I heard that in Japan, you can go to graduate school for a given subject without having studied it first for your bachelor's degree. Is that really true?
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Yes, it is true. I was just speaking to my Japanese friend about it. She said that you can study any subject for your masters or doctorate (graduate level) in Japan without needing to know the subject before hand or needing a prerequisite, mainly because a masters or doctorate is not necessary to find a job in Japan. She went on further to explain that it's actually a minus if you have a masters or doctorate in Japan. Mainly because the businesses or companies who are hiring want their workers (employees) to be as young as possible. To have a masters or a doctorate would mean you'd have aged a bit, and that is not necessary. But if you're not looking for work in Japan, but just want to study there, then you have no problems. However if you have are planning on finding work there after your masters or doctorate or whatever degree in graduate level---it might pose a problem. Or unless you plan on being a professor because then you would need a masters or doctorate.
