Application Kit for MEXT (Embassy Recommendation)

What's inside

• AsiaPacific_MEXT_Embassy_User_Guide.docx

  This guide: how the kit works, the programme's rules, and your final checklist.

• AsiaPacific_MEXT_Embassy_Research_Plan_Worksheets_TEMPLATE.docx

  One worksheet per section of the Field of Study and Research Plan form and two for the Placement Preference form: what the form asks, the limit, recall questions, a structure planner and a self-check.

• AsiaPacific_MEXT_Embassy_STAR_Evidence_Bank_TRACKER.xlsx

  Your academic and research evidence in Situation, Task, Action, Result form, tagged to the selection points, with a coverage sheet that shows gaps before the interview.

• AsiaPacific_MEXT_Embassy_Interview_Question_Bank_TEMPLATE.docx

  Practice questions for the first-screening interview, grouped by the points the guidelines say are assessed, with space for story IDs and key points.

• AsiaPacific_MEXT_Embassy_Recommendation_Brief_TEMPLATE.docx

  A factual brief for your academic recommender (and your employer if you work): what the sample form covers, the sealed-envelope rule and your embassy deadline.

• AsiaPacific_MEXT_Embassy_Application_Timeline_TRACKER.xlsx

  Your embassy deadline, back-planned tasks, the published milestones of the 2027 intake as a pattern, and a cost tracker.

Who it's for

• Graduates from Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya or Ghana applying through their Embassy of Japan for a master's or research student place
• Applicants who need to turn a research idea into a concrete 2-page plan
• Applicants preparing for the first-screening written tests and interview

How the documents work together

1. 1

   Check eligibility: Confirm your nationality, your birth date against the age rule, your years of schooling and your country's extra conditions (for example India's minimum marks, Kenya's degree class). (User Guide)

2. 2

   Set your dates: When your embassy posts the new call, enter its deadline and the written-test and interview dates in the timeline. (Application Timeline)

3. 3

   Collect evidence: Record your thesis, projects, courses, lab or field skills and any publications as stories, and tag them. (STAR Evidence Bank)

4. 4

   Brief your recommender: Send the brief and your draft research theme early, so the letter can be sealed and returned before your deadline. (Recommendation Brief)

5. 5

   Build the research plan: Work through section 1, then section 2 (theme, then detailed plan). Write the plan yourself, on the current-year form. (Research Plan Worksheets)

6. 6

   Choose universities: Identify 1 to 3 universities, graduate schools and advisors that match your plan, for the Placement Preference form. (Research Plan Worksheets)

7. 7

   Check and submit: Run the self-checks and the final checklist; number each document in the top right corner; submit in the way your embassy requires. (User Guide)

8. 8

   Prepare the first screening: Practise past written papers under time limits and practise the interview questions aloud. (Interview Question Bank)

Route check

Choose this kit if you apply through the Embassy of Japan in your country (Embassy Recommendation). It does not cover the University Recommendation route, where a Japanese university nominates you. For Korea, see the GKS Graduate kit; for China, the Chinese Government Scholarship kit.

General information

What's not included

• Sample research plans or model answers
• Editing, review or coaching
• Contact with universities or advisors on your behalf
• The University Recommendation route

Format & delivery

A ZIP file with one Word user guide and the working files listed above (.docx and .xlsx). Opens in Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, or LibreOffice. Download link valid for 30 days and 5 downloads. Each file is licensed to you and marked with your order details.

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