of the directors and secretariat of the seminars and only if places are still available.
Please fill in Application Form (Word 2003) and send the application form by email to Secretariat for Kyoto/Tokyo Seminar, Ritsumeikan University. Please indicate "Kyoto/Tokyo Seminar application" as the title of your email.
Application may be sent by fax to +81-75-813-8271
*Before sending an email, please ensure that a completed application form is attached. In case word file can not be opened, please refer to Application Form (PDF)and write information required to fill in the application form in the body of your email.
*APU students can download the application here→Application for APU(Word)
*Japanese residence may apply using the Application Form in Japanese. Please access Japanese page.
*English application for the Japanese residence here→
Application form(Word).
Note that the payment method is different from applying from overseas.
