Education

Now admitting: Japan aims to regain 300,000 foreign students

Education ministry targets 2027 for full recovery after pandemic travel ban

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The number of international students in Japan slid from more than 310,000 in fiscal 2019 to 242,000 in fiscal 2021. (Photo by Yo Inoue)

MARIE SHIMOKAWA, Nikkei staff writers
June 22, 2022 02:15 JST

TOKYO -- Japan's education ministry will step up efforts to bring in more foreign students and send more Japanese counterparts abroad, Nikkei learned Tuesday, seeking to revive cross-border study to pre-pandemic levels by 2027.

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