On September 30, 2014, an award ceremony was held for the Noriko Mizuta Hungary, Poland, Czech, Slovakia Scholarship at Josai University Educational Corporation’s Tokyo Kioicho Campus.
　 This scholarship was originally founded as the Noriko Mizuta Hungary Scholarship in December 2009 to commemorate the visit from then-President of Hungary, Sólyom László, to the Tokyo Kioicho Campus.
　 As part of Josai’s plan to strengthen international exchange to cultivate global human resources, our university has increased academic exchange with institutions in Central Europe, particularly those in the V4. This is the first year students from Slovakia were awarded the scholarship.

Of the 24 recipients of this year’s award who will be studying at either Josai University or Josai International University, 12 are from Hungary (Budapest Business School, Eötvös Loránd University, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, University of Szeged), 7 from Poland (University of Warsaw, University of Lodz, Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology), 2 from the Czech Republic (Charles University in Prague, among others), and 3 from Slovakia (Comenius University in Bratislava, University of Presov in Presov).
　 Following the ceremony, in which Chancellor Mizuta presented each student with their award certificates, two goodwill student ambassadors from each country were appointed for the purpose of extending cultural exchange with Japanese students.

Afterward, Rydz Tomasz of Poland and Toth Boglárka of Hungary, representing this year’s award class for JU and JIU, respectively, took the stage to give their acceptance speech and show their determination. They thanked Chancellor Mizuta and others involved for the fellowship award that will allow them to devote full attention to their studies, “taking this study abroad year to learn about Japan’s diverse cultural tradition, society, economic system, and other subjects.”

In closing, Chancellor Mizuta addressed the scholarship class, saying, “Given that this scholarship had in the past only included students from three different countries, it is with pleasure that we are able to welcome three students from Slovakia for the first time this year. This means that all four countries from the V4 are now represented. Please take this opportunity to study many different things during your time in Japan. I’m sure that this precious experience will prove quite valuable in your future career.”

2014 Fellowship Recipients

Josai University: 13 students
1. Hungary

Name, Department	Home Institution
Antal János Attila, Faculty of Business Administration	Budapest Business School
Patkós Gabriella, Faculty of Business Administration	Budapest Business School
Török Ágnes, Faculty of Business Administration	Budapest Business School
Lein András, Faculty of Contemporary Policy Studies	Eötvös Loránd University
Radvánzki Jakab, Faculty of Contemporary Policy Studies	Eötvös Loránd University
Szabó Lívia, Faculty of Contemporary Policy Studies	Eötvös Loránd University
Bercsényi-Tóth Klaudia, Faculty of Contemporary Policy Studies	Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Madár Anita, Faculty of Contemporary Policy Studies	University of Szeged

2. Poland

Name, Department	Home Institution
Matusiak Sylwia, Faculty of Business Administration	University of Lodz
Szałaj Agnieszka, Faculty of Business Administration	University of Warsaw
Rydz Tomasz, Faculty of Contemporary Policy Studies	University of Warsaw

3. Czech Republic

Name, Department	Home Institution
Matoušová Adéla, Faculty of Business Administration	University of Economics, Prague and Charles University in Prague

4. Slovakia

Name, Department	Home Institution
Slepáková Veronika, Faculty of Business Administration	Comenius University in Bratislava

Josai International University: 11 students
1. Hungary

Name, Department	Home Institution
Németh Nóra, Faculty of International Humanities	Budapest Business School
Szete Cintia, Faculty of International Humanities	Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Simon Szabina, Faculty of Media Studies	Eötvös Loránd University
Tóth Boglárka, Faculty of Tourism	Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

2. Poland

Name, Department	Home Institution
Ciesielski Michał, Faculty of International Humanities	University of Lodz
Lańska Małgorzata Angelika, Faculty of International Humanities	Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology and University of Lodz
Kowalska Anna, Faculty of International Humanities	University of Lodz
Niepsuj Anna, Faculty of International Humanities	University of Lodz

3. Czech Republic

Name, Department	Home Institution
Svojanovská Leona, Faculty of Tourism	University of Economics, Prague

4. Slovakia

Name, Department	Home Institution
Novotný Jakub, Faculty of International Humanities	University of Presov in Presov
Pajorková Rút, Faculty of International Humanities	University of Presov in Presov