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Opportunities in Japan

Global fellowships, scholarships, and programs hosted in Japan — eligibility and deadlines decoded.

Showing the first 24 of 27 opportunities

Forum / Summit

Japan Youth Summit 2026

Youth Break the Boundaries (YBB) Foundation

Japan·Self Funded
Deadline: Sep 19, 2026
Course / Training

IATSS Forum Leadership Training Program

International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS)

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Sep 30, 2026Nationality criteria
Fellowship

UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowships Programme

UNESCO and the Government of Japan

Japan·Grant
Deadline: Sep 30, 2026Nationality criteria
Summer School

Machine Learning Summer School 2027 (MLSS Okinawa)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Japan·Self Funded · Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Sep 30, 2026
Internship

OIST Research Internship

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate School

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
Master's Scholarship

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA)

International Monetary Fund (Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific)

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Oct 20, 2026Nationality criteria
Summer School

Immerse Education Essay Competition

Immerse Education

Remote·Fully Funded · Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Oct 25, 2026
Master's Scholarship

Foreign Student Scholarship Program

INPEX SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Oct 31, 2026Nationality criteria
Bachelor's Scholarship

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship (Overseas candidates)

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation

Japan·Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Oct 31, 2026
Master's Scholarship

Honjo International Scholarship Foundation Scholarship for Foreign Students 2027

Honjo International Scholarship Foundation

Japan·Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Oct 31, 2026Nationality criteria
Fellowship

JF-Nichibunken Fellowship Program

The Japan Foundation and International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Dec 1, 2026
Fellowship

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship Program

The Japan Foundation

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Dec 1, 2026
Master's Scholarship

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship Foundation Scholarship at IUJ

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship Foundation

Japan·Partial / Stipend
Deadline: May 27, 2027
Internship

OECD Internship Programme

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Remote·Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Rolling
Internship

UNU Junior Fellows Internship Programme

United Nations University (UNU)

Remote·Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Rolling
Internship

RIKEN IMS Internship Program

RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS)

Japan·Fully Funded · Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Rolling
Bachelor's Scholarship

Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students

Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Japan·Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Rolling
Professional Role

Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and CLAIR

Japan·Salary
Deadline: RollingNationality criteria
Research Program

Visiting Research Fellows

International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)

Japan·Free
Deadline: Rolling
Bachelor's Scholarship

Invited Foreign Scholarship Students

Heiwa Nakajima Foundation

Japan·Partial / Stipend
Deadline: Rolling
Cultural Exchange

ISF International Exchange Program

INPEX Scholarship Foundation

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Rolling
Master's Scholarship

MEXT Scholarship with University Recommendation at IUJ

International University of Japan

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: Rolling
Master's Scholarship

YKK Leaders 21 Scholarship Grant for Foreign Students

Yoshida Scholarship Foundation

Japan·Fully Funded
Deadline: RollingNationality criteria
Internship

IDB Group Internship Program

Inter-American Development Bank Group

Hybrid·Salary
Deadline: Rolling