Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) Japan · open to applicants worldwide
Japanese government scholarship covering tuition, a monthly stipend and airfare for international students in research, undergraduate, Japanese studies, technical and Young Leaders categories. Candidates are recommended either by a Japanese embassy or by a partner Japanese university.
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About
What it offers: Tuition exemption plus monthly stipend (roughly ¥117,000-¥242,000 depending on category).
Also: round-trip airfare; Japanese language training for some categories.
Who can apply: Categories, fields and quotas vary by country; embassy route is screened by the local Japanese embassy/consulate, university route only via MEXT-approved universities.
Free to apply.
Annual; embassy recruitment usually opens in spring, with exact dates set by each embassy.
How to apply: through the embassy.
What to prepare: application form, research plan, transcript, references, medical certificate.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Only a select number of universities approved by the MEXT can make recommendations”
Who can apply
- Open to students, researchers, working professionals
- Categories, fields and quotas vary by country; embassy route is screened by the local Japanese embassy/consulate, university route only via MEXT-approved universities.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Research proposalUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Document checklistOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (embassy).
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
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