Japan aims to step up its recruitment of foreign students by increasing the number of courses taught in English, write SUZIEANA UDA NAGU and SHARIFAH ARFAH.
THE news that Waseda University in Tokyo had the most number of international students among Japanese tertiary institutions as of last year came as no surprise to those who are familiar with the university.
“I do feel as if I’m in a European country whenever I visit Waseda University,” says Norhana Rashid (not her real name), a Malaysian who resides in Tokyo.
She was responding to a report in Japan Today, a Tokyo-based online newspaper, that the population of foreign students in the country has reached a record 132,720 as of May last year — up 8,891 from the previous year.
Original Article: NST Online Global Education: Wooing students to Japan and China
