Any applicant who meets any or all of the following conditions is ineligible. If identified after the start
of the scholarship period, the applicant will be required to withdraw from the scholarship:
① Those who are military personnel or military civilian employees at the time of their arrival in Japan;
② Those who cannot arrive in Japan during the period designated by MEXT or the accepting university;
③ An applicant who is a previous recipient of a Japanese government scholarship;
④ Those who are currently enrolled at a Japanese university with a College Student (ryugaku) residence
status; those enrolled, or scheduled to be enrolled, at a Japanese university as a privately financed
international student during the period when the scholarship application was filed in the home country
until prior to the start of the provision of the scholarship. This does not apply to current self-financed
international students at Japanese universities who will complete their courses of study and return to their
countries before the end of the current fiscal year;
⑤ Recipients of scholarships from institutions other than MEXT (including government institutions in
their home countries) that overlap with the Japanese Government Scholarship (Prospective beneficiaries
are included);
⑥ Applicants who are expected to graduate at the time of application and cannot satisfy the
qualifications and the conditions related to academic background by the deadline given; or
⑦ Holders of dual nationality at the time of application who cannot verify that they will give up Japanese
nationality by the time of the arrival in Japan.