The Monbukagakusho Scholarship (文部科学省奨学金 Monbukagakushō Shōgakukin), formerly known as Monbusho Scholarship, is an academic scholarship offered by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagaku-shō, or MEXT). To date, some 65,000 students from approximately 160 countries and regions around the world have studied in Japan under the Japanese Government Scholarship program established in 1954.