The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFJ) has created a framework for universities to support students studying abroad. This framework is a fund designed to use profits from its management of deposits in U.S. dollars for scholarship, and Kokugakuin University will establish it. The new framework is unique in that the interest income of the fund will be paid in dollars….Read more
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Mitsubishi UFJ to support students studying abroad with new framework
- January 31, 2018
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Girls Unlimited Program (3): A keen awareness of the importance of verbal communication
Many students who have studied abroad participate in the U.S. Embassy’s “Girls Unlimited Program (GUP)” for female students of junior and senior high schools. Erina Kondo, 17, a second year student at a private high school in Tokyo, has dreamed of studying abroad since she was in junior high school. To her father’s objection that “it’s dangerous for a….Read more
- January 14, 2018
- , Asahi
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- U.S. Embassy
Girls Unlimited Program (6): A different way of discussing in New Zealand
Chika Ezure, 17, a second-year student at Toshimagaoka-joshigakuen Senior High School in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward, who participates in the U.S. Embassy’s “Girls Unlimited Program (GUP)” for female junior and senior high school students, had a bitter experience. When Ezure participated in a Model United Nations scene, she had difficulty bringing together dozens of her team members. When a girl….Read more
- January 20, 2018
- , Asahi , p. 27
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Why don’t more Japanese study abroad? The cost and the hassle, survey shows
On a chilly, wet Saturday in November, I made my way over to Senzoku Gakuen, a renowned private all-girls junior and senior high school located almost equal distance between Tokyo and Yokohama. I had been invited to assist at a college fair sponsored by the school together with a nonprofit that does these things — the U.S. College Alumni Network….Read more
- January 24, 2018
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
‘Hometown tax’ supports study abroad
Amid worries that young people are becoming too inward-looking, some municipalities are using revenue from the “hometown tax” scheme to help local high school and junior high school students study abroad. The programs have a variety of objectives, from supporting long-term overseas study, training workers for the tourism industry, and passing on local history. Some municipalities provide donors with reports….Read more
- December 30, 2017
- , The Japan News , 7:34 p.m.
- English Press
Foreign students to Japan reach record high
TOKYO — The number of foreign students enrolled in Japan totaled a record 267,042 as of May, with most of them from Asian countries and region, a government affiliate said Wednesday. The number of students registered at Japanese universities or language schools rose 11.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the Japan Student Services Organization, an independent administrative….Read more
- December 27, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 7:35 p.m.
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Yokosuka native Haruna Kamezaki attains the American dream
By Kaori Shoji, special to The Japan Times Haruna Kamezaki Houchen hails from Yokosuka — a city in Kanagawa Prefecture famed for serving what was arguably Japan’s first curry on rice, an American naval base and Momoe Yamaguchi’s 1976 mega-hit “Yokosuka Story.” Back in the late 20th century, many Tokyoites saw Yokosuka as exciting and exotic — a slice….Read more
- December 23, 2017
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
Number of Japanese researchers studying in U.S. drops sharply
NHK reported this morning that Japanese science is in crisis and one of the factors is the decline in the number of researchers studying abroad. In particular, the number of researchers studying in the U.S. has dropped sharply to one-third of the figure of 15 years ago. The network reported on a 37-year-old Japanese researcher currently studying at Duke University who….Read more
- December 14, 2017
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Japanese students shying away from studying in U.S.
The number of Japanese students studying in graduate and undergraduate programs in the U.S. is on the decline. According to a U.S. survey released on Nov. 13, the number of Japanese students studying at American universities and graduate schools fell to about 19,000 last year, registering the 12th straight year of decline. Japan substantially trails China and India, as the….Read more
- December 4, 2017
- , Asahi evening edition , Lead
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Japanese students steer clear of U.S.
Monday evening’s Asahi ran a prominent front-page story on the steady decline in the number of Japanese students studying in the United States, echoing concerns that trans-Pacific ties may eventually be eroded due to dwindling exchanges at a grassroots level. The daily speculated that in addition to the Japanese youths’ “inward looking” orientation, Japan’s rapidly aging population, the recruiting cycle….Read more
- December 4, 2017
- , Asahi evening edition
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