Bonenkai in Kanto 2018
Our Kanto region Bonenkai (End-of-year party) for 2018 was held on December 22nd, organized by the Kanto Regional Committee. A total of 14 scholars and alumni met at a Showa-period-themed…
Hatsumoude – New Years Prayers at Meiji Shrine
Hatsumoude is the custom of offering New Years’ prayers at a temple or shrine in Japan -and this year MSA started the new year by just doing just that! On…
Reception for MEXT Scholars 2018 in Tokyo
On November 17th, MEXT and JASSO held their annual reception for newly arrived MEXT scholars in Odaiba and MSA was also involved in the organization of this event. The main reception,…
MSA Rafting Trip @ Okutama, October 20th 2018
On Saturday, the 20th of October, the MSA Kanto team organized for the first time an exciting outdoors activity: a half-day whitewater rafting trip at Okutama! The idea was to…
MSA Welcome Meet Ups Autumn 2018
From October until November MSA held welcome meet ups in Hokkaido, Kanto, Kansai and Kyushu. We hope that everyone enjoyed the meet ups and made new friends and would like…
Second Research Meet Up
After a successful research meet up held on the 29th of June, MSA organized a second research meet up on the 29th of September at the University of Tokyo for…
Announcement: Autumn Welcome Meetups 2018
In just a few weeks, a new batch of MEXT scholars will be arriving in Japan. Just as in last year, we will be holding a set of welcome meetups…
Birthday Bash / Annual General Meeting 2018
To celebrate our successes and share our plans for the future the MEXT Scholars Association held its second Annual General Meeting on the 25th of August, 2018. It was attended…
Alumni Voices: In conversation with Arianne Dumayas
Arianne Dumayas firmly believes that Japan is a land of opportunities if you are open to explore different possibilities. With this outlook, she was able to finish her studies and…
