The department or the professor notifies you the result. You obtain the notification issued by the department, with which you can get a visa from Japanese Embassy of your country. After arrival in Japan, you enroll at the University as a foreign research student. Because of large numbers of applications, however, it is extremely difficult to obtain a scholarship. We suggest you get a scholarship in your own country as far as is possible.
Some more information is available from here .
In Japan, you have to pay extra fees when you make a contract of renting an apartment. An apartment has normally one or two rooms, a kitchen, a toilet and a unit bathroom. There is some difference in the percentage among the cities, wards or towns. If you have relatives in Japan, they can guarantee you. If not, your chargeable Professor will be your guarantor.