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183 Foundation Languages & Linguistics scholarships are listed for Japan. 36 cover tuition and living costs; the other 147 pay part of the cost. 61 publish a figure: the middle award is worth USD 2,457, and half fall between USD 1,000 and USD 30,000. The next closing date is 7 October 2026, for Keidanren Global Human Resource Development Scholarship.
183 scholarships · fully funded first
closing soonInternational University of Japan
University of Tokyo
Soka University
Kyoto University
University of Tokyo
Nagasaki University
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Osaka University
University of Tokyo
Hokkaido University
Tokushima University
Osaka University
Kyoto University
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
in Japan
Languages & Linguistics at other levels
Most of these awards come from Osaka Institute of Technology (12) and Kanagawa University (11).
Languages & linguistics is taught in 30 courses at 19 universities here, so an award tied to the subject has somewhere to be spent. Every listing shows what the award pays, the degree level it is for, who may apply and the closing date. Read those before you start: awards that cover living costs usually ask for more paperwork, and a missed deadline cannot be appealed.
Yes — 36 of them, including Emergency Support Scholarship, Tuition Fee Waiver System (for International Students) and Higashi Honganji Scholarship System.
Keidanren Global Human Resource Development Scholarship closes on 7 October 2026.
We list 183. Each card shows the award type, level, eligibility and deadline.
61 publish a figure: the middle award is worth USD 2,457, and half fall between USD 1,000 and USD 30,000.
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