MEXT Quarantine Fee Financial Aid Report
For most of 2021 and early 2022, under strict border controls, Japan stopped new entries of foreigners into Japan, including students. However, MEXT scholars were given exceptions to enter, for…
Profiles of MEXT Scholars Applying for Financial Aid
This is a collection of stories from some of the applicants for MSA’s Giving Back Initiative. Many of these applicants are struggling due to the heavy burden of the quarantine…
MEXT Scholars Giving Back Initiative – Crowdfunding to Support new MEXT Scholars (2020-2021) with Quarantine Fees
MSA has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support MEXT scholars entering Japan in 2021 and who have to pay for their own quarantine fees. We are calling for donations from…
Career Planning 101 – career paths, industries & positions
A career is a 40-year long voyage. Before you set sail, you’ll need a map to choose your destination and route. Royce Lee, a MEXT alumnus & a management consultant,…
How to build an international career from Japan – with Yang Yang from Septeni
Date: March 13th 2021 Time: 10 am – 11 am Japan time The webinar addressed the following concerns and was a must watch for anyone who is interested in: Leveraging…
Report: MSA Financial Aid (Late 2020)
In the last few months of 2020, MSA executed a financial aid program to support scholars returning from overseas and having to bear extraordinary expenses regarding COVID-19 related measures. We…
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – Welcome Webinar Series
Usually, there will be two MEXT scholar welcome events in a year, where MSA will be doing sempai lectures in order to ensure that incoming scholars are equipped with knowledge…
Report: Cross-Border Webinar – How COVID-19 Changed the Business Presence of Japan in the World
On the 31st Oct 2021, MSA held out first Cross-Border Webinar. Around a 100 people across multiple continents in the world joined us in exploring how COVID-19 changed the business…
REPORT – Impact Assessment of COVID-19 on Graduation Plans of MEXT Scholars and Plea for Special Consideration
TOKYO – November 24 2020. Over the period of the COVID emergency declaration and even after, many scholars have faced significant setbacks to their academic pursuits as the global epidemic…
