2021 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 103-116
The Plan to Accept 300,000 International Students achieved its target in 2019. In this paper, the Plan is evaluated considering its relation with the upper policy (Growth Strategy) and related measures/projects such as globalization of universities.
As the result of analysis, it was found out that globalization of universities led to the increase of international students in English-taught degree programs, especially at the graduate level. However, many of them found difficulty in finding employment in Japan because of the lack of Japanese language ability.
The main contributors to achieve the target of 300,000 international students are Japanese language schools. Since their student recruitment and educational activities have not been monitored enough by the government, it led to the increase of international students who are busy with part-time jobs and cannot concentrate in study.
Though the target number was achieved, the main purposes of the Plan (increase of excellent international students and their employment in Japan) are not fulfilled from this regard.
