Mie Prefecture International Student Scholarship – Recruitment of Scholarship for 2019 –

三重県留学生奨学金  ―2019年度 奨学生の募集―

2019/03/04 Monday Education, Seminars and Events

In Mie Prefecture, in-order to develop the human resources rich in international perspective, we offer scholarships to privately financed overseas students studying abroad, foreign students studying in the prefecture, and foreign students studying at a medical and nursing universities in the prefecture, etc. The contents of the recruitment of scholarships for 2019 are as follows.

[Target and benefit amount]

There is an upper limit on the equivalent tuition fee of the enrolled university, the amount to be provided is:

  1. Private Expenses up to 5 International students – up to 1,200,000 yen per year (School agreement up to 840,000 yen per year)
  2. Private Expenses up to 5 Foreign students – up to 600,000 yen per year
  3. Private Expenses up to 3 Medical / Nursing foreign students – up to 600,000 yen per year

[Qualification requirements]

  1. Privately financed overseas international students (those who wish to study abroad, as of April 1, 2019)
    1. Those who have an address in Mie prefecture continuously for more than one year, or their children.
    2. If you are a foreign national and meet one of the conditions below

① Persons who have either residence status of “Permanent Resident”, “Spouse of Japanese, etc.”, “Spouse of Permanent Resident etc.”, “Settlers”, and who have an address in Mie prefecture continuously for more than one year.

② Those who have a “Special Permanent Resident” status of residence and who have an address in Mie prefecture for more than one year

③ Those who fit in with items ① and ②, etc.

  1. Privately financed foreign international students attending universities etc. in the prefecture.
  2. Privately financed foreign students attending a doctor and nurse training institutions in the prefecture.

* Must be under 40 years old as of April 1, 2019

[Acceptance Period]

From March 4, 2019 (Monday) to April 19 (Friday) until 5pm (No later than, Mailing allowed)

[How to apply]

For details, please contact Mie-ken Kokusai Koryu Zaidan.

After April 1, 2019, please contact Mie-ken Kankyo Seikatsu-bu Diversity Shakai Suishin-ka

If you are a foreign student, please consult the International Student Affairs Division of your university etc.

[Contact]

Koeki Zaidanhojin   Mie-ken Kokusai Koryu Zaidan
Address 〒514-0009 Tsu-shi Hadokoro-cho 700 UST-TSU 3F
TEL  059-223-5006  FAX  059-223-5007 E-mail  mief@mief.or.jp

*From April 1, 2019, contact:

Mieken Kankyo Seikatsu-bu Diversity Shakai Suishin-ka Tabunkakyosei-han
Address 〒514-0009 Tsu-shi Hadokoro-cho 700 UST-TSU 3F
TEL  059-222-5974  FAX  059-222-5984  E-mail  tabunka@pref.mie.jp

The number of foreign residents in the prefecture increased to 50.612 (+ 6.2% over the previous year)

2019/03/04 Monday Education, Seminars and Events

県内の外国人住民数が50,612人(前年比+6.2%)に増加しました

Results of Foreign Residents Citizenship / Regional Population Survey (December 31, 2018)

Mie prefecture conducts surveys once a year on the number of foreign residents.

The outline of the survey results is as follows. For details, please see the website of Mie Ken Diversity Shakai Suishin-ka (only in japanese).
http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/common/01/ci500005057.htm

Survey Result

  1. Number of foreign residents in Mie prefecture as of the end of 2018
    50,612 people (2,947 people, up 6.2% over the previous year)
    ※ It increased for 5 consecutive years from 2013.
  2. Percentage of foreign residents in total prefecture population
    2.77% (2.60% in the previous year)
  3. Number of foreign residents by nationality / region
Ranking Country Number of foreign residents Ratio Increase/
Decrease number
Rate of change
1 Brasil 12.879 25,4% -114 -0.9%
2 China 7.938 15,7% 204 2.6%
3 Filipinas 6.904 13,6% 350 5.3%
4 Vietnã 5.960 11,8% 1.628 37.6%
5 Coreia do Sul 4.413 8,7% -23 -0.5%
6 Peru 3.074 6,1% 17 0.6%
7 Indonésia 1.614 3,2% 127 8.5%
8 Tailândia 1.512 3,0% 121 8.7%
9 Nepal 1.221 2,4% 253 26.1%
10 Bolívia 964 1,9% -10 -1.0%
Others 4.133 8,2% 394 10.5%
Total for Mie Prefecture 50.612 100.0% 2.947 6.2%

 

  1. Number of foreign residents by city and town Top 10 Municipalities
Ranking Municipality  Foreign Number Composition ratio Increase/
decrease number
Ratio of change
1 Yokkaichi 9.602 19,0% 709 8.0%
2 Tsu 8.638 17,1%   398 4.8%
3 Suzuka 8.209 16,2% -248 -2.9%
4 Iga 5.330 10,5% 633 13.5%
5 Matsusaka 4.319 8,5% 244 6.0%
6 Kuwana 4.087 8,1% 371 10.0%
7 Kameyama 1.951 3,9% -98 -4.8%
8 Inabe 1.913 3,8% 216 12.7%
9 Komono 942 1,9% 40 4.4%
10 Ise 935 1,8% 98 11.7%

 

  1. Percentage of the number of foreign residents by city town Top 10 municipalities
Ranking Municipality name Percentage of foreigners Number of foreign residents Japanese population
1 Kisosaki 6,43% 406 5.907
2 Iga 5,78% 5.330 86.849
3 Inabe 4,19% 1.913 43.718
4 Suzuka 4,10% 8.209 192.179
5 Kameyama 3,93% 1.951 47.691
6 Kawagoe 3,35% 505 14.559
7 Tsu 3,09% 8.638 271.164
8 Yokkaichi 3,08% 9.602 302.588
9 Kuwana 2,87% 4.087 138.370
10 Matsusaka 2,62% 4.319 160.249
Total 2,77% 50.612 1.773.962