It is expected that the Government of Japan announced new border measures that allows the entry of international students, ending months of uncertainty for thousands.
As of 9 November, Tokyo could deploy new travel rules. , which will be carried out effective in the month, according to the first reports of the national media.
The country will begin to accept visas to study abroad, technical training and business, Nikkei Asia reported. As of last month, approximately 370,000 foreigners expected the reopened border, with students and technical interns accounting for about 70 percent of them, according to the report.
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on November 2, in An advertisement, otherwise, a Japanese government official, said the country will make efforts to allow entry by foreign nationals, highlighting that the situation would continue to monitor carefully.
The news came a day after the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida said victory in a SNAP choice. But despite its apparent green light for foreign travel, the government is cautioned.
A former Officer of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) told higher education that it could be at least a month before the first students abroad reach the Japanese floor, even if an ad is made next week. googleg.cmd.push (function () googleg.display ("dfp-ad-article_in_article"););
attributed caution to worry about the possibility of a recoil against incoming students if they return to Covid-19, cases become. "The government can be afraid of public opinion ... I could easily hide foreigners who bring viruses," he said.
According to Japan's NHK news agency, students will be able to enter the country "on the condition that the Accepting Company or the University manages its behavior."
But with an official announcement with detailed tokyo plans expected Any day, agencies that attend students have moved quickly in paperwork, said Grace Zhu, China Branches Manager in Education Consulting Superior Bonard, which has been monitoring students' flows to Asia.
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"parents and students are becoming optimistic," he said, Adding that the agencies had begun to encourage students to prepare their applications to enter the country. During April 2022.
but there are still many universities, with universities, among those who anxiously wait for the more details about how you could look at a planned reopening.
Talking to the Higher Education of the Times, Kazuo Kuroda, Dean at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at the University of Waseda, said he had not yet heard directly from the contacts in the government.
But, however, he welcomed the expected news. One of the main investigative institutions of the country and among the larger Japanese host institutions, Weeda has more than 5,000 international students, many of whom have been taking online courses and hoping to enter the country.
"I am sure that many of our international students would try to enter Japan as soon as they are allowed," Kuroda said.
Davide Rossi, Founder of the Site Educationisnottourism.com, who has been advocating for the return of international students to Japan, expressed optimism about loosening restrictions, which he estimated would affect more than 147,000 students.
in an online video that precedes news reports about border restrictions that are relieved, he said a lot of St.
