Return Airfare Allowance ・Career Plan Survey

Return Airfare Allowance

Upon completion of your designated study period and course / research work, you will receive an air ticket to return to your country. Air tickets cover flights departing from Tokyo or regular flights departing from cities with international airports to the international airport closest to your place of return. Travel expenses within Japan as well as airport taxes are not covered.

To receive a return air ticket, you must submit the Return Airfare Allowance Application (kikokuryohi shikyu hinseisho) to the Academic Affairs Section of your faculty / graduate school ten weeks prior to your date of departure (If you are planning to leave Japan in March, you must submit your application by mid-December at the latest). Even persons requesting an extension of their scholarship period must submit a return airfare allowance application in the event their application is denied and they are planning to return to their home country.

The return airfare allowance will not be provided under the following circumstances :

1. Applicant has not departed from Japan by the designated date.
2. Applicant has not submitted their application by the deadline.
3. Applicant has returned to their home country for personal reasons before ending their designated study period.
4. Applicant has chosen to remain in Japan after the designated study period ends.
5. Applicant is receiving travel expenses from an institution other than MEXT.
6. Applicant has violated any article of their pledge to MEXT.
7. Scholarship students who were selected under the Japanese Government Scholarship (Top Global University Project).

Return air tickets will be issued about one or two weeks prior to the date of departure by a travel agency specified by MEXT. Please note that tickets cannot be converted into cash.

Career Plan Survey

At the end of your scholarship term, you will be asked to complete a career plan survey.
Please participate in this survey.