Certificate of Eligibility – Spouse Visa Japan
The TranSenz Guide to Applying for a Certificate of Eligibility and Spouse Visa for Japan This guide is a follow-up to our guide to Getting Legally Married in Japan …
How to Prepare for the MEXT Scholarship Interview (Embassy)
If you’re applying for the Embassy-recommended MEXT scholarship, have passed the document screening and (maybe) the tests, your next step will be passing the embassy MEXT scholarship interview. In …
MEXT Scholarship Field of Study and Research Program Plan Elements
The Field of Study and Research Program Plan is the single-most important part of your MEXT Scholarship application at the graduate level. Whether you’re applying for a research student …
Field of Study and Research Program Plan: MEXT FAQ
This page is where you can find the answers to all the questions I’ve gotten in blog comments and emails about the Field of Study and Research Program Plan. …
Contacting Professors: MEXT FAQ (Embassy-Recommended)
Embassy-Recommended MEXT Scholarship: Contacting Professors FAQ For the Placement Preference Form, you are expected to list three universities and three professors that you want to study with. I’ve written …
MEXT Scholarship FAQ
If you have any questions about the MEXT scholarship application process (or any of my articles on the subject), please ask them in the comments or below or in …
MEXT Scholarship Application Form: 2018 Embassy Version (Research Students)
Back in 2016, I wrote a post about the MEXT Scholarship Application Form, but it’s changed significantly since then. Many of the questions and comments from that post still …
Embassy-Recommended MEXT Scholarship 2018: How to Get Started
The Embassy-Recommended MEXT Scholarship offers two significant advantages over the other, University Recommended path: Significantly more slots The chance to apply to up to three universities So, if you’re …
University-Recommended MEXT Scholarship: The Interview
Most of the MEXT Interview advice you find online is for the Embassy-Recommended application process, and rightfully so. In the Embassy-Recommended application, the interview can be a make-or-break part …
How to Convert Japanese Calendar Years
Living in Japan, you’ll often find situations where you have to use Japanese calendar years. Although somewhat antiquated, this system is still used by the government (where all practices …
Correction: MEXT Scholarship Slots for Super Global Universities
Over a year ago, I wrote that there were extra Monbukagakusho/MEXT Scholarship slots available to Super Global Universities. (a.k.a. SGU or Top Global Universities/TGU). This information was correct, but …
