• Hiroki Yamakawa, a freshman at Waseda University, poses for a photograph in his room at a dormitory in Tokyo on Nov. 11. Yamakawa's studies would likely not be possible without a ¥400,000 annual scholarship. | BLOOMBERG
    Hiroki Yamakawa, a freshman at Waseda University, poses for a photograph in his room at a dormitory in Tokyo on Nov. 11. Yamakawa's studies would likely not be possible without a ¥400,000 annual scholarship. | BLOOMBERG
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Kengo Kyogoku borrows about ¥122,000 ($1,035) per month in addition to a scholarship and a part-time job, because his mother can’t afford to pay his college fees at the prestigious Waseda University in Tokyo.

“The amount is huge,” said Kyogoku, a sophomore of communications and computer engineering. “I get depressed when I think about it. I wonder if I will have to pay it back forever. But I have no choice.”

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