Scholarship Information

Scholarship Information

Scholarship programs available for privately financed international students are as follows.
Notification on information concerning scholarships will be posted or provided by your college or graduate school.

Scholarship programs by scholarship organizations

Various private organizations call for scholarship applications by international students through the universities where the students are enrolled. The number of scholarship recipients is limited, however, and notably, in almost all cases, research students (non-degree courses) are not deemed eligible to apply for a scholarship. For privately financed international students who wish to apply for a scholarship that requires candidates to be recommended from the university, calls for applicants will be made in June and October for applications for the next school year. However, applicants in October will be limited to only those students who were not able to apply in June.

• Scholarships requiring university screening and recommendation Undergraduate level
• Scholarships requiring university screening and recommendation Graduate School Level
• Scholarships not requiring university screening for application (open number of recommendations) Undergraduate level
• Scholarships not requiring university screening for application (open number of recommendations) Graduate School Level

Scholarships requiring university screening and recommendation

○Undergraduate level

Japanese Government Scholarship for International Students (Domestic Selection)
Eligibility	4th year (6th year for medicine) under 26 (under 28 for medicine)
Recommendation deadline	December
Notification of disposition	February
Monthly award	125,000 yen
Award payment duration	1 year (extendable 2 years)

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Inc.
Eligibility	3rd, 4th year (5th, 6th year for medicine) Conversation-level Japanese Ratio of recipients from 1 country within 50% Avoid significant imbalance between the number of recommendations for students who will be in their final year and students who will have an award period of over 1 year under 45
Recommendation deadline	October
Notification of disposition	February
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	maximum 2 years

Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
Eligibility
Recommendation deadline	October
Notification of disposition	mid March
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	maximum 2 years

Kobayashi International Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	3rd year or above (5th year or above for medicine) Asia (balanced distribution in nationality, major, gender) Participation in exchange events Communication ability in Japanese
Recommendation deadline	February
Notification of disposition	April
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	Until the final academic year of the course

Kyoritsu International Foundation
Eligibility	Asia (excluding British citizens in Hong Kong) At least 2 academic years remaining (100,000 yen) Participation in seminars held by the foundation At least 1 academic year remaining (60,000 yen) Presentation of reports twice a year describing current circumstances under 35
Recommendation deadline	February
Notification of disposition	mid March
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Sagawa Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	3rd year Southeast Asian countries Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia 3rd year (5th year for medicine) under 27
Recommendation deadline	April
Notification of disposition	May
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Japan Student Services Organization Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students
Eligibility	Regular students (previous year grade point average of 2.0 or higher (calculated on a 3.0 scale))
Recommendation deadline	May
Notification of disposition	end June
Monthly award	48,000 yen
Award payment duration	1 year

Ishikawa Prefecture Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students
Eligibility	Students in 1st year after admittance/Students graduating the following year
Recommendation deadline	June
Notification of disposition	July
Monthly award	20,000 yen
Award payment duration	1 year

ITOCHU Scholarship
Eligibility	Countries of Europe and North America, Brazil, Algeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia, India, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, S. Korea, Australia Up to 26 / 3rd year of undergraduate course Majoring in economics, law, and other social sciences, humanities, science, or engineering
Recommendation deadline	January
Notification of disposition	April
Monthly award	125,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Scholarships requiring university screening and recommendation

○Graduate School Level

Japanese Government Scholarship for International Students (Domestic Selection)
Eligibility	Avoid imbalance in countries or majors under 35
Recommendation deadline	December
Notification of disposition	February
Monthly award	Master’s course: 154,000 yen Doctorate course: 155,000 yen
Award payment duration	Until completion of the degree program

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Inc.
Eligibility	Conversation-level Japanese Ratio of recipients from 1 country within 50% Avoid significant imbalance between the number of recommendations for students who will be in their final year and students who will have an award period of over 1 year Master’s course: 1st year, 2nd year Doctorate course: 2nd year, 3rd year (3rd year, 4th year for medicine) under 45
Recommendation deadline	October
Notification of disposition	February
Monthly award	140,000 yen
Award payment duration	maximum 2 years

Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
Eligibility
Recommendation deadline	October
Notification of disposition	mid March
Monthly award	120,000 yen
Award payment duration	maximum 2 years

Kobayashi International Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Asia (balanced distribution in nationality, major, gender) Participation in exchange events Communication ability in Japanese under 35
Recommendation deadline	February
Notification of disposition	April
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	Until the final academic year of the course

Kyoritsu International Foundation
Eligibility	Asia (excluding British citizens in Hong Kong) At least 2 academic years remaining Participation in seminars held by the foundation
Recommendation deadline	February
Notification of disposition	mid March
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Sagawa Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Southeast Asian countries Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia 1st year master’s course 2nd year doctorate course (3rd year for medicine) Students enrolling on April 1 under 35
Recommendation deadline	April
Notification of disposition	May
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Kawashima Shoji Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility	Master’s, doctorate course
Recommendation deadline	December
Notification of disposition	end February
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

The Asahi Glass Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	In principle, 1st year of master’s course In principle, 1st or 2nd year of doctorate course Thailand, Indonesia, China, Republic of Korea
Recommendation deadline	April
Notification of disposition	late May
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	maximum 2 years

Japan Student Services Organization Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students
Eligibility	Regular/research student (previous year grade point average of 2.3 or higher (calculated on a 3.0 scale))
Recommendation deadline	May
Notification of disposition	end June
Monthly award	650,000 yen
Award payment duration	1 year

Ishikawa Prefecture Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students
Eligibility	Students in 1st year after admittance/Students graduating the following year
Recommendation deadline	June
Notification of disposition	July
Monthly award	20,000 yen
Award payment duration	1 year

JT Asia Scholarship
Eligibility	Master’s course / 1st year doctorate course India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, S. Korea, China, Taiwan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, East Timor, Bhutan, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives, Mongolia, Laos Ability to communicate in Japanese
Recommendation deadline	January
Notification of disposition	mid March
Monthly award	150,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Scholarships not requiring university screening for application (open number of recommendations)

○Undergraduate level

The Asian Foundation for International Scholarship Interchange (Kawaguchi Shizuka Scholarship Fellows)
Eligibility	Asia under 30
Recommendation deadline	December
Notification of disposition	March
Monthly award	60,000 yen
Award payment duration	1 year

Sato International Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, East Timor, Vietnam At least 1 academic year remaining Participation in exchange events
Recommendation deadline	February
Notification of disposition	April
Monthly award	120,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Hashiya Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Indonesia
Recommendation deadline	April
Notification of disposition	May
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	In principle, up to completion of the degree program

Yasuda Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	1st year only Law, economy/business management, commerce Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) Japanese as a Foreign Language score: at least 300 Japan and the World score: at least 170 Mathematics Course 1 or Course 2 score: at least 125
Recommendation deadline	April
Notification of disposition	June
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	Up to the end of minimum years for course completion

Mitani Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Possible fields of application designated by year of application 20 to 35
Recommendation deadline	May
Notification of disposition	June
Monthly award	53,000 yen
Award payment duration	Until the end of the designated years for degree program completion

Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES) Scholarship for Japanese Language Majors
Eligibility	Score of at least 360 in the Level 1 Japanese Language Proficiency Test However, this will be a score of at least 330 for applicants native to countries/regions other than China, S. Korea, and Taiwan Major in a field closely related to the training of Japanese language instructors such as Japanese language, Japanese literature, and Japanese culture Recipient of other scholarships possible
Recommendation deadline	May
Notification of disposition	early June
Monthly award	50,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Scholarships not requiring university screening for application (open number of recommendations)

○Graduate School Level

International Communications Foundation
Eligibility	Master's, doctorate course Research on information and communications or related matters in the fields of law, politics, economy, society, culture, and technology under 35
Recommendation deadline	October
Notification of disposition	March
Monthly award	150,000yen
Award payment duration	6 months or 12 months

Interchange Association
Eligibility	Taiwan national
Recommendation deadline	October
Notification of disposition	early March
Monthly award	170,000 yen (first year) / 160,000 yen (second year) (Tuition subsidy within 535,800 yen per year)
Award payment duration	Minimum years for program completion

Honjo International Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Doctorate course: up to 35 as of April of the award year Master’s course: up to 30 as of April of the award year
Recommendation deadline	November
Notification of disposition	mid March
Monthly award	200,000 yen (2 years)/180,000 yen (3 years)/150,000 yen (4 – 5 years) Select one of the above
Award payment duration	Selection between 2 years, 3 years, 4 – 5 years (minimum years required for degree acquisition)

The Iwatani Naoji Foundation
Eligibility	People’s Republic of China, Mongolia, S. Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia Master’s course, doctorate course, and students who have been admitted Students completing their third year of the doctorate course and continuing studies for doctorate degree acquisition All fields of engineering, science, and agriculture Medicine (molecular pathobiology, public health only) Pharmacy (molecular microbiology only) Master’s course: under 30 Doctorate course: under 35
Recommendation deadline	December
Notification of disposition	January
Monthly award	150,000yen
Award payment duration	1 year

The Asian Foundation for International Scholarship Interchange (Kawaguchi Shizuka Scholarship Fellows)
Eligibility	Asia under 35
Recommendation deadline	December
Notification of disposition	March
Monthly award	Doctorate level 70,000 yen / Master’s level 60,000 yen
Award payment duration	1 year

Sato International Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, East Timor, Vietnam At least 1 academic year remaining (excluding doctorate course) Participation in exchange events
Recommendation deadline	February
Notification of disposition	April
Monthly award	180,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Hashiya Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Indonesia
Recommendation deadline	April
Notification of disposition	May
Monthly award	100,000 yen
Award payment duration	In principle, up to completion of the degree program

Docomo Int'l Student Scholarship
Eligibility	India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, S. Korea, Taiwan, China (includes Hong Kong and Macao), Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Bhutan, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives, Mongolia, Laos, East Timor 1st year Master’s course (a) Major in communications technology, information processing technology, or other related divisions (b) Major in the divisions of humanities, social sciences, and recognized by the university to use "communications or information processing" in research methodology
Recommendation deadline	May
Notification of disposition	late June
Monthly award	120,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years

Mitani Scholarship Foundation
Eligibility	Possible fields of application designated by year of application 20 to 35
Recommendation deadline	May
Notification of disposition	June
Monthly award	53,000 yen
Award payment duration	Until the end of the designated years for degree program completion

Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES) Scholarship for Japanese Language Majors
Eligibility	Score of at least 360 in the Level 1 Japanese Language Proficiency Test However, this will be a score of at least 330 for applicants native to countries/regions other than China, S. Korea, and Taiwan Major in a field closely related to the training of Japanese language instructors such as Japanese language, Japanese literature, and Japanese culture Recipient of other scholarships possible
Recommendation deadline	May
Notification of disposition	early June
Monthly award	50,000 yen
Award payment duration	2 years