Japan to maintain strict border restrictions until end of February
Amid a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases stemming from the omicron variant, Japan will extend until the end of February its stringent border controls that basically bar new entry by foreign nationals, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. Since Nov. 30, the country has mainly ...
Top U.S. universities sued in class action for colluding to limit financial aid
Colleges targeted in the antitrust lawsuit include Yale, Columbia and MIT.
Number of foreign students in Japan fell 10% in spring of 2020 as pandemic hit
The previous year, the number of foreign students at universities, Japanese-language schools and other educational institutions in the country had marked a record high.
Japan should reopen its doors to international students
The longer the ban goes on, the less likely talented students will want to travel to Japan and the progress it has made in internationalizing its universities will be quickly reversed.
Japan to prioritize students heading abroad for COVID-19 vaccinations
The move comes as some schools in countries such as the United States have adopted requirements for students to be inoculated before they are allowed to participate in in-person classes.
Online study abroad programs attracting attention amid pandemic
With COVID-19 having dashed many students' hopes of experiencing other cultures, attending universities virtually has allowed them to continue with their studies.
Students who had their programs disrupted are grappling with tough choices: study online, wait until borders reopen or abandon their study abroad.
University allies with Hello Work to help foreign students find jobs
Sophia University and Hello Work Shinjuku have agreed to cooperate in explaining the local recruitment process to non-Japanese students.
Digital nomads opt to ride out the pandemic in Japan
When Viet Nguyen and Liezl Van Riper decided to worldschool their kids they had no idea a global pandemic would come into play.
All national universities in Japan now control exports of sensitive technology
The universities have all created teams to prevent nuclear, radar and other high-level technologies with potential for military use from being transferred abroad.
Japanese students in U.S. breathe sigh of relief after visa curbs dropped
The stunning reversal was announced at the beginning of a court session Tuesday in Boston.
U.S. reverses foreign student visa curbs after fight with Harvard and MIT
The resolution ends a standoff that could have sent thousands of students back to their home countries and left schools scrambling to plan for the fall.
