The government and universities need to improve the support system and quality of education for the increasing number of foreign students in Japan, an advisory panel of the education ministry said Thursday.
These recommendations are included in a draft interim report on measures to promote student exchanges between Japan and other countries compiled by a subpanel of the Central Council for Education, an advisory body to the education minister.
The subpanel began discussing the issue in December in response to a rise in illegal labor by students from overseas and to growing concerns that universities lack effective support and education systems for foreign students. The subpanel is expected to finalize the report by the end of this year, according to the ministry.