Foreign students to Japan reach record high

The number of foreign students enrolled in Japan totaled a record 267,042 as of May, with most of them from Asian countries and region, a government affiliate said Wednesday.The number of students registered at Japanese universities or language schools rose 11.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the Japan Student Services Organization, an independent administrative body affiliated with the education ministry."With more Japanese companies operating in Asia, it seems that people in the region feel familiar with (the idea of) studying or working in Japan," said an official of the organ…READ FULL ARTICLE