The Negros Occidental provincial government is accepting applications for a scholarship program providing study and work opportunities in Japan.

Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson recently met with Japanese coordinator Fumio Mizuno to discuss scholarship agreements.

There are 12 spot available for the program which begins in March 2020.

Qualified applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 26, a college graduate or undergraduate, and must take a three-month Japanese language training course at the Organization for Industrial, Spiritual, and Cultural Advancement Training Center in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City.

The program was initiated in an effort to produce candidates qualified to work in Japan./WDJ