Applicants who meet any or all of the following conditions are not eligible. If identified after acceptance of the
scholarship grantees, the applicants will be required to withdraw from the scholarship:
① If an applicant is a service member or a civilian employee registered on the active military list at the time of his/her
arrival in Japan;
② Those who cannot arrive in Japan during the period designated by MEXT or the accepting university;
③ If an applicant is a previous recipient of a Japanese government scholarship. Unless more than three years have
passed since the first day of the month following the final payment of the previous scholarship, as of April 1, 2016
(In case where the student starts from the fall semester, the month of entrance.);
④ If an applicant is, in principle, currently enrolled in a Japanese university with the resident status of “College
Student,” or will be enrolled in a Japanese university as another source or self-financed international student
between the time of application for this scholarship in his/her country and the time the scholarship period is due to
begin. 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 year;
⑤ If an applicant is a grantee of a scholarship from any organization(including any governmental organization of
his/her own country) other than the Japanese government (MEXT) (Prospective beneficiaries are included);
⑥ Applicants who are expected to graduate at the time of application and, cannot satisfy the qualifications and the
conditions of academic background by the deadline given; or
⑦ Applicants of dual nationality who cannot prove their expatriation of the Japanese nationality by the time of arrival.