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The Daiwa Scholarship Japan is a unique 19-month programme of language study, work placement and homestay in Japan. Daiwa Scholarships offer young and talented UK citizens with strong leadership potential, the opportunity to acquire Japanese language skills, and to access expertise and knowledge relevant to their career goals.

Daiwa Scholarships are provided by the Foundation to encourage better understanding between both countries.

Deadline: The next closing date for applications is December 3, 2009.

For more info, please click: http://www.dajf.org.uk/page_e.asp?Section=Scholarships&ID=52

This scholarship is granted to foreign students who study at a master’s course of a Japanese graduate school. It is provided maximum for 2 years with 180000 Yen per month to 10 students. Normally the deadline is October to December each year. For more information please visit: http://www.itofound.or.jp/English/index.htm

This foundation provides financial assistance to foreign students for Ph.D. programs of graduate schools in Japan. It also has Atsumi Scholarship which has specific criterions. These scholarships values 200000 Yen per month. Please click here for more information: http://www.aisf.or.jp/

This scholarship program is for those who are still in home country in East and South Asian countries and are enrolled in Master’s or Doctor’s course in natural science or engineering. The scholarship is provided in limited universities in Japan. They are The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Keio University, Waseda University, Kyoto University, Doshisha University, Kwansei Gakuin University. Please visit this site for further in information: http://www.ysf.or.jp/en/indexe.html

The Hitachi Scholarship grants scholarships to Southeast Asian universities to send to Japan faculty members who wish to continue teaching and research at their universities after graduation. It also provides research fellowships. Please click on this link for further information. Application can be made through universities to which the Foundation has offered the scholarship. For further information please visit university websites or http://www.hitachi.com/Int-e/skk/hsk12000.html Under this foundation, there is another separate fellowship called The Komai Scholarship is offered, thus please get more information in the same site

This society provides researchers with financial supports for conducting research in Japanese universities. It offers six fellowship programs mostly for doctoral degree. Please click here for more information: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html

The Sato International Scholarship Foundation provides two types of scholarship for self-supporting students from countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, East Timor, Vietnam who are enrolled in a Japanese undergraduate or graduate institution. One is Scholarship for Self-Supporting Students and the other is Scholarship for Short-Term Exchange Students. It grants 180000 Yen to graduate students and 120000 Yen to undergraduate students per month. For further information visit this site: http://sisf.or.jp/eng/index.php

This Foundation provides scholarships for foreign students in almost all fields of studies. This scholarship can be applied through many Japanese universities. Its value is 200,000 Yen per month for graduate and 10000 Yen for undergraduate students, a round-trip air ticket and 500,000 yen for an outfit allowance. The deadline is normally by the end of November. Please visit Japanese universities’ sites for more information. If you can read Japanese, please click here: http://heiwanakajimazaidan.jp/

This Foundation provides scholarships and fellowships to the international students and researchers to help them in conducting their researches on Japan related issues. Besides, it also extends supports in a program basis to organizations and academic institutions so as to promote Japanese studies. It has many branches in different parts of the glob; therefore you can visit the respective node so that you will save your time. Please visit this site for further information: http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html.

This program was established was in 1954 by the Japanese government which is currently under Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology- MEXT). Thousands of students from more than 165 countries have received this scholarship to pursue their higher studies on architecture, electronic engineering, telecommunication, nutrition, infant education, hotel management, tourism, designing, social sciences and so on. Students and researchers can benefit from this scholarship. However, often these scholarships need to be applied through Japanese Embassy or Diplomatic mission located in your country. And, once you get enrolled in the university program, you can be also recommended by universities for the scholarship. You can get more information on this link: http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_?/scholarships_sfisij_e.html or http://www.jasso.go.jp/index_e.html