On Aug. 8, Fukuoka City held a conferral ceremony for the eight recipients of its Startup Scholarship Loan. The ¥100,000/month scholarship is given to local university students to subsidize study abroad for up to one year on an exchange program sponsored by their university Students who join a local company or start their own company upon returning to the city are exempt from repaying the loan. “I want to improve my communication skills, expand my personal networks and tell everyone about Fukuoka,” said Misa Kirikihira, a 4th-year student in the Kyushu University Faculty of Law who will spend one year at Newcastle University in Great Britain. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 8/12
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