Resources

Japanese Studies is now on Instagram!

Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date with our program updates, activities, events, jobs, scholarships, and more!

2026-2027 Japanese Studies Student Ambassadors with Co-Curricular Records:

• Logan DeFreitas (major)
• Logan Mengotto (major)
• Shanti Gallardo (minor)

2025-2026 Japanese Studies Student Ambassadors with Co-Curricular Records:

• Elianna Arroyo (major)
• Jessica Leon (major)
• Logan Mengotto (major)

Check out the on-campus student organizations and clubs!

• Japanese Student Association (JSA)
• UCSD Nikkei Student Union (NSU)
• UCSD Kendo Club
• Asayake Taiko
• UCSD Karate Club
• Shogi Club

If you would like to have your student org/club added to this list, please email the information to japan@ucsd.edu.

Check these out for English/Japanese exchange opportunities!

• Weekly Japanese Book Club offered by the Japanese Studies Program (see the flyer on Instagram)
• Language Table offered by Japanese Student Association (see the flyer on Instagram)
• English-in-Action (EIA) Conversastion Program

Recommended by our Japanese Studies Alumni

How to write resume and cover letters, career advising, etc.

• UC San Diego Career Center

Internships:

• JACL SF Internship
• Kizuna Across Cultures: Internship for Students Interested in US–Japan Relations
• Kase Nikkei Community Scholarship Program
• Nikkei Community Internship (NCI)
• Sports Camp of America
• Japantown Navigators Paid Volunteer Position
• AAPI Studies Internship Database
• Japanese Collection Projects Internship
• Mineta Ambassadors Program

Teaching English in Japan:

• JET Program 
• AEON 
• ALTIA CENTRAL

• Interac

Recruiters:

• Pasona
• STS Careers
• JAC Recruitment
• IKIGAI Connections
• Aston Carter
• Mynavi Co., Ltd.

San Diego Japanese American organizations:

• San Diego-Yokohama Sister City Network
• San Diego JACL
• Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego

Japanese American Conferences:

• Japan America Student Conference

If you have any additional information that you would like to recommend, please email the information to japan@ucsd.edu. 

Japanese Studies on YouTube

Check out the official Japanese Studies YouTube Playlist to find our promotional videos, past events and colloquium, and more!

• Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award (Apply here)
• American Association of Teachers of Japanese 
• Association for Asian Studies
• American Counsil on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Japan Business Association of Southern California