[noodle]

oh yeah, you're right. with a normal application i wouldn't stand a chance without an advanced knowledge of the japanese language. but i'm only doing an exchange... the university i'm in now has an agreement with tokyo and kyoto among other universities.

But my prof did say that the only reason they accepted me is cos of my results and the fact that i speak different languages. (dunno how that interests them, but i'm not gonna complain)