[Sangetsu]

To have any kind of life in Japan you are going to need at least a 4 year university degree. You can do like some other non-university educated guys I know who married Japanese citizens, but a couple of them work at menial jobs which barely pay enough for them to survive.

If you are a junior in high school now, you should be studying your ass off so you can get into a university. If you can keep a high GPA in your senior year, then you might qualify for a scholarship of some kind.

Unless you want a career working in a factory, or, worse than that, having to ask "would you like fries with that?, then you better go to college.