NATSUKI OSHIRO, Nikkei staff writer   TOKYO — Chalk up the trend as another unintended consequence of the social restrictions phase of the pandemic: Young Japanese are more eager than ever to travel, study and work overseas, and are fleeing their home country on working holiday visas.   “If I couldn’t study abroad,” said Yushin Tanaka, a 22-year-old university student….Read more

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel said Thursday that the country should seek to increase the number of Japanese students studying abroad to 500,000 by 2033.   The government’s Council for the Creation of Future Education, chaired by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also called for accepting 400,000 international students to Japan by the same year.   “The growth….Read more

The number of Japanese students studying overseas has decreased significantly due to the new coronavirus pandemic. It is urgently necessary for Japan, whose population and domestic demand are shrinking, to develop globally minded human resources. In light of these circumstances, the Council for the Creation of Future Education, led by the Cabinet Secretariat, is considering setting a goal of sending….Read more

The government is aiming to increase the numbers of foreign students in Japan and Japanese students studying overseas following a sharp drop due to the coronavirus pandemic. It has set a target of sending 500,000 Japanese students overseas and hosting 400,000 foreign students. Neglecting efforts to foster globally-minded human resources would result in a decline in Japan’s international competitiveness.

BY ANIKA OSAKI EXUM, STAFF WRITER   Birthrate decline, wage stagnation and the pandemic-era slowing of student mobility has pushed Japan’s government to propose a new plan to increase the acceptance and dispatch of students in the country over the next ten years.   In its first proposal drafted by the Council for the Future of Education Creation, Prime Minister Fumio….Read more

Nikkei staff writers   TOKYO — The Japanese government has set a target of having 400,000 foreign students studying in the country by 2033, hoping to encourage them to work in the country after they graduate.   The government’s future education panel on Friday revealed the goals, which include 500,000 Japanese studying abroad by the same year. The government will….Read more

The Saturday editions of all national papers took up remarks by Prime Minister Kishida on Friday on the GOJ’s plan to upgrade its existing study abroad programs, saying that the country will aim to accept 400,000 foreign students annually by 2033, up 100,000 from the previous goal, and send 500,000 Japanese students to study overseas in the next decade. The….Read more

On March 7, the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) announced that 10,999 Japanese students studied at a university or other educational institution overseas in fiscal 2021 according to its survey. This figure is about 10% of the peak figure (115,146 Japanese students) set in fiscal 2018 and reflects the impact of COVID-19. Comparable statistics have been kept since fiscal 2009.….Read more