{"id":541,"date":"2020-10-30T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T05:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/?page_id=541"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:04:41","slug":"overseas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/overseas","title":{"rendered":"Overseas candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6684 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/banner\/b_overseas.png\" alt=\"b_overseas\" width=\"765\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship (Overseas candidates) is for overseas students scheduled to enroll in a Japanese university \/ graduate school. All Rotary International District in Japan will open for 2026 enrollment.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are expected to have Japanese language proficiency: to understand basic Japanese: JLPT N4 level.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants have to find out and apply for Japanese universities \/ graduate schools by themselves before applying for this scholarship and are requested to submit a copy of the application for admission for the university \/ graduate school. Those who enroll in graduate schools are requested to submit a recommendation letter from a supervisor \/ professor of the applicants\u2019 targeted graduate school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/pdf-data\/en_application_poster.pdf\">Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship for Overseas Candidate (poster)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;Important&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Read the Application Guidelines thoroughly and carefully, then prepare the documents precisely. Please do not submit any documents which are not required in the guidelines.<\/p>\n<h3>Download<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">When applying, please download and use the following documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/pdf-data\/en_application_guide2026.pdf\">Application Guide for Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship for Overseas Candidate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/pdf-data\/form1_application.docx\">Application for Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/pdf-data\/form2_research_plan.docx\">Research Plan at Japanese University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/pdf-data\/form3_composition.docx\">Essay \u201cWhy I chose to study in Japan. My future plan after studying in Japan.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/pdf-data\/form4_recommendation_letter.docx\">Recommendation Letter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&lt;Reference&gt;<\/p>\n<p>A summary of the scholarship program and application guidelines is available (in Japanese). Please take a look it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/pdf-data\/jp_application_requirements.pdf\">Outlining the application requirements (in Japanese)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Application<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Registration is required to apply for a scholarship for Overseas Candidate.<br \/>\nEnter information to the dedicated forms on the website and upload the application documentation.<br \/>\nPlease click the button below.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/content\/uploads\/banner\/b_register.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u203bThe application period has now closed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u203bPlease enter the exact name of the Japanese university or graduate school you are applying for. If you plan to go on to a university outside of Japan or language school, you are not eligible to apply.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Application Period:<\/strong><br \/>\nFor both April and fall (September\/October) 2026 Enrollment.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">From: 13:00 JST, October 1, 2025<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>To: 13:00 JST, October 31, 2025<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Announcement of Selection Results\uff1a<\/strong><br \/>\nTo Be Notified by the Middle of March 2026.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: initial\">Selection results will be notified to the applicants by email, and a certificate of eligibility will be issued to the successful applicants by the end of March 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>*If the applicant is rejected for admission to the issuing university \/ graduate school, s\/he will lose eligibility for the scholarship at that point.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scholarship\uff1a<\/strong><br \/>\nFor April enrollment: Scholarship payment begins in April 2026<br \/>\nFor fall enrollment: Scholarship payment begins in October (or September) 2026<br \/>\n(1)Undergraduates\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 100,000 yen per month<br \/>\n(2)Master\u2019s students \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0140,000 yen per month<br \/>\n(3)Doctoral students \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0140,000 yen per month<br \/>\n*Research students are not eligible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supplemental Payment for Airfare\uff1a<\/strong><br \/>\nActual expenses to arrive to Japan up to 250,000 yen is reimbursed, after arrival in Japan. Successful applicants must submit all relevant receipts. Only the economy class fee is covered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Successful applicants must arrive in Japan prior to the designated month of admission. If not entered Japan by the month scholarship commences, the eligibility will automatically be lost.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact Information<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">If you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact us by the following form.<\/span> \n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe src=\"\/content\/uploads\/form\/WebToCase_180110_En.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship (Overseas candidates) is for overseas students scheduled to enroll in a J &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"detail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/overseas\">Overseas candidates \u306e\u8a73\u7d30\u3078<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-en.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}