Tokyo — Japanese government officials announced today some details of an ambitious plan to nearly triple the country’s enrollment of foreign students, to 300,000 in 12 years, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported.
The plan, disclosed amid a looming enrollment crisis at Japanese universities, will ease visa restrictions, improve accommodations, increase Japanese-language teaching, and help foreign students find work in the country after graduation.
About 30 of Japan’s top universities will be designated as key centers for the “opening up of higher education to foreign students,” according to a joint announcement by the ministries of education, justice, and foreign affairs, and other bureaucracies. Specific details on each measure were not provided.
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