Revised Nov 11, 2022

Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology (MEXT)

Designated Countries

East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa North America

Country or region Country or Region Country or Region

Mongolia Angola United States
Benin
Southeast Asia Botswana South America
Burkina Faso
Country or region Burundi Country or Region
Brunei Cameroon Argentina
Cambodia Cabo Verde Bolivia
Indonesia Central African Republic Brazil
Laos Chad Chile
Malaysia Comoros Colombia
Myanmar Congo (Brazzaville) Ecuador
Philippines Congo (Kinshasa) Guyana
Singapore Cote d’Ivoire Paraguay
Thailand Djibouti Peru
Viet Nam Equatorial Guinea Suriname
Eritrea Uruguay
Eswatini Venezuela
Southwest Asia Ethiopia
Gabon Central and Eastern Europe
Country or region
Gambia
Bangladesh Country or Region
Ghana
Bhutan Albania
Guinea
India Austria
Guinea-Bissau
Maldives Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kenya
Nepal Bulgaria
Lesotho
Pakistan Croatia
Liberia
Sri Lanka Cyprus
Madagascar
Malawi Czech Republic
Mali Greece
Middle East and North Africa
Mauritania Hungary
Mauritius Kosovo
Country or region
Mozambique Lichtenstein
Afghanistan
Namibia Montenegro
Algeria
Niger North Macedonia
Bahrain
Nigeria Poland
Egypt
Rwanda Romania
Iran
Sao Tome and Principe Serbia
Iraq
Senegal Slovakia
Israel
Seychelles Slovenia
Jordan
Sierra Leone Switzerland
Kuwait
Somalia Ukraine
Lebanon
Libya South Africa
South Sudan Russia and CIS Countries
Morocco
Oman Sudan
Tanzania Country or Region
Palestine
Togo Armenia
Qatar
Uganda Azerbaijan
Saudi Arabia
Zambia Kazakhstan
Syria
Zimbabwe Kyrgyzstan
Tunisia
Moldova
Turkey
Tajikistan
United Arab Emirates
Turkmenistan
Yemen
Uzbekistan