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Applications for the Toshizo Watanabe International Scholarship for 2026 are being accepted from September 28 September 2026 to Monday 14 December 2026. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scholarship is one of the few programs in Japan that provides scholarships (tuition and other fees and subsidies for living expenses) for young refugees to pursue higher education at universities and graduate schools. It provides a pathway to the future for many young people from Syria, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and other countries who have been forced to flee to Japan due to recent conflicts and persecution, or who find it difficult to return home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Online information session<\/strong> on this scholarship program will be held as below. If you are considering applying, please feel free to register and join in.
First session: 2<\/strong>5th Sep 2026 Fri 6:00-7:30pm<\/strong><\/strong>
Second session: 27th Oct 2026 Tue 6:00-7:30pm<\/strong><\/strong>
▶ Register for the session here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Message from Mr. Toshizo Watanabe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(On the occasion of the establishment of this scholarship, we would like to share with you a message from the donor, Mr. Toshizo Watanabe, to the young people who have gone through the refugee experience.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have worked for a long time in the United States, which has hosted many refugees. I have seen many people who fled their home countries, received higher education in the U.S. as refugees, and have integrated into American society. The U.S. has accepted many refugees from Vietnam and provided them with opportunities for higher education, and many refugees are active in American society. The first female Secretary of State, Ms. Albright, who died in March 2022, was a refugee from Eastern Europe. She received her higher education in the U.S. as a child of refugees and later served in the Clinton administration as Ambassador to the United Nations and then as Secretary of State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan has not accepted refugees for a long time, but I want you to prove that refugees who have fled to Japan can also play an active role in Japanese society if they are given the opportunity to pursue higher education in Japan. I have established this scholarship fund in the hope that Japan will become as accepting of diversity as other developed countries. You may be active in Japanese society after completing your higher education in Japan, or you may return to your home country in the future and play an active role there, and that is fine. But in any case, I hope that you will become a bridge between Japan and your home country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever your dreams are, please make them your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toshizo Watanabe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Overview<\/strong><\/strong><\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25a0Scholarship Benefits<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\uff08\uff11\uff09Tuition and Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n