Basketball student from UK

Hi, i’ve tried doing some research online but haven’t been given much. I’m from the UK and want to potentially study at University or work whilst playing basketball in Japan for a somewhat high level team! I was thinking of going in around 2 weeks and staying there for about a month to just visit universities, basketball teams and job places etc.

Obviously i would rather have a somewhat plan on who and where to visit in japan but i can’t seem to find much information online so was wondering if anyone had suggestions or could help me out?

Also; i have been learning Japanese for around 2 months obviously not fluent but i can speak some sentences and understand a bit of the language if spoken. Would this be a problem, would i need to be more fluent if i did decide to move?

Thanks in advance!

by Alarming_Dependent_8