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many colleges have exchange programs with Japanese colleges. You need to know if among those 10 colleges you can get into if any have exchange programs.

Exchange programs, in general are one year or one semester programs which are offered your junior year, after you have completed 2 years of Japanese study.

My university has an exchange with Waseda U. in Tokyo for 6 or 9 months. You must have a recommendation from the Japanese language department to even be considered.

Long story short, take a deep breath, get into college, get into the Japanese program, and THEN you can look at an exchange.