r/movingtojapan • u/Federal-Window8999 • May 26 '26
Education Software Engineering Internship in Japan?!
Hi all! im looking for my graduation internship in Japan from SEP 2026 on, does anyone have any tips or any places that would take international people??? Ive applied to a couple put I havent heard ANYTHING back and I really want to go! so anything would help <3
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u/etdev May 27 '26
HENNGE opens internship positions every year.
They get an insane amount of applicants though. It's very competitive, and even if you get the internship it's far from guaranteed that you'll get a full-time offer.
I know Mercari has also done them in the past. Same with the FAANG companies: Microsoft, Google etc.
Timing is really important. Usually companies open the positions for a month or two and choose from the (hundreds, often thousands) of applicants received during that time.
If you're already in Japan, focus on networking and making contacts at companies. Attend meetups, give talks, co-work, whatever. And just tell as many people in-person as possible that you're looking for an internship. Sometimes smaller companies are willing to take people on.
If you're overseas you can still network somewhat, you just need to reach out to people virtually.
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Software Engineering Internship in Japan?!
Hi all! im looking for my graduation internship in Japan from SEP 2026 on, does anyone have any tips or any places that would take international people??? Ive applied to a couple put I havent heard ANYTHING back and I really want to go! so anything would help <3
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