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STUDENTS

JAPAN
Nov 11, 2013
Fewer Japanese, more Chinese, studying in U.S.
The number of Japanese students at U.S. colleges and universities has dwindled while Chinese students have increased for the eighth consecutive year.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2013
China detains pair over 2002 murder of Oita couple
Chinese police have detained two former Chinese students in Japan for allegedly killing the chairman of a construction company and his wife in Oita Prefecture Japan in 2002, a Japanese investigative source said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 20, 2013
Firms hiring more foreign students
Japanese companies surveyed are increasingly looking to hire foreign students from China, South Korea and other Asian countries despite the less-than-rosy political relationships.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2013
Job hunt stressing students, making them suicidal: poll
Tormented by the difficulty of landing a position and unfair practices by prospective employers, 1 in 5 college students contemplate suicide during the job-hunting process, a poll of 122 students finds.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2013
Firms hiring more foreign students
Aiming to secure capable manpower and to grab more business overseas, Japanese companies are increasingly looking to hire foreign people who have studied in Japan, according to a recent survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2013
Students offer practical ideas to boost tourism
Creating a credit-card friendly market, providing round-the-clock public transportation and supporting travelers in multiple languages would go a long way toward increasing overseas visitors to Japan, international students advised the tourism ministry Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2013
Tourist, 22, stabbed to death in Turkey
A Japanese woman is killed and another is left in critical condition after being stabbed in Cappadocia, a historic region in central Turkey.
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 / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2013
Girl-recruiting teacher in hot water
Police have handed prosecutors their case against a 59-year-old Iwate University professor who arranged for four foreign students to work as part-time nightclub hostesses.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2013
Recruit foreign students to fuel growth, panel says
Japan should strategically bring in more students from emerging economies who can contribute to both their homeland and Japan's growth, a midterm report by an education panel working on exchange student issues said Monday.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 1, 2013
Study: 8.1% of Japan secondary school students may be 'Internet addicts'
A government panel says that 8.1 percent of around 100,000 junior high and high school students polled nationwide are suspected of being “Internet addicts.”
EDITORIALS
Jul 13, 2013
More people studying Japanese
The number of students learning Japanese worldwide rose 9 percent inn 2012 from 2009, indicating an underlying interest in a country that some call listless.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 5, 2013
Hard-charging foreigners inspire Nagoya University sumo team
With the 2013 July Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya set to kick off Sunday, Osunaarashi of Egypt is grabbing the media spotlight as the first pro sumo wrestler from Africa.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 22, 2013
Council to help foreign students land Kansai region jobs
Businesses, universities and a local bureau of the industry ministry have jointly set up a council to increase the number of foreigners studying in west Japan as well as job openings for those who graduate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2013
Job potential draws Midwest students to classes in Japanese
More college students in the U.S. Midwest are taking Japanese classes because of the potential for future employment.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2013
Too many inward-looking students
At least half of the Japanese high school and university students surveyed say it's too late for them to become a 'globally active person.' Is it indeed
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2013
'Share houses' growing on purpose
While the use of "share houses," where people with no connections with each other live together, are on the rise in Japan, dwellings occupied by people with a common purpose are also drawing attention.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2013
Delay recruitment even longer
A new education ministry team will request that businesses delay job-recruitment activities for university students until April of their senior year.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2013
Foreign enrollment in Japanese high schools slumps
The number of foreigners who were enrolled in Japanese high schools for at least three months in fiscal 2011 fell 30 percent from fiscal 2008 to 1,283, according to the education ministry.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2013
Colleges to double foreign students
Japan's national universities intend to double their admissions of overseas students to 10 percent by 2020 and to also increase the number of courses offered in English two-fold to around 24,000.

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