The Government of Japan through its Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology (MEXT) Scholarship has once again granted the opportunity to a Samoan
national to further his studies in his respective field at a prominent University in Japan for its
academic year 2024-2025.
The Embassy of Japan in Apia organised a brief pre-departure orientation for the scholarship
recipient earlier today (25 March).
Mr. Le’aututū Manuia Lameta-Brown, a 26 year old male from the village of Ululoloa, has
been selected to pursue his Master’s program in the area of energy systems focusing
specifically on providing grid inertia support for greater utilisation of inverter-based
renewable energy resources at Kyoto University. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering
(Honours) from the University of Auckland.
Mr. Lameta-Brown is very excited to travel to Japan to pursue further studies in his
respective field and hopes that upon completion of his course he would remarkably contribute
to the development of Samoa.
The scholarship program not only underscores the strong ties between Japan and Samoa but
also aims to promote academic and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Samoa, H.E. Mr. SENTA Keisuke
congratulated the recipient and wished him all the best in successful achievements of his
studies and his future endeavours.
Information about Japan’s MEXT Scholarship.
Japanese Government (MEXT) offers several types of scholarship to people of Independent
State of Samoa to study in Japan every year. Embassy of Japan in Samoa conduct the
selection of the candidate.
 Teachers Training Students Scholarship (selection period: February/March)
 Specified Training College Students Scholarship (selection period: June/July)
 Undergraduate Student Scholarship (selection period: June/July)
 Research student Scholarship (selection period: June/July)
The requirements of applicants and the availabilities of fields of study varies and if you are
interested, please feel free to email japanese.embassy@ap.mofa.go.jp, contact the Embassy of
Japan on Ph: 21187 or visit us at the 2 nd floor of the SNPF Plaza.