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Gerrard59:
You didn't answer his question about whether it's a national or private university?

Thanks Bro.

If it is a private university, they have every right to ask such a question.
Because private universities are expensive even for the Japanese locals.

blackbriar:
Thanks Bro.

If it is a private university, they have every right to ask such a question.
Because private universities are expensive even for the Japanese locals.

yes yes yes!

Those students at private universities, especially in Kansai and Kanto, are the ultimate rich kids. Their parents no want them to study abroad for a long time or they don't have the requisite English skills.

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2027
EMBASSY RECOMMENDATION
FOR (RESEARCH, UNDERGRADUATE, COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIALISED TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS)

The Embassy of Japan in the Federal Republic of Nigeria is happy to announce that the 2027 MEXT Scholarship Program for Research, Undergraduate, College of Technology and Specialised Training College is now open for application.
Please refer to the link below for the detailed scholarship guide:

• Research Students:
https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-research.html

• Undergraduate Students:
https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-undergraduate.html

• College of Technology (KOSEN) Students
https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-technology.html

• Specialized Training College Students
https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-specialized.html
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• Application deadline:
Monday, 8 June 2026
*The application documents should be submitted together with the checklist.
Please download the checklist from here.
https://www.ng.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_ja/11_000001_00768.html

• Submission Address:
Embassy of Japan in Nigeria (MEXT Selection Committee)
No.9 Bobo Street, Off Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja

Please note that:
• Please write the document number shown in the application documents table in the application guidelines at the upper right-hand corner of the first page for all the documents.
• Incomplete applications WILL NOT be processed.
• Applicants for Research category must be born on or after 2 April 1992, while applicants for Undergraduate, College of Technology and Specialised Training College categories must be born on or after April 2, 2002.
KINDLY AND CAREFULLY TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING

1. Applicants MUST study the application guidelines carefully and follow all the instructions therein, before submitting.
2. Make sure to fill out correctly every part of the scholarship application forms. Failure to do so will make your application ineligible, leading to disqualification.
3. Please check that the original academic transcript has been submitted.
4. A photocopy of the graduation certificate or the degree certificate is acceptable if the photocopy is attested by an authorized official of the university. (Do not submit the originals as the submitted documents will not be returned.)
5. Application package MUST be submitted as hardcopy, in-person or by post only. No online/email submission will be accepted.
6. INCOMPLETE submission of application documents (e.g. a copy of graduation certificate/transcripts, recommendation letter, medical certificate form, etc.) will render the application ineligible, therefore, will not be processed or screened.
7. Please, be aware that, if your selected courses are not related to your research plan, you WILL NOT be accepted by the university and WILL BE UNABLE to study in Japan under the program. This applies to only RESEARCH Students category.
8. Please, application package(s) must be carefully and neatly arranged accordingly, to avoid disqualification.

9. Only successful candidates will be contacted at every point of the screening exercise. Be informed that there are some other criteria for screening not contained in this note.

For the 2026/2027 MEXT Embassy Recommendation application in Nigeria, the Embassy of Japan usually follows the official MEXT “Research Students” guideline with some local instructions. The final Nigeria-specific notice is normally released around April–May 2026. Based on the current 2027 MEXT guidelines, this is the exact checklist you should prepare now for the embassy route.


Exact Document Checklist (Research / Masters / PhD)
Required Documents
No. Document Notes
1 2027 MEXT Application Form Use official 2027 form only
2 Placement Preference Form List up to 3 Japanese universities/professors
3 Field of Study & Research Plan One of the most important documents
4 Academic Transcripts From all universities attended
5 Degree Certificate / Statement of Result Or expected graduation letter if still studying
6 Recommendation Letter From lecturer, dean, supervisor, or HOD
7 Medical Certificate Must use official MEXT format
8 Passport Photograph Usually 4.5 cm × 3.5 cm
9 Birth Certificate or Nationality Proof International passport is accepted in many cases
10 Abstract of Thesis Required for PhD applicants or master’s graduates
11 Language Certificates (Optional) IELTS, TOEFL, JLPT if available
12 Research Publications (Optional) Journal papers, conference papers, portfolio, etc.

Number of Copies Required

Most embassies, including Nigeria in previous years, require:
• 1 original set
• 2 photocopy sets

So prepare:
• 3 complete application packages total

The official guideline states applicants must submit one original and two copies.
Important Formatting Rules
Photos
• Taken within last 6 months
• White/plain background
• Write your name and nationality at the back

Recommendation Letter
• Signed by recommender (Use your dad’s network for high ranking civil servants)
• Usually sealed in envelope
• University lecturer/supervisor preferred

Documents Language
All documents must be:
• in English or Japanese
• OR accompanied by certified translation (easily gotten form any federal high court or ministry of education, Abuja)

Transcript Requirements
If you are still in school:
• submit transcript covering all completed semesters so far
• include expected graduation certificate

Nigeria-Specific Things to Expect
The Embassy of Japan in Nigeria usually asks applicants to:
• submit documents physically at the embassy
• attend written exams in Abuja
• Sit for English/Japanese tests
• attend oral interview after written exam

Research applicants often take:
• English exam
• Japanese exam (basic level)

STEM applicants may also face mathematics or subject tests depending on category.
Estimated 2026/2027 Timeline
Period Activity
April–May 2026 Application opens
May–June 2026 Submission deadline
July 2026 Written exam
August 2026 Interview
Sept 2026 First screening results
Nov 2026–Jan 2027 University placement
April 2027 Departure to Japan

Gerrard59:
You didn't answer his question about whether it's a national or private university?

Sorry for the delay

It's National university


A prof has shown interest in my request, but he said he wants to speak with my recommender who happens to be the current HOD of my dept. He sent an email to him which my hod responded, after which he requested for an online but my HOD is yet to respond due to his busy schedule. I just tire

Anyways another professor has scheduled a meeting with me for next week

LalaGreen247:
Sorry for the delay

It's National university
A prof has shown interest in my request, but he said he wants to speak with my recommender who happens to be the current HOD of my dept. He sent an email to him which my hod responded, after which he requested for an online but my HOD is yet to respond due to his busy schedule. I just tire

Anyways another professor has scheduled a meeting with me for next week

Best wishes in your quest. Aim to get in for this October or April 2027 session, as there are plans, and some have actually happened, by national universities to increase tuition fees for foreign students.

Please is it allow to study graduate studies in Japan with dependent?

YEAEMEDIA:
Please is it allow to study graduate studies in Japan with dependent?

By Dependent, you mean bring your spouse and kids?
Yes.

This university explains the process
https://www.grips.ac.jp/en/education/students/visa_information/depend_visa/

Yes

blackbriar:
By Dependent, you mean bring your spouse and kids?
Yes.

This university explains the process
https://www.grips.ac.jp/en/education/students/visa_information/depend_visa/

YEAEMEDIA:
Please is it allow to study graduate studies in Japan with dependent?

Yes. Preferably, the grad student applies to bring the dependent(s) after six months of residing in the country.

Gerrard59:
Best wishes in your quest. Aim to get in for this October or April 2027 session, as there are plans, and some have actually happened, by national universities to increase tuition fees for foreign students.

Once again thanks.

I had the meeting with the professor today and everything went smoothly. Special Shout to blackbriar for the advice he gave on making a presentation on page 47, which I did and the prof appreciated how I communicated my intentions.

He further when on to send me 3 doc which contains details on how to apply and where to fill in my details, in one of the documents, it contains their account details and the application 9,800 yen.

My question is that am I to pay the money via a Nigeria bank, if yes is it just any bank or there are specific banks?

LalaGreen247:
Once again thanks.

I had the meeting with the professor today and everything went smoothly. Special Shout to blackbriar for the advice he gave on making a presentation on page 47, which I did and the prof appreciated how I communicated my intentions.

He further when on to send me 3 doc which contains details on how to apply and where to fill in my details, in one of the documents, it contains their account details and the application 9,800 yen.

My question is that am I to pay the money via a Nigeria bank, if yes is it just any bank or there are specific banks?

Congratulations and wishing you all the best.
Kindly pay the application fee via a Nigerian Bank.
Send back evidence of payments to admission office with the professor copied on the mail.

blackbriar:
Congratulations and wishing you all the best.
Kindly pay the application fee via a Nigerian Bank.
Send back evidence of payments to admission office with the professor copied on the mail.

Thanks man

LalaGreen247:
Once again thanks.

I had the meeting with the professor today and everything went smoothly. Special Shout to blackbriar for the advice he gave on making a presentation on page 47, which I did and the prof appreciated how I communicated my intentions.

He further when on to send me 3 doc which contains details on how to apply and where to fill in my details, in one of the documents, it contains their account details and the application 9,800 yen.

My question is that am I to pay the money via a Nigeria bank, if yes is it just any bank or there are specific banks?

Open an account on raenest.com or any other fintech, that you can create virtual card, then fund your account and transfer above the amount to the virtual card, then use it to pay for the application very easy.

Digbick:
Open an account on raenest.com or any other fintech, that you can create virtual card, then fund your account and transfer above the amount to the virtual card, then use it to pay for the application very easy.

Thanks, I created an access Bank virtual Visa card and paid with it.

LalaGreen247:
Once again thanks.

I had the meeting with the professor today and everything went smoothly. Special Shout to blackbriar for the advice he gave on making a presentation on page 47, which I did and the prof appreciated how I communicated my intentions. He further when on to send me 3 doc which contains details on how to apply and where to fill in my details, in one of the documents, it contains their account details and the application 9,800 yen. My question is that am I to pay the money via a Nigeria bank, if yes is it just any bank or there are specific banks?

Congratulations on your progress so far. Pay via a bank using the SWIFT details of the receiving account in Japan.

@Application fee Y9, 800. What program are you applying to?

Gerrard59:
Congratulations on your progress so far. Pay via a bank using the SWIFT details of the receiving account in Japan.

@Application fee Y9, 800. What program are you applying to?

Research student

LalaGreen247:
Research student

Okay. No wonder. Get the payment details for International transfer from the school and perform it by deduction from your bank account.

Gerrard59:
Okay. No wonder. Get the payment details for International transfer from the school and perform it by deduction from your bank account.

I have sorted it out. Thanks

[quote author=LalaGreen247 post=139470896]I have sorted it out.

Gerrard59:
Then, in this case, she should continue with her job in the federal school while you build capital and expertise. Then apply for a PhD fully prepared with all docs, tests and applications. Application fees should not be a problem. That is where your built-up capital becomes useful.

Australia is better off and within the Asia-Pacific region. In all, na money be the koko. So build up the capital and strike hard when it is time.


This is something I have not written about here, but the car parts/container business I have seen here (I am a member of the Igbo Union in my region) does not look profitable to me and is physically demanding. Without sounding immodest, I can make that kind of money in my family's business back home once I am in full control. Don't get me wrong: there is money, just not the kind of money I want or the kind of money I expected. I have met another man who said there is money doing the same business in China rather than Japan because goods are cheaper, and this is true.

See the new rave behind young people visiting China, even to the factories for goods. You don't have such here, and factory goods are usually cheaper or more affordable for Nigerians. Although goods from Japan have higher quality, but pricing is the issue for Nigerians. The weak yen might help businesses more now than when I got in. Nevertheless, not the kind of money I am interested in.


Your decision to live in either country is your choice, and I respect it.

Are there other businesses someone can export from Japan inorder to make good money??

I'm looking at biomedical tools/devices since that's what my research would be about but I haven't done a market research on Nigeria and possibly other African countries.

LalaGreen247:
Are there other businesses someone can export from Japan inorder to make good money??

I'm looking at biomedical tools/devices since that's what my research would be about but I haven't done a market research on Nigeria and possibly other African countries.

Goods from Japan are way too expensive compared to their Chinese counterparts. Even the spare parts, na used ones o, not new ones. Newer ones are obtained from China. There is nothing the Japanese can produce that there isn't a much affordable Chinese replica that works the same, especially for the African market.

The Japanese are in for a huge reckoning with China when it comes to manufactured goods.

Gerrard59:
Goods from Japan are way too expensive compared to their Chinese counterparts. Even the spare parts, na used ones o, not new ones. Newer ones are obtained from China. There is nothing the Japanese can produce that there isn't a much affordable Chinese replica that works the same, especially for the African market.

The Japanese are in for a huge reckoning with China when it comes to manufactured goods.

What would you say is currently Japan's largest export?

Hello, Is the second year doable on my own if i work the hours given to student, my application result at APU Ritsuimeikan Japan, I was given 30% tuition reduction scholarship MBA, which i was thinking it will be up to 50%-80%, my people in japan already please share with me your opinion, external scholarship i applied for was not given.

LalaGreen247:
What would you say is currently Japan's largest export?

Definitely automobiles, you know the regular names: Honda, Toyota, Zuzuki etc, Heavy medical equipments, Electronics & Video games etc

I haven't been to Japan before, I read this online!!

LalaGreen247:
What would you say is currently Japan's largest export?

Cars then other technological products, but all of its major exports are being fought off by strong Chinese and Korean competitors. Thing is: aside from specialty chemicals, every other major export the Japanese are good at, the Chinese and Koreans are equally good at it and theirs are cheaper. The Chinese produce in large volumes, enough to drown others.

Gerrard59:
Cars then other technological products, but all of its major exports are being fought off by strong Chinese and Korean competitors. Thing is: aside from specialty chemicals, every other major export the Japanese are good at, the Chinese and Koreans are equally good at it and theirs are cheaper. The Chinese produce in large volumes, enough to drown others.

Na real wa
I grew up on Sony, Aiwa, Panasonic, jvc,TDK,sanyo etal as consumer electronics

Today it is LG, Samsung, TCL, hisense and an army of chinko try your luck tvs

Gerrard59:
Cars then other technological products, but all of its major exports are being fought off by strong Chinese and Korean competitors. Thing is: aside from specialty chemicals, every other major export the Japanese are good at, the Chinese and Koreans are equally good at it and theirs are cheaper. The Chinese produce in large volumes, enough to drown others.

Yes this is very true, but people still go to Europe to buy and import goods for reasons best know to them.

I know people import Shuttle bus(Korope) a lot from japan.

But are there steps/measures Japan are taking to compete with China's volume of production?

Digbick:
Hello, Is the second year doable on my own if i work the hours given to student, my application result at APU Ritsuimeikan Japan, I was given 30% tuition reduction scholarship MBA, which i was thinking it will be up to 50%-80%, my people in japan already please share with me your opinion, external scholarship i applied for was not given.

Beppu isn't really a very big city. Why schools do accept installment payment of tuition, I think it be tough to raise that fund considering accommodation and other bills.
Why not look at Fukuoka or Kobe?

My humble 2 cents

Please who can help me with details for application etc. Here is my WhatsApp pls. 07064978321

blackbriar:
Beppu isn't really a very big city. Why schools do accept installment payment of tuition, I think it be tough to raise that fund considering accommodation and other bills.
Why not look at Fukuoka or Kobe?

My humble 2 cents

Accomodation is already in that payment for the first year. AP house 4 all added.