93.5 percent of foreign students in Japan are from other Asian countries North America 1 percent

"A breakdown of foreign students in Japan shows that 60.5 percent are studying humanities and social sciences at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Students from Asian countries account for 93.5 percent of the total (Chinese and South Koreans together represent 79.5 percent), Europe 2.7 percent and North America 1.3 percent"

Source: Top students shunning Japan

BY TAKAMITSU SAWA

Japan Times

June 24th 2013

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/24/commentary/top-students-shunning-japan/#at_pco=cfd-1.0

Survey reveals that Japanese high school and college students think it is too late to gain "global human resources"

"IGS and advertising company Asatsu-DK Inc. (ADK) conducted an Internet survey of approximately 400 randomly selected second-year high school students planning to go to college, as well as third-year college students. Fifty percent of the high school students and 55.3 percent of the college students surveyed said they believed it was too late for them to become "global human resources" even if they received an education tailored for that purpose."

Source: Call for 'global human resources' throws school education into confusion

June 22, 2013 

Mainichi Japan

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20130622p2a00m0na013000c.html

Japanese students studying abroad dropped in 2004 when Japanese companies began hiring students earlier

"Harvard University Japanese politics professor Susan Pharr said, "The incentives have just been too weak" for Japanese students to consider exchanges, while Chinese and South Korean systems encourage students to go overseas and bring back global expertise...The drop in the number of Japanese going abroad to study began in 2004 when many Japanese companies started interviewing job-seeking students in their third year of university, instead of the fourth year as previously, leaving students less time to go overseas."

Source: Japan-U.S. talks spark efforts to combat decline in exchange students

May 17, 2013

Global Post.com

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130517/japan-us-talks-spark-efforts-combat-decline-exchange-s

New report shows that Japanese students prefer native English countries to study abroad in

"Japanese students are more likely to choose to study in America, Canada and Australia. Motivations for choosing the UK include its status as the birthplace of the English language, along with its history and culture. Reservations include strict visa policies."

Source: New reports provide valuable insight into Japanese and Russian English markets

18/05/2013

The Financial.com

http://finchannel.com/Main_News/B_Schools/127603_New_reports_provide_valuable_insight_into_Japanese_and_Russian_English_markets/

The number of Japanese students studying overseas peaked in 2004 according to research

"The number of Japanese students studying overseas peaked at 82,945 in 2004 and fell to 58,060 in 2010, according to the Ministry of Education. Fewer than 20,000 Japanese students studied in the United States in 2011, compared with 46,000 in 1999, according to the Institute of International Education."

Source: Scholarships to Encourage More Japanese to Study Overseas

By MIKI TANIKAWA

Published: May 5, 2013

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/world/asia/Scholarships-to-Encourage-More-Japanese-to-Study-Overseas.html?_r=0

Number of Japanese students studying in US dropped by 14 percent in 2011

"The number of Japanese international students in the United States decreased by 14 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to a study done by the Institute of International Education."

Source: Despite U.S. drop, Japanese students unfazed at UW

May 1, 2013

Megan Herndon

The Daily

http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/05/01/news/despite-us-drop-japanese-students-unfazed-uw#.UYH3-aITKVE

Japanese customers set to see more English teachers in Japan as proposal asks for 10,000 teachers at schools up 5000 on present

"An advisory panel to the Education Ministry has recommended to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that Japan increases the number of foreign English teachers at schools to 10,000 from the current 4,360 by reviving the JET program." 

Source: Gov't plans to increase number of foreign English teachers to 10,000 

APR. 24, 2013,

Japan Today

http://www.japantoday.com/category/careers/view/govt-plans-to-increase-number-of-foreign-english-teachers-to-10000

"Westerners don't understand Japanese students psychology"

"Westerners don't understand 

Japanese students psychology" 

Source: Naomi by Jinichiro Tanizaki

Translated by Anthony. H. CHambers

Published by Tuttle Publishing Tokyo

page 43 

Which countries are the most popular for Japanese student homestays?

"New Zealand and the U.S. I think that more students want to go to the U.S., but some parents express concerns over safety issues, and encourage their children go somewhere like New Zealand."

Source: The ins and outs of arranging homestays

Japan Today

By Chris Betros

APR. 15, 2013

http://www.japantoday.com/category/executive-impact/view/the-ins-and-outs-of-arranging-homestays

Japanese Customer: Japanese student numbers to Australia declining for the fifth straight year

Japanese students, a top ten source country for Australia's international education industry and the most profitable Asian student education market, have been decreasing over the past five years as seen in the numbers of visits to the "Study Australia" website.

What are some of the possible reasons for this decrease?

* Change in Japanese consumer travel destinations with a stronger focus on Asian countries

* Change in the exchange rate between Australia and Japan

* Change in the education market in Japan with many new competitors offering online courses and courses in English without the need to leave Japan.

Source: Study in Australia Website Traffic Reports,

Australian Education International,

2003 - 2007

http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/MIP/Statistics/

StudyInAustraliaWebsiteTrafficReports/default.htm

Learn more about

Japanese student buyer behaviour in Australia

Japanese universities expanding departments, majors and graduate programs 783 Universities in Japan

"The number of 18-year-olds in Japan peaked in 1992 at 2.05 million, dwindling to about 1.2 million by 2012. During that time, the number of four-year universities grew to 783 from 523. ....According to the Ministry of Education, there were 207 new departments, majors and graduate programs in 2011, and an additional 236 in 2012. In 2006, a whopping 482 new departments and majors were introduced."

Source: Japan's Hope: If You Build It, They Will Come 

By MIKI TANIKAWA

Published: February 25, 2013

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/world/asia/25iht-educlede25.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Japanese consumers have 21 universities in the top 500 according to report

"Japan, which had 36 in the top 500 in 2003, was reduced to 21 (The Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Source: UWA 'the quiet achiver' in rankings

Jill Rowbotham

Higher Education

The Australian Newspaper

Wed August 15th, 2012, page 29

Japanese students studying in the US down 6 percent in 2011

"The number of Japanese students enrolled in U.S. universities in the academic year that started in fall 2011 dropped 6.2 percent from a year earlier to 19,966,"

Source: Japanese in U.S. colleges off 6.2%

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012

Japan Times Online

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121113a5.html

Fast Retailing offers scholarships for Japanese students to study in the US according to report

"Fast Retailing Co....the operator of the Uniqlo causal clothing chain will launch a scholarship program for Japanese studying design and business in the U.S...The company plans to grant a maximum of 1.6 million dollars, or 120 million yen, for two years for a total of 10 Japanese students at the graduate schools of Stanford University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Parsons The New School for Design. ...Yanai (Chairman & President) said fashion and business are connected in the U.S., but that Japan has is short on excellent entrepreneurs. He said young people need to look outward.."

Source: Uniqlo Operator Launches U.S. Scholarship Program For Japanese Students

Nikkei

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20121023D23SS825.htm

21,000 Japanese students studied in US in 2011 less than half from a decade earlier

"According to the Institute of International Education, about 21,000 students from Japan were studying at U.S. universities in the 2010-2011 academic year — less than half the number of a decade ago." 

Source: Ph.D. path in U.S. less traveled but worthwhile

 By YASUOMI SAWA 

Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012

Japan Times

 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121018f2.html

Japanese families spend the most on college education in the world

“Japanese families spend more for college than anyone else in the world, and in terms of how much of the money spent on education was from private individuals, Japan ranked third at 31.9 percent (after Chile and South Korea). The world average is 16 percent.”

Source: Money for education ends up in the toilet

October 4th, 2012 

by Philip Brasor & Masako Tsubuku

http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/

Western professionals look how to catch up and develop Asian cultural literacy for Asian century

"(Australian) Accountants, lawyers and doctors studying now need to find other, quicker ways to become familiar with Asia ..Asian cultural literacy"

Source:Wanted:Asia literate graduates to talk turkey

Joanna Mather

Australian Financial Review Newspaper

Monday July 9th, 2012, page 24

Japanese travellers discouraged by their low levels of English ability when they travel abroad

"Due to compulsory education requirements, every Japanese citizen must take 6 years of English language courses....But even after spending half or more of their adolescent years studying the English language, many Japanese struggle to carry out an everyday conversation in English....Japanese students have among the lowest English TOEFL scores in Asia." 

 Source: Japanese Tourists Share 15 Impressions of Traveling Abroad With Limited English Ability Sep 24, 2012 by Michelle http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/09/24/japanese-tourists-with-limited-english-ability-share-their-impressions-about-traveling-abroad-and-speaking-english/

Briton Gavin Bantock "annotates his scripts.....so the Japanese students understand"

"Briton Gavin Bantock...began creating abridged versions of plays, including many by William Shakespeare, which his Japanese students could perform....He also annotates his scripts with a series of coded markings so the Japanese students understand where to pause and place emphasis so their dialogue will sound natural."

Source: British drama coach Gavin Bantock at top of his game; casts take a bow

By EDAN CORKILL

Who's who

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120626ww.html#.T-pEZhczDAw

Japanese students reflecting on job hunting tradition

"In Japan, traditionally university lasts four years.....students spend more than half of their time in job hunting....if they do not get employment during the last two years .....it is next to impossible to get a job after graduation."

Source: Japanese students protest against intensive job recruitment

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Amaya Querejazu Blanca Vera

http://futurechallenges.org/2012/06/japanese-students-protest-against-intensive-job-recruitment/