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Only applicants with official recommendations from partner universities of Osaka University (Inter-University Agreementsand Inter-Faculty Agreements with Osaka University) are eligible.  \n(2) Nationality Applicants must have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan. An applicant who has Japanese nationality at the time of application is not eligible. However, persons with dual nationality who hold Japanese nationality and whose place of residence atthe time of application is outside of Japan are eligible to apply as long as they choose the nationality of the other country and renounce their Japanese nationality by the date of their arrival in Japan.  \n(3) Age Applicants must be born between April 2, 1993 and April 1, 2005.  \nExceptions are limited to cases in which MEXT deems that the applicant could not apply within the eligible age limit due to the situation or circumstances of the applicant’s country (military service obligation, loss of educational opportunities due to disturbances of war, etc.) Personal circumstances (financial situation, family circumstances, state of health, circumstances related to applicant’s university or place of employment, etc.) will not be considered for exceptions.  \n(4) Academic Background Applicants must satisfy the following three conditions.  \n①Applicants must be undergraduates at foreign (non-Japanese) universities at the time of arriving in and leaving Japan.  \n②Those who are majoring in fields related to the Japanese language or Japanese culture.  \n③Those who have studied Japanese language or Japanese culture at a university for a total period of one year or more as of September 2023.  \n(For those who have studied Japanese language or Japanese culture at another university and the time spent studying there totals one year or more: please submit a document [a transcript at another university] which can verify that applicants have been studying Japanese language or Japanese culture for a total period of one year or more) .  \n(5) Japanese Language Ability Applicants must meet one of the following requirements.  \n①Applicants must have Japanese language proficiency of Level N2 or higher than Level N2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) .  \n②Those who have Japanese language proficiency equivalent to or higher than Level N2 of JLPT evaluated by Osaka University.  \n(6) Health Those who are determined by their home university that applicants have no physical or mental conditions hindering the applicant’s study in Japan.  \n(7) Arrival in Japan In principle, applicants must arrive in Japan on the date (scheduled on September 27) designated by Osaka University. (Unless the applicant has an unavoidable reason, if an applicant cannot arrive in Japan in the designated date by Osaka University, he/she must withdraw from this scholarship program. Also, if an applicant cannot arrive in Japan on the date designated by Osaka University for personal reasons, travel expenses to Japan will not be paid.)  \n(8) Visa acquisition An applicant shall, in principle, newly obtain a “Student” visa at the Japanese diplomatic  \nmission located in the applicant’s country of nationality, and enter Japan with the newly obtained residence status of “Studen","cbCaiiFLBchSwr2q","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiFLBchSwr2q","pdf",300781,"English","# Qualifications and Conditions\n## Eligible applicants and recommendation requirement\n## Nationality requirements\n## Age requirements\n## Academic background requirements\n## Japanese language ability requirements\n## Health and study suitability\n## Arrival in Japan schedule\n## Visa acquisition requirements\n## Non-eligibility and withdrawal obligations","[{\"question\":\"Who is eligible to apply for the 2023 MEXT Scholarship (Nikkensei) through Osaka University?\",\"answer\":\"Applicants must aim to study at a Japanese university to deepen understanding of Japanese language, affairs, and culture, and must be newly coming from abroad. 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