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STUDY ABROAD

COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 18, 2017
In case you missed them: a year of responses to Community stories, part 3
The last in a series of selections of unpublished letters about Community stories from the previous year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2017
New Zealand authorities won't seek prosecution over deadly Christchurch building collapse
Kuniaki Kawahata, who lost his 20-year-old daughter Kyoko in the collapse, said he “can't accept” the outcome.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Aug 9, 2017
More Japanese may be studying abroad, but not for long
Increasing numbers of Japanese are going abroad to study, but a close look at the data reveals that looser definitions are inflating the numbers — and that most students aren't spending much time overseas anyway.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2017
Mizuho plans fund to build dorms for foreign students in Japan
Mizuho Bank Ltd. said Tuesday it plans to launch a ¥10 billion fund with a real estate developer and a trading company to build dormitories for international students studying in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2017
Trump factor has Japanese students rethinking study in U.S.
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to have succeeded in building cozy ties — at least for now — with U.S. President Donald Trump, the president's controversial executive orders and remarks have made some Japanese students aspiring to study in the U.S. think twice about their choice of destination.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 29, 2016
Industry helps Chinese game their way into and through U.S. colleges
The advertisements were tailored for Chinese college students far from home struggling with the English language and an unfamiliar culture.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2016
Japanese charity Ashinaga sets up program allowing orphans to study English abroad
The charity Ashinaga, which provides financial support to school-age children who have lost parents to disasters, illness or suicide, will start a program in August to help such orphans study English abroad.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 2, 2016
Upon re-entry back home after expat life, brace yourself for turbulence
Survey of Japanese returnees suggests two divergent emotional journeys for those heading back home after a stretch abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 8, 2015
For South Koreans, overseas study loses its luster
After years of heading abroad in droves to study, more young South Koreans are opting for education at home as expensive overseas degrees no longer provide an edge in a tough job market — and are even a liability.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Sep 2, 2015
Tracing the emotional roller-coaster ride of life abroad
"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." — writer Terry Pratchett
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2015
University of Tokyo failing non-Japanese students
With enrollment of foreign students declining, the University of Tokyo needs to work on making its program for English-language coursework more attractive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2015
70% of foreign students shun offers from University of Tokyo degree programs in English
Nearly 70 percent of the foreign students accepted by the University of Tokyo for English-based courses in 2014 elected to go elsewhere, data show.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2014
Number of Japanese students at U.S. colleges dips 1.2%
Japanese students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities decreased by 1.2 percent to around 19,000 in the 2013-2014 academic year, although they remained the seventh-most numerous in the country, the New York-based Institute of International Education said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2014
Students take worldly approach to study abroad
A University of Tokyo student set to spend a year as an exchange student in Illinois this summer doesn't think English skill is the only thing that matters when going to the United States.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2014
Number of Japanese studying abroad down seventh straight year
The number of Japanese studying abroad in 2011 declined for the seventh consecutive year, the education ministry said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2014
Ministry official knocks down barriers to overseas study
The success of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to internationalize Japan might depend on a young entrepreneur who runs his own educational business.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2013
Major campaign launched to encourage young people to study overseas
In its drive to double the number of Japanese youths studying abroad by 2020, the education ministry has launched a campaign involving the private sector, which is eager to hire more graduates with overseas experience.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2013
Forum stresses career benefits of study abroad
Japanese students should buck the stay-at-home trend and instead study overseas to gain skills to survive in an ever more globalized and competitive world, experts and former international students said at a recent forum on overseas study in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 21, 2013
Ambivalent Japan turns on its 'insular' youth
Japan's decision to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations shows that at least some in government have accepted the fact that 'opening up' Japan is in the nation's best long-term interests.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2013
Fund to help Japanese students study overseas planned
The government plans to establish a scholarship fund to encourage university students to study abroad, sources said Tuesday.

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