Zubair Qureshi
The government of Japan has announced MEXT Research Scholarships 2019—a fully funded programme by the Government of Japan for students to study in top-ranking Japanese universities—for thirty Pakistani students to pursue their Masters and Doctorate degrees in their respective fields of study.
The current year’s selected Pakistani students had directly applied to the universities in Japan and upon recommendation by their respective professors got selected for the prestigious MEXT scholarship.
Embassy of Japan on Wednesday held a pre-departure orientation session for the scholarship recipients where Dr Yasar Ayaz, former MEXT scholar and head of Robotics department at NUST, briefed the students and shared his knowledge and experience of studying and living in Japan with the young scholarship awardees.
Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Kuninori Matsuda, while speaking on the occasion deeply congratulated the students upon their selection for the Japan’s prestigious MEXT research scholarship providing them an opportunity to study in the best Japanese universities.
The ambassador advised the scholarship recipients to focus on their studies while they are in Japan and give second priority to other attractions and temptations. “You better prepare and try to concentrate on your works and study first and enjoy second.
Japan and Pakistan, he said are committed to each other to strengthen mutual economic relations and many Japanese companies have been invited to come and invest in Pakistan. Similarly Japan is ready to facilitate Pakistani companies to do their business in Japan and this would provide a job opportunity for the students in their specialized fields.
Japan’s MEXT Research Scholarships were first launched in 1954.
Since the first Pakistani student went to Japan on scholarship in 1963, up till now a large number of Pakistani students have successfully returned to Pakistan after obtaining their PhD/Master’s degrees in Japan.
