Language School Certificate of Bank Balance for Self Sponsorship

I'm applying to a couple schools in Fukuoka Prefecture. I am self sponsoring and have more than the required amount saved to pay for a 2 year program plus living expenses. They require to show about $15k bank balance to cover the first year tuition and living expenses. Now they know I will not be working during my stay and I will not have an outside sponsor, so my first confusion is why are they not requesting the full 2 years proof of balance? And why are they requesting my work records like taxes and my business license (I have a w-2 job and my own business)?
The real question I have is they are requesting a "Certificate of Bank Account" Which none of my banks seem to offer exactly what they want. I can't seem to get a certificate issued with signature and stamp from my other banks. Does any one know what I need to request from these places to get what the school wants? Or is the school being suborn by not accepting a statement? Everywhere I see in reddit and other posts people say they sent a statement to their school, not a signed certificate. And I sent what one bank sent me which was an email verifying my balance based on a specific date, and the school edited it and told me to add the signature and seal. That feels quite fraudulent and I do not want to end up on the wrong side of immigration upon arrival due to following instructions like that as well as it makes me weary of the school.

by sqllinguist

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  1. I dont think its for the school rather for immigration.  They want to be sure you have the means. I for example had the funds but didnt have the work years behind me so even if i had the funds i had to have a parent act as a sponsor. Thats just how it works but j dint think its gonna be your case. As for the bank statement, my tip is go to a physical bank and ask to talk to somebody,  they gonna need to print a paper copy of the balance and put their stamp on it. Thats how i had to do it. 

    As for why they are not requesting 2 years of balance, are you sure they know you want to di a 2 years course? Maybe they misunderstood?

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