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The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation

Hitachi

Fellowship program for Specific Research in Japan Studies

The Komai Fellowship

The Komai Fellowship Program was inaugurated under the auspices of the late Kenichiro Komai, the first chairman of the Hitachi Scholarship Foundation, to encourage academic interaction between Southeast Asian countries and Japan in the fields of social and cultural science.

Faculty members specializing in social science or humanities at Southeast Asian universities who wish to conduct individual or joint research with their Japanese counterparts, on topics either wholly or substantially related to Japan, may apply for the program.

Term of assistance

Up to 3 months

Maintenance allowance and other financial support

Airfare:

Economy class roundtrip airfare

Research travel allowance:

At cost but up to ¥100,000

Maintenance allowance:

¥17,000 per day