[2] The Minister's Secretariat is the department that manages general policies that affect the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a whole.

The collective goal of the two organizations is to create mutual, sustainable development through education, science, and culture.

This includes overseeing permission of grants, teacher quality, as well as the selection and admission of both domestic and abroad students.

[2] The Japan Sports Agency is tasked with the promotion of physical education and health, as well as maintaining the country's ability to compete in international athletics.

Over the years, Japan separately created each of the agencies that would eventually combine to make the current organization.

Nonetheless, each department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology researches programs and institutions to fund.

[2] The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, were able to get their funding increased successfully through the years.

[6][7] It offers financial support of up to ¥80,000 per month for the top 1% of students of any foreign country for studies at a Japanese university.

[8] MEXT sends teachers around the world to serve in nihonjin gakkō, full-time Japanese international schools in foreign countries.