Experience After Quarantine
New scholars need to prepare many things before they embark on their journey to make the best out of their first couple of days in Japan. However, after arriving in…
My Quarantine Experience
Hello everyone. I am Arief Anthonius Purnama, from Indonesia. I arrived in Japan in June 2021. I am going to study at Shimane University. I am going to share my…
Making Study Abroad a Little Less Daunting for Africans
The Study Abroad Research Institute African students remain a rare breed in contemporary Japan, despite the rapid internationalization of the country’s population. Japanese government data show that as of May…
The Man Behind Making Japan Higher Education More Accessible
M Saiham Hossain MEXT Scholar at Ritsumeikan University Even 5 years ago, when someone said study abroad, people usually thought about the US, UK, Australia and the other English-speaking countries,…
That One Time I Identified with GRIT
Lian Sabella Castillo MEXT Research Student class 2020 This isn’t an excessively inspirational story. In fact, I’d want it to be as close to reality as possible. To put it…
Scholar feature: Tokyo State of Mind (with Katya and Khamida)
One of MSA’s goals is to highlight and publicize the achievements of current scholars and alumni. By doing so we wish to show what recipients of the MEXT scholarship, both…
