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Congratulations Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship Recipients!

September 12, 2025

Congratulations Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship Recipients!

Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations! The following is the list of the Autumn 2025 Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship recipients and their projects:

Miki Arakaki: A Study on the Verb Collocation Consolidation by Intermediate-Advanced Learners of Japanese

Keitaro Mitsuhashi: The Effect of the Teaching Treatment with the Performance Watch and Performance Activity on the Acquisition of Speech Level Downshift by Learners of Japanese

Joseph Santiago: An Analysis of Students’ Transition into Advanced Japanese Study through an Individualized Instruction Course

Matthew Steinhauer: Traversing Japanese Realities: Learning to Participate in A Culture through Virtual Reality

Saori Wakita: The Influence of L2 English in L1 Japanese Speaker’s Judgments on English Loanwords

Good luck with the projects!


Nissen Chemitec America Scholarships are given to selected students annually who plan to study in Japan or/and conduct research on Japan. Nissen Chemitec America Inc., located in London, Ohio, produces automotive parts.

Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship Selection Committee: M. Nakayama and A. Terada