Monbukagakusho, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) offers following three scholarships for non-Japanese nationals wishing to study in Japan. Research: offers applicants the opportunity to spend 18 or 24 months conducting independent research under a Japanese professor; any field of study is eligible for the scholarship, but applicants must find a Japanese professor willing to supervise their research; however, this does not guarantee that the applicant will be placed with that professor.