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SPECIAL PROGRAM IN JAPANESE AND EURASIAN STUDIES

Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and
Social Sciences

Preliminary Application Form

Personal Information

1. Name (as in passport)

________________________ ______________________ ____________________

First Middle Last

2. Citizenship

3. Passport Details

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Number Issuing country Issuing place

________________________ ______________________ _____________________

Issuing authority Date of issue Date of expiration

4. Date of Birth 5. Place of Birth 6. Sex

Male Female

7. Marital Status 8. Current Position

Single Married

9. Address (Permanent) Address (Present) Address (Mailing address)

Address (Permanent)
Address (Present)

Phone: Phone: Phone:

Email: Email: Email:

10. Accompanying persons, if any Yes No (If the answer is “yes”, provide the following information)

Name Date of birth Relationship

11. Past entry into/stay in Japan

Yes ( ) Time(s) Latest entry from_______________________ to ______________________
Day Month Year Day Month Year

No
12. Would you like to be considered for The Nippon Foundation Fellowship for your graduate studies?
Yes No

Do you have alternative sources of funding for your study in Japan (scholarships from other foundations, personal funds)?

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Language Competency
13. Mother Tongue

14. Other Languages

English-language Written Oral Listening Speaking

Proficiency Excellent  Excellent  Excellent  Excellent 
Good  Good  Good  Good 
Fair  Fair  Fair  Fair 
Poor  Poor  Poor  Poor 

Other language Written Oral Listening Speaking

Proficiency Excellent  Excellent  Excellent  Excellent 
Good  Good  Good  Good 
Fair  Fair  Fair  Fair 
Poor  Poor  Poor  Poor 
15. Language Proficiency Tests

______________________ ________________________ ______________________

Test Name Score Date taken

______________________ ________________________ ______________________

Test Name Score Date taken

______________________ ________________________ ______________________

Test Name Score Date taken

Educational Background

16. Please indicate your total years of education (from elementary school to the last institution of education).
( ) years

University or equivalent (Name, Attended Degrees and Academic Faculty, Department, or

place, and country) From To Distinctions Obtained Major Course of Study
Month/Year Month/Year

17. Schools or other formal training or education from first year elementary school (include elementary school, secondary school,
and high school)
School (Name, place, and Attended Certificates or Diplomas
country) From To Obtained
Month/Year Month/Year

18. List of Publications (if any).

Employment History

19. Starting with your present post, please list your employment experience in reverse order. Use a separate line for each post.
Include service in the armed forces and note any period during which you were not gainfully employed. If you need more
space, attach additional pages of the same size.
Date Name of Employer Exact Title of Your Post Description of Your Duties
From To

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 Essay

20. Critically analyze your country’s approach to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) in 800-1000 words (total).

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 Statement of Purpose

21. Brief Statement of Purpose (Why are you applying for this program? How will your proposed studies benefit your career goals?) in
800-1000 words (total).
I liked many aspects of this program. Because this program's curriculum is very relevant to my field of study. My bachelor's field is

mainly business and finding solutions to various economic problems using modern information systems in it. The field I am currently

researching is closely related to my university studies. So, I chose the topic of clusters, which are developing as a sector in the economy

today, as my research plan. World experience shows that the cluster approach is considered as one of the important factors in achieving
long-term strategic goals, increasing the effectiveness of state policy on stimulating innovation, attracting investments to the national

economy, and the successful operation of the science-education-production triangle. In new Uzbekistan, special attention is paid to the
modernization and diversification of the economy, the improvement of innovative activity, especially raising the efficiency of agricultural
production through the development of the agro-industrial complex. After all, agriculture as an important branch of our national
economy is considered as a mean of increasing the income of the rural population, ensuring employment and food security at the
national level, and expanding the export potential of the country and in recent years, the process of clustering in the agro-industrial

complex of our country has been rapidly implemented. Through the process of clustering, various scattered farms of agroindustry are

united, and some growth is observed in the state economy. At this point, the public policy plays an important role in the development of

the strategy of clusters on a large scale. Public policy that provides rules, mechanisms, and incentives for capturing external economies
will improve productivity and, with it, job, wage, and innovation growth. Of course, our economy will have to rely on the experience of
foreign countries to make many achievements in this area. It should be noted that the cluster approach to the development of agro-
industry is implemented in the form of cluster policy, and there are two models of cluster policy in world practice. The first is the liberal
model (USA, Great Britain, Australia, Canada), in which the cluster is a component of the market, and the role of the federal government
is to remove obstacles to its natural development. The second model is the “dirigiste” model (Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore,
Sweden, France, Finland, Slovenia), in which the state actively participates in the creation and development of clusters.Based on the
world experience and based on the characteristics of the current clustering policy, the "dirigisme" form of management is recommended
for the development of the agro-industry network and the national economy in general through clustering in Uzbekistan.

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 Research Proposal

22. Topic of the Proposed Research

23. Research Questions (Please state your research questions).

24. Literature Review (Please provide an academic background to the research that you are proposing. Please critically analyze the
relationship among different works on your topic and show how they relate to your proposed research).

25. Outcome of your proposed research.