TOKYO -- Li Yalin, a 28-year-old second-year master's student at the private Kyoto University of the Arts, moved to Japan in 2019 after earning a degree from a university in China. She was studying Japanese at a language school in Tokyo when the COVID-19 pandemic erupted.
Chinese students near Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo: A growing number of Chinese nationals are seeking long-term settlement in Japan by using education as a pathway to residency.
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