Scholarships that Privately Financed Students Can Apply For Upon Arrival

Privately financed foreign students can apply for scholarships from government and private organizations after arrival in Japan, with qualification criteria that vary by scholarship type. Scholarship notifications are sent by email and posted on a bulletin board near the Student Exchange Support Division, and students are directed to check email regularly.

Some scholarships require students to apply on their own, while others require recommendations from the student’s faculty or school. The page lists major examples of scholarships and indicates which option applies (direct application versus faculty/school recommendation) and the eligibility conditions for each listed scholarship.

Selection methods are not described at a general level for all scholarships. For the specific examples listed, the page describes whether the application is direct or university/faculty recommendation, and it provides eligibility conditions such as nationality, age limits, academic level, and field of study.

Support duration and renewal terms vary by scholarship. Each listed scholarship includes a stated payment period (for example, one year, two years, or a maximum length) and a renewal status (for example, renewal not possible, or renewal possible). After eligibility conditions and application procedures are met for the relevant scholarship, the page indicates notifications are provided by email and bulletin board postings.

• Applicant type: privately financed foreign students (qualification criteria vary depending on the type of scholarship)
• Application eligibility depends on the specific scholarship listed (examples include eligibility by nationality, age limits, and study level)

• Nitori International Scholarship Foundation: monthly stipend of JPY 50,000; payment period: one year; renewal: not possible
• Otsuka Toshimi Foundation Scholarship: monthly stipend amounts are provided for graduate students as JPY 1,000,000/year, JPY 1,500,000/year, or JPY 2,000,000/year; payment period: maximum length of two years; renewal: possible
• Sato Yo International Scholarship Foundation: undergraduate monthly stipend JPY 120,000; graduate monthly stipend JPY 180,000; payment period: two years; renewal: not possible
• Honjyo International Scholarship Foundation: graduate monthly stipend of JPY 210,000 (for 1–2 years), JPY 190,000 (for 3 years), or JPY 160,000 (for 4 years); payment period: minimum duration of study; renewal: not possible
• Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Scholarship: undergraduate monthly stipend JPY 100,000; graduate monthly stipend JPY 14,000; payment period: maximum length of two years; renewal: not possible
• ASSURAN International Scholarship: graduate monthly stipend JPY 100,000 (undergraduate stipend shown as “—”); payment period: maximum length of two years; renewal: not possible
• Heiwa Nakajima Foundation Scholarship: undergraduate monthly stipend JPY 120,000; graduate monthly stipend JPY 150,000; payment period: one year; renewal: not possible
• Otsuka Toshimi Foundation Scholarship (university recommendation example): graduate monthly stipend amounts shown as JPY 1,000,000/year, JPY 1,500,000/year, or JPY 2,000,000/year; payment period: maximum length of two years; renewal: not possible
• Matsufuji Scholarship: undergraduate monthly stipend JPY 20,000; graduate monthly stipend JPY 20,000; payment period: one year; renewal: not possible

1. Check email regularly and also check the bulletin board near the Student Exchange Support Division for scholarship notifications.
2. Select a scholarship from the listed options and follow the application type required by that scholarship: apply on your own if it is marked as eligible for direct application, or follow the recommendation route if it requires recommendations from the student’s faculty or school.

• A specific list of documents is provided for individual scholarships only in the form of application requirements (for example, eligibility conditions). No general document list is given for the overall set of privately financed scholarships.
• For the Otsuka Toshimi Foundation Scholarship, when applying in English, a Japanese translation is required.