Japan.  Within the framework of the “Global Lab” project at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, our lab is conducting pioneering work in combining the real world with the virtual world - in particular, the 3D online virtual world “Second Life” (and soon, OpenSim) - in novel ways, for the benefit of both.
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Japan. Kochi University of Technology
Through Special Scholarships Program (SSP) the University try to support highly capable international students. Each year the university enrolls selected foreign doctoral students under specific research projects.
The students pursue the doctoral course in English while at the same time [...]

In 1987, the World Bank, with funding from the Government of Japan, established the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (WBGSP) for graduate studies in subjects related to economic development. This program, now known as the Regular Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), is in its 13th year. The program awards scholarships to individuals from World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies at universities renowned for their development research and teaching. In its Regular Program, the JJ/WBGSP has awarded scholarships to 1,636 scholars chosen from a total of nearly 32,000 applicants.