Birthday Bash 2019
Last Saturday we met in beautiful Omotesando to celebrate our 3rd birthday together with representatives from MEXT and JASSO, our sponsors and alumni and as well as current students! The…
MSA Tohoku: Career Pathway
The MSA Tohoku team organized the so-called Career Pathway on the 27th of July, where we invited MEXT Alumni to share their experiences as MEXT scholars and the career opportunities…
Job Hunting in Japan – FULL GUIDE to Foreign Student Recruiters, When and When Not To Use Them
Top photo by ijmaki. You may have heard of foreign student recruiters – particularly when thinking about working in Japan. But what do they do? Why should you work with…
Alumni Voices: Ganesh Pandian
Namasivayam Ganesh Pandian is a MEXT alumnus who is currently working as a Junior Associate Professor and Principal Investigator at Kyoto University. I had the pleasure to interview him and…
Kansai Social: Hanshin Tigers vs. Hiroshima Carps!
On Friday July 5th2019, the Kansai team hosted a baseball outing for our international student community. For a majority of the group, it was their first time to attend a…
MEXT/JASSO/MSA Reception for MEXT Scholars in Kobe
On June 22nd, MEXT and JASSO held their annual reception for newly arrived MEXT scholars in Kobe and MSA was also involved in the organization of this event. As usually, the…
Alumni Voices: Meet Philip Nguyen, an entrepreneur scholar
Philip graduated from UCLA in Earth and Environmental Science and continued to a Master’s and PhD program at Kyoto University under the MEXT scholarship program via university recommendation. Currently, he…
New Partnership between MEXT Scholars Association and JSB Network to Solve Renting Difficulties of Foreign Students in Japan
（Japanese below the English, 和文は英語の後） MSA will assist in publicizing JSB Network’s foreign-student friendly renting service. Special discount to MEXT scholars included in the partnership. | June 8th, 2019 Tokyo,…
MSA Kansai: Golden Week Kickoff 2019
On the first official day of Golden Week 2019 — April 29th, MSA Kansai and Google Local Guides collaborated to organize a photo walk and hike at Takaoyama, along the…
