New Zealand is better-placed than other English-speaking nations to help Japan's goal of internationalizing its citizens, according to Ambassador Phillip Gibson.

"We've got good educational standards, good educational institutions and frankly, we're much, much more competitive than other countries" in this field, he said in a recent interview.

"It's a fraction of the cost of an education in the United States to send your kids to university in New Zealand. We're similarly much cheaper than the United Kingdom. We're similarly much cheaper than Australia."